Open Fire

Year: 1994

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: English

Director: Paul Greengrass

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Based on real 1983 events, detective constable Peter Finch receives a medal for bravely apprehending a dangerous criminal. Shortly after, David Martin, a transvestite with a violent streak, is released from prison, commits a burglary and shoots a police officer, sparking a nationwide manhunt. Finch then shoots filmmaker Steven Waldorf, mistakenly treating him as a suspect, igniting a scandal that shakes the police force.

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