Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

6.5IMDb Score
Released:2006-10-12
Duration:103 min
Country:New Zealand
Director:Robert Sarkies
Actors:Karl Urban, Tandi Wright, Simon Ferry, Matthew Sunderland, Lois Lawn
Production:Desert Road Films, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Southern Light Films

Overview:

Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

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