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Out of the Blue (2006) Certificate 15

Out of the Blue

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Rated 3.0 stars
Average rating
(59%)
 
Starring: Karl Urban | Matthew Sunderland | Lois Lawn | Simon Ferry | Tandi Wright | Paul Glover | William Kircher
Director: Robert Sarkies
Studio: METRODOME
Run time: 100 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: April 28, 2008

Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.

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27 out of 31 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1.0 stars
a sad event, but why make a film about it ????

A Customer from essex, 2nd May, 2008

A very slow moving story, i have no doubt that when this actually happened in 1990 it must have been devestating.... putting that aside though as a film it just didnt work. we turned it off quite quickly but i had to find out what happened at the end. Very dissapointing.

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18 out of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
A tragic true story

A Customer from Midlands England, 18th May, 2008

How this film can be classed as slow is beyond me, this film was well put together, it let you get to know the victims in this tragic true story, and also the events that led up to it. please dont let the other review put you off this film.

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17 out of 20 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1.0 stars
Incredibly slow.......

A Customer from Chislehurst, 20th May, 2008

I definitely wouldn't recommend this movie...I kept on hoping it would improve, but it didn't! Very slow moving and boring! :-(

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9 out of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
A chilling well directed film!

rubbishreview from , 17th August, 2008

This film was unexpected. It was an excellent example of what one crazed man did in New Zealand without Hollywooding or glorifying what he did. I had not heard if this incident until i watched this film but it was a very gripping film with no certain ending (unless you had heard of this story before) In short a very well made representation of events during a very dark time in New Zealand. Well worth a watch for a serious night.

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Most recent reviews

Rated 1.0 stars
boring

allycat from from Huntly,Scotland, 12th January, 2010

the film starts ok and you get to know some of the characters and start to care about them. The main problem is that it doesn't explain the why of the Out of the Blue title or what happened next. So it was a very unsatisfactory film, you feel you have wasted an evening watching this...would not reccommend it.

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Rated 0.0 stars
out of the blue

A Customer from Bradford, 23rd October, 2009

rubbish and very slow. understand its a true and harrowing story but its like a 30min channel 4 documentry spread over 2 hours.

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Rated 2.0 stars
like watching the news

sarahjolley from , 30th July, 2009

this film was ok, i have seen worse. i think as its based on true events that keeps you watching. its very slow and pretty boring with bad acting. dont rent if your wanting an exciting fun packed film

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Rated 4.0 stars
disturbing

Koppert from , 29th June, 2009

The cast its so believable you feel like you are there part of the action. rather than a glorified slaughterfest I think this film leaves you asking how much is being done for those with obvious mental health issues in our communities before it gets too severe

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