A Clear Shot

While I applaud the filmmakers for taking on the subject matter, there are several flaws I cannot overlook. First of all the acting by the main Hostage Taker Doi, is terrible. Most of the time he has this sourpuss look on his face and its so obvious his accent is fake, its laughable. He's trying to act tough, but ends up looking stupid and laughable. Second this is supposed to be the largest hostage taking crisis in US history with 40 people captured but you'd never know it with only about 10 actors cast as hostages - I suppose for budget reasons. Finally while its great they got the red & grey 'good guys" color scheme right, they got a little sloppy and historically inaccurate in other areas. First off one of the hostages mentions getting a Playstation, which historically wound't come out in the US until 4 years after this movie took place. Secondly you'll see what are obviously several "AMAZON" shipping boxes in the store and backroom. Something else that would not exist for several years (and certainly not in a retail store like this).

Had a large group in. Those of us over 50 remember when this happened. Now we know more about why it was done. Marshal Hilton was great as the crusty cop Kappy.

This story was based upon the hostage situation that took place at Good Guys electronic stores located in a Sacramento mall, back when we still had stores and mall. The film follows the events closely and only deviants slightly. Mario Van Peebles was called to negotiate because do you know how much Denzel gets per film? Decent crime drama. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.