Guns - The price of violence

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Television series
German title Guns - The price of violence
Original title Guns - Live by them, die by them
Country of production Canada
original language English
year 2008
Production
company		 CBC ,
Hungry Eyes / Film Food Inc.,
Peace Arch Entertainment Group
length 240 minutes
Episodes 2 in 1 season
genre Thriller
Director David Sutherland
script David Sutherland,
Jennifer Holness
production Jennifer Holness
music Mischa Chillak ,
Kenny Neal Jr.
camera Arthur E. Cooper
cut Jeff Warren
German-language
first broadcast		 April 24, 2009 on RTL II
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Guns - The price of violence is a two-part miniseries scale Canadian crime drama , which at 2008 CBC Television aired. It addresses the problem of illegal arms smuggling on the border between Canada and the United States and the resulting gun violence in Canada.

The German-language first broadcast took place on April 24, 2009 on RTL II .

The Canadian original version has a playing time of 240 minutes, the DVD version has 172 minutes, while the German-language fiction version has a playing time of 150 minutes.

action

There is a street shootout in Toronto in which six-year-old Jessica Farrell is fatally injured. The two police officers Rick Merriweather and Ford Saunders witness this incident and lead the investigation to clarify the case and catch the perpetrator. When Kelly Farrell, the victim's mother, turns to the press, the pressure under which the homicide squad and the officers of the weapons department have to work increases. In order to get to the backers who are responsible for importing illegal weapons into Canada, they let themselves be smuggled into the ring of arms dealer Paul Duguid by a suspect .

His son Bobby enjoys life and neglects the more frequent duties that his father has placed on him. Therefore he is all the more willing to successfully handle the next arms shipment that he has arranged. Unfortunately, he lacks a driver to take the guns across the border. His friend Francis offers to take over the ride. Bobby is not enthusiastic about this offer, but due to the pressure exerted by his father, he agrees. The investigators have meanwhile succeeded in attaching a tracking device to Francis' vehicle.

In this way, they follow her to an arms fair in the United States , where, during their observation, they discover that Francis is hiring undisturbed visitors to buy certain weapons for her. In this way it is not noticeable that she collects a large number of weapons. However, since her vehicle had engine damage before starting the return trip, she exchanged it for a replacement vehicle at a car dealer and was no longer recorded by the police radio direction finding on her return trip.

Meanwhile, after a tip from his father, Bobby and some accomplices break into the house of the gun collector Sinclair Patterson, who wanted to go to a party with Paul Duguid that evening, but decides differently and spends the evening at home. Surprised by the Pattersons, a shot goes off that leads to the death of the landlord. Paul Duguid decides to have all witnesses to the fatal incident removed. Through his political contacts, he also learns that Francis is being monitored.

The investigators unmask a bribery border official who has a list of seven license plates that he is supposed to let pass unchecked. Francis has swapped her vehicle, but she drives in a group of vehicles, three of which have been equipped with transmitters. After Francis has passed the border post unmolested, the investigators question the border guard and learn that she is driving in a red Honda with license plates from Ohio . They then go into chase, locate them, find the weapons hidden in their vehicle, and arrest them.

From prison, she contacts Bobby, who then promises her that his father will provide her with one of the best lawyers. This manages to make the deposit for Francis to 150,000 $ is set, after which she can leave the prison, but is taken by the investigators in police protection, as feared, it could also be an assassination attempt perpetrated on them to make them as a witness for to keep silent. Bobby's bail is set at $ 1,000,000 as there is a risk of escape . His father also deposited this amount.

Paul Duguid still manages to put a killer on Francis who kills them.

Paul and Bobby Duguid cannot be proven to have committed any murders. However, investigators at a Cypriot bank can trace a transfer from Uganda , which Paul Duguid links to illegal arms deals. He has valid end-user certificates from the Army of Honduras , but for weapons that were ultimately sold to Uganda. A minister from Honduras confirms that he never received weapons from Duguid. Paul Duguid is arrested at a party for this international arms smuggling.

Paul is visited in prison by his son Bobby, who makes it clear to him that he will not bail him out of prison in revenge for the murder of his girlfriend.

criticism

The editorial team of Cinema judges: “In“ traffic ”fashion, the thriller illuminates the arms business from different angles. The film was inspired by a real-life case that sparked a heated debate in Canada about how easily weapons can be obtained from neighboring USA. - » Lord of War « in pocket size. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Playing time according to the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Film review , Cinema

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