44 Minutes Reviews
Max G
Super Reviewer
August 30, 2011
Stays true to the real-life incident of the North Hollywood LAPD shootout.
DrLappos
Super Reviewer
July 11, 2007
Excellent film and true.
Hamee
August 6, 2009
I am sure that I watched this one, but I couldn't pick this out of any other cop movie that I have watched over the years.
December 20, 2012
Fictionalized, dramatized, white washed... might as well have been a fiction.
April 22, 2012
Imagine Reservoir Dogs with no memorable dialogue, scenes or cinematography. As ever when you make a boring film with a title that incorporates the word 'minutes' it has to be said.. at 2 hours the movie is 1hour 12mins too long.
April 18, 2012
Any film that is based on actual events always have dramatizations to make the film good for the audience's eyes, and I agree with that (i.e. Titanic and Black Hawk Down); but in this film, it only made it worse. The story was bad, the acting was worse; HELL! even the shoot-out sequence was terrible. And I bailed the film half way to the ending. My advice t the people who haven't watched this yet: don't even bother thinking of watching it, it will only waste your precious time.
Arthuro
October 22, 2011
Une histoire de fous comme seule la violence des armes en réserve, avec des gentils, des méchants, des pauvres innocents et de l'argent, évidemment.
Le film en lui-même pourrait se résumer en un mot : documentaire. La réalisation, la narration, tout cela garde un aspect formel un peu triste. Mais en même temps, comment traiter autrement ce genre d'évènement ? Stone l'a tenté, ce n'était pas plus concluant. Voire moins.
Un film à voir.
Un film qui vaut surtout par son histoire, celle de la fusillade la plus mythique depuis le Miami FBI Shootout.
Une histoire de fous comme seule la violence des armes en réserve, avec des gentils, des méchants, des pauvres innocents et de l'argent, évidemment.
Le film en lui-même pourrait se résumer en un mot : documentaire. La réalisation, la narration, tout cela garde un aspect formel un peu triste. Mais en même temps, comment traiter autrement ce genre d'évènement ? Stone l'a tenté, ce n'était pas plus concluant. Voire moins.
Un film à voir.
Max G
Super Reviewer
August 30, 2011
Stays true to the real-life incident of the North Hollywood LAPD shootout.
cj w.
February 3, 2010
This movie is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
jazza923
June 11, 2007
Exciting and tense, very fast moving action film about the title event. Realistically done, good cinematography and excellent editing. Good cast. A solid action film from start to finish.
mmm71690
May 25, 2004
Yeah, I know you movie artsy types won't like this but to the average guy this was a great movie. So what it didn't have a great story line. I was in L.A. when this happend and saw the events unfold live on TV. They did the movie not only well bust historically correct. I would buy this movie if they ever released it on DVD. Great action flick thats why i give it a 8
frameofmind
March 29, 2004
[list][*]Dramatic, long episode of Third Watch mixed with Cops.
[*]Not as good as Third Watch.
[*]Based on a True Story, so I wonder if the cops in real life were this bad at aiming.
[*]The acting was not bad but there were no outstanding performances.
[*]Other than to show the audience what happened during that long shootout, I don't see much point to the movie.
[*]The movie is kinda like a documentary at times.
[*]Entertaining enough to merit a rental.
[*]I learned about a North Hollywood bank robbery and shootout, and that is about it.
[/list][b]Recommendation[/b]: Rent if you want to...
[b]Grade[/b]: C-
MOOD: Uneasy
[list][*]Dramatic, long episode of Third Watch mixed with Cops.
[*]Not as good as Third Watch.
[*]Based on a True Story, so I wonder if the cops in real life were this bad at aiming.
[*]The acting was not bad but there were no outstanding performances.
[*]Other than to show the audience what happened during that long shootout, I don't see much point to the movie.
[*]The movie is kinda like a documentary at times.
[*]Entertaining enough to merit a rental.
[*]I learned about a North Hollywood bank robbery and shootout, and that is about it.
[/list][b]Recommendation[/b]: Rent if you want to...
[b]Grade[/b]: C-
