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Bookmark this pageShoot on Sight (2008)
Director: Jag Mundhra
Movie review
From Time Out London
Jag Mundhra’s honestly intentioned and interestingly cast (Brian Cox, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri) but simplistic and crudely directed drama is ‘inspired’ by the Jean Charles de Menezes shooting. Its reconstruction-style opening – depicting the gunning down by police of a British Muslim on a tube platform – seems to suggest the beginnings of one of those lightly fictionalised dramas that offers some sort of new political spin on events.Even if that was the filmmakers’ intention, it’s swiftly scuppered as the film broadens out into an examination of the professional and domestic crisis surrounding the senior Muslim police commander entrusted with the internal police enquiry, and finally into a conventional thriller drowning in a morass of contrived plot dynamics, shoe-horned-in speeches and under-powered set-pieces.
Author: Wally Hammond
Time Out London Issue 1983, 21-27th August 2008
User reviews of this film
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- Rimi said...
- Posted on May 16 2009 19:41 The film was highly simplistic and contrived. It was a dumbed down product of what could really have been a good film. I feel sorry for Naseeruddin Shah for having to bravely act through that. Jag Mundhra - thanks for jumping on the bandwagon and propagating pseudo-political soundbites in this not-worth-even-its-production-value piece of shite.
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- nirhjiojrio said...
- Posted on Nov 04 2008 17:51 RUbishhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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- Vidhya said...
- Posted on Oct 22 2008 08:36 Really good movie...very good performances from nasseruddin shah to om puri to brian cox to gulshan grover.
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- Christina said...
- Posted on Aug 27 2008 22:22 I really enjoyed this movie. It examined both sides in an impartial way. One of the best intelligent films for a long time.
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- mine said...
- Posted on Aug 27 2008 11:13 really good movie you should get down to the cinema and watch it because itz fabagacitic
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- Adam said...
- Posted on Aug 27 2008 01:44 Great movie, reviews were some how mixed...but the movie was actaully really good...definitely something to see
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- Adam said...
- Posted on Aug 27 2008 01:44 Great movie, reviews were some how mixed...but the movie was actaully really good...definitely something to see
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- tanya said...
- Posted on Aug 24 2008 13:37 this film was brill!!
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- ME said...
- Posted on Aug 23 2008 22:49 Here here, I'm with Perfect Day!
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- PERFECT DAY said...
- Posted on Aug 22 2008 14:18 Crikey Mr Timeout reviewer, surely you could have written a few more words for your review. Did you run out of power on your hand-held? We readers deserve a bit more information, man!
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Cast & crew
Director: Jag Mundhra
Producer: Aron Govil
Cast: Brian Cox, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri, Clemency Burton-Hill full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 109 mins
UK Release: Aug 22 2008
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