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Open Fire

Open Fire

1994
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 45m
David Martin is released once again from prison - he's provocative and aggressive, escaped from prison twice. When he's caught again during a burglary, he shoots one of the police officers. Until 1983 he advances to the most wanted criminal in UK. After a chase through half of London, a suspect is shot by police officer Finn - an innocent, as it turns out, so Finn is suspended. The case becomes a police scandal, when he's even accused of murder. (imdb)

Directed by:

Paul Greengrass
Paul-Greengrass
25 total credits
Paul Greengrass is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Writer:

Paul Greengrass
Paul-Greengrass
25 total credits
Paul Greengrass is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
62 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
,
Eddie Izzard
Eddie-Izzard
77 total credits
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an English stand-up comedian, actor and voice-over artist. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime.Izzard's works include stand-up sets Unrepeatable, Definite Article, Glorious, Dress to Kill, Circle, Sexie and Stripped. He had a starring role in the television series The Riches as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in many motion pictures such as Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, Mystery Men...(Wikipedia)
,
Jim Carter
Jim-Carter
59 total credits
Credits include: Shakespeare in Love, Top Secret!, My Week with Marilyn, 102 Dalmatians and Wonka
,
Kate Hardie
Kate-Hardie
11 total credits
Credits include: Croupier, Mona Lisa, Cry Freedom, Jack & Sarah and Heart
,
Samuel West
Samuel-West
39 total credits
Credits include: Darkest Hour, Howards End, Iris, Hyde Park on Hudson and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
,
Douglas Hodge
Douglas-Hodge
40 total credits
Douglas Hodge was born [in 1960] in Plymouth, Devon, England as Douglas W. Hodge. He is an actor and director, known for Robin Hood (2010), The Descent: Part 2 (2009) and Mansfield Park (2007). He is married to Tessa Peake-Jones. They have two children. (imdb).

Country:

UK

Open Fire

1994
Drama, Suspense/Thriller
TV Movie
1h 45m
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01 Aug 2018
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Taut and gripping drama is an excellent early gem from Greengrass, whose directorial work distinguish this from its potential 90s TV doldrums; further elevated by Graves' powerful, incandescent (and occasionally feral) performance as a frightening loose cannon, beautifully counterpointed by Carter's droll work as the cop on the case. Only serious misstep is the focus on the case of mistaken identity during a shoot-out, which feels underdeveloped and drags too far from Graves' central narrative.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Paul Greengrass
Paul-Greengrass
25 total credits
Paul Greengrass is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Writer:

Paul Greengrass
Paul-Greengrass
25 total credits
Paul Greengrass is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Starring:

Rupert Graves
Rupert-Graves
62 total credits
Rupert Graves is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his early roles in A Room with a View and Maurice as well as for his more recent role as DI Lestrade in the television series Sherlock.
,
Eddie Izzard
Eddie-Izzard
77 total credits
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an English stand-up comedian, actor and voice-over artist. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime.Izzard's works include stand-up sets Unrepeatable, Definite Article, Glorious, Dress to Kill, Circle, Sexie and Stripped. He had a starring role in the television series The Riches as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in many motion pictures such as Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, Mystery Men...(Wikipedia)
,
Jim Carter
Jim-Carter
59 total credits
Credits include: Shakespeare in Love, Top Secret!, My Week with Marilyn, 102 Dalmatians and Wonka
,
Kate Hardie
Kate-Hardie
11 total credits
Credits include: Croupier, Mona Lisa, Cry Freedom, Jack & Sarah and Heart
,
Samuel West
Samuel-West
39 total credits
Credits include: Darkest Hour, Howards End, Iris, Hyde Park on Hudson and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
,
Douglas Hodge
Douglas-Hodge
40 total credits
Douglas Hodge was born [in 1960] in Plymouth, Devon, England as Douglas W. Hodge. He is an actor and director, known for Robin Hood (2010), The Descent: Part 2 (2009) and Mansfield Park (2007). He is married to Tessa Peake-Jones. They have two children. (imdb).

Country:

UK
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