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Director
Robert Sarkies
Cast
Karl Urban,
Tandi Wright,
Simon Ferry,
Matthew Sunderland,
Lois Lawn,
Paul Glover
Genre
Crime,
Drama
In November 1990, a middle-aged gun collector becomes the perpetrator of New Zealand's largest massacre when an argument ends in a shooting. Based on a true story, this dramatization chronicles the night in which 13 lives were cut short by gunman David Gray.
TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox
With his carefully controlled pacing and superb use of sound, Sarkies draws the viewer deep into the experience of a town caught completely off-guard by a kind of violence they could never have expected, and won't soon forget.
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
As sensitive to its subject as it is stark in its rendering.
New York Post by V.A. Musetto
A taut thriller based on the tragedy, which remains the most lethal mass killing in New Zealand history.
The New York Times
The director confronts horror without wallowing in it, a strategy befitting a film that’s not about how people die, but how they live.
Variety by Dennis Harvey
Chilling, often moving docudrama focuses not so much on the mayhem or murderer, but on the bewildered, occasionally courageous reactions of ordinary citizens caught in the inexplicable violence.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Ultimately, the film, for all its evident verisimilitude, never really demonstrates a compelling reason for being.
Village Voice
There's some nifty soft-focus cinematography and fine performances, but otherwise, not much to resonate on this side of the pond.
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