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  • 2007
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2007
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m
Out of the Blue

Summary On November 13th, 1990, in the small New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, local man David Gray took a high-powered automatic weapon and shot dead 13 people. It remains the worst mass murder in New Zealand's history. As emergency services scrambled to reach Aramoana, a handful of young and poorly armed local policemen risked their lives ...

Directed By: Robert Sarkies

Written By: Bill O'Brien, Graeme Tetley, Robert Sarkies

  • 2007
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2007
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 43 m

Out of the Blue

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
70
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Summary On November 13th, 1990, in the small New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, local man David Gray took a high-powered automatic weapon and shot dead 13 people. It remains the worst mass murder in New Zealand's history. As emergency services scrambled to reach Aramoana, a handful of young and poorly armed local policemen risked their lives ...

Directed By: Robert Sarkies

Written By: Bill O'Brien, Graeme Tetley, Robert Sarkies

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Positive
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29% Mixed
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100
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.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
75
As sensitive to its subject as it is stark in its rendering.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
75
A taut thriller based on the tragedy, which remains the most lethal mass killing in New Zealand history.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
70
The director confronts horror without wallowing in it, a strategy befitting a film that’s not about how people die, but how they live.
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70
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.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Ultimately, the film, for all its evident verisimilitude, never really demonstrates a compelling reason for being.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
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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Production Company Condor Films, Dendy Films, Desert Road Films, New Zealand Film Commission, New Zealand On Air, Southern Light Films, TV3
Release Date Oct 19, 2007
Duration 1 h 43 m
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Tagline From the last place on earth comes a true story of courage and survival.
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Awards

New Zealand Film and TV Awards (II)
• 6 Wins & 11 Nominations

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