Rapid Fire - The day of no return
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German title | Rapid Fire - Day of No Return |
Original title | Rapid fire |
Country of production |
Germany , USA |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2006 |
length | 84 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | Kari Skogland |
script | Kari Skogland |
production |
Stanley M. Brooks , John Fasano , Chad Oakes |
music |
Annette Ducharme John Webster |
camera | Adam Sliwinski |
cut | James Ilecic |
occupation | |
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Rapid Fire is a 2006 American action film based on real life.
action
In Norco , California, four paramilitary rednecks plan to raid the local bank in the city of 25,000. To do this, they buy a lot of weapons and ammunition as well as a pick-up. The film first shows this planning of the robbery in retrospect before it goes into the bank robbery. The raid will run for the heavily armed criminals without major problems, but left when they bank, arrives first patrol car of the police one. The policeman manages to block the exit and shoot the getaway driver. But the police are hopelessly inferior to the three other criminals, as the criminals, unlike the police, are heavily armed. First they manage to escape in a jeep, destroying some of the Norco police patrol cars. They also shot several police officers. The criminals implement their plan and drive to the nearby woods, where they want to hide in a secret cave. Once in the forest, they also manage to severely damage a police helicopter . But the few other unharmed police officers are now being reinforced by a SWAT team. They manage to catch all three criminals with the help of a local police officer. One of them is shot; a policeman is also killed.
background
The film is a film adaptation of the Norco bank robbery from 1980. On May 9, 1980, five heavily armed robbers robbed the bank in Norco. Among other things, they had machine guns and hand grenades . On their escape through Norco they destroyed 33 police cars, eight police officers were injured and one killed. They used 20,000 rounds of ammunition. They also destroyed a police helicopter. Two of the five robbers were killed and the other three were arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
DVD
The film was released on DVD on March 7, 2007, and the rental in video stores began in early February of the same year.
Web links
- Rapid Fire - The day of no return in the Internet Movie Database (English)