Out of the Blue (2006)
- Directed by
- Robert Sarkies
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- New Zealand
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 80 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
A man goes on a shooting rampage in a small New Zealand coastal town over two days. The film follows the events from the perspective of the residents and police trying to survive.
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What happens
Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand crime drama film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. It is based on the 1990 Aramoana massacre, the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand prior to the Christchurch mosque shootings, that occurred over a period of two days in the small coastal community of Aramoana in Otago, New Zealand. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2006 in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006. It grossed over $1 million at the New Zealand box-office, taking it into the top ten highest grossing local films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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