1997 North Hollywood Shootout

Gunni Parker · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:35

Old news but I find this story fascinating! For anyone who has not seen it, its a must!

BTW I did have a search for this post and I couldn't find it anywhere.

qqg3 · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:52

I'm sure there was a film made about this.

m@rty · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:56

qqg3 said:
I'm sure there was a film made about this.

Yep - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362389/

Firestar_3x · 2 Dec 2010 at 20:59

Watched this on sky ages ago, quite funny how to police weapons aren't up to the job so they had to run round the corner and get some M14's (IIRC) from a local shop.

Gunni Parker · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:04

qqg3 said:
I'm sure there was a film made about this.

Is the film any good?

thepeteh · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:04

To be honest, I couldn't be bothered to watch all the way through... but why muscle relaxants?

setter · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:06

I remember seeing this on one of the various us police camera shows. Yep, the cops were outgunned and had to accquire weapons from a gunshop. It kinda reminds me of the shootout in the film Heat.

Armitage Shanks · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:11

setter said:
I remember seeing this on one of the various us police camera shows. Yep, the cops were outgunned and had to accquire weapons from a gunshop. It kinda reminds me of the shootout in the film Heat.

It was rumoured but never confirmed that they were influenced in what they did and the weapons they chose by the film Heat which was released two years before the shootout. It could be complete BS mind but there are definate similarities

Cupra · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:23

wow thats some hold up crazy they could withstand so much

setter · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:29

Armitage Shanks said:
It was rumoured but never confirmed that they were influenced in what they did and the weapons they chose by the film Heat which was released two years before the shootout. It could be complete BS mind but there are definate similarities

Iirc, Andy mcnab was the technical expert/firearms instructor for that particular scene, the way they move and shoot in the sequence has a military type look to it.

qqg3 · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:32

Gunni Parker said:
Is the film any good?

I remember it being surprisingly entertaining.

Grandmaster Fap! · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:49

setter said:
Iirc, Andy mcnab was the technical expert/firearms instructor for that particular scene, the way they move and shoot in the sequence has a military type look to it.

Dont the military and police force show that scene to recruits as an example of how to fall back under fire? sure i read that somewhere.

setter · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:57

Couldnt honestly say, though the film Tears of the sun depicts a contact drill known as a centre peel, (scene were theyre retreating to the long grass near the end of the film), it's a carbon copy of a part of a documentary about the us navy seals, the silent option, saw it on discovery years ago.

tntcoder · 2 Dec 2010 at 21:59

44 Minutes was a decent movie

well worth a watch.

233 · 2 Dec 2010 at 22:03

ffs suspects obviously watched the A-team a lot 1100 rounds fired and didnt manage to kill anyone

Vulcan · 2 Dec 2010 at 22:05

Castor said:
Dont the military and police force show that scene to recruits as an example of how to fall back under fire? sure i read that somewhere.

I seriously doubt it. I know Val Kilmer mentioned something along those lines regarding the USMC in the extras from Heat, but I can't think why the USMC would need to see a Hollywood movie to know how to train recruits.