2008
R
Aron Govil Productions
1 h 50 m

2008
R
Aron Govil Productions
1 h 50 m

Summary Tariq Ali is a Muslim officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Lahore and married to an English woman, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a suspected Muslim terrorist in the London Underground. Distrusted by both his superiors in the police, and his fellow Muslims, he finds his inquiry hampered from all sides. When...

Directed By: Jag Mundhra

Written By: Carl Austin, Jag Mundhra

2008
R
Aron Govil Productions
1 h 50 m

2008
R
Aron Govil Productions
1 h 50 m

Shoot on Sight

Name: Shoot on Sight
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2008-09-26
Duration: 1 min 50 s
Rating: 45
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Brian Cox, Stephen Greif, Om Puri

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Jag Mundhra

Written By: Carl Austin, Jag Mundhra

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

17% Positive
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67% Mixed
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17% Negative
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TV Guide Magazine

It's earnest, well-intentioned and scrupulously even-handed, in the style of made-for-TV problem movies.

By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

The movie's lack of subtlety is countered by an unswerving commitment to impartiality.

By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

New York Post

Starts out as a thriller inspired by that city's 2005 Tube and bus bombings but gets bogged down in a family soap opera.

By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

Variety

A disappointingly stilted melodrama masquerading as a political thriller.

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Los Angeles Times

Shoot on Sight has good intentions but winds up a thematically simplistic, dryly plotted and perfunctorily shot melodrama, one of those movies where dialogue is there to categorize people, not parse the complexities of human beings.

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Village Voice

As if only made for ignoramuses who get nervous around brown skin, nearly everything on-screen is condescendingly telegraphed--from its plodding dialogue jammed with black-or-white morals to its lingering reaction shots, one-dimensional racists and radicals, obvious mood music, and thriller clichés.

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Production Company Aron Govil Productions, Cine Boutique Entertainment

Release Date Sep 26, 2008

Duration 1 h 50 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline Is it a crime to be a Muslim?

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Top Cast

Naseeruddin Shah

Police Commander Tariq Ali

Greta Scacchi

Susan Ali

Brian Cox

Daniel Tennant

Stephen Greif

Commander John Shepherd

Om Puri

Junaid

Gulshan Grover

Yunus

Chris Wilson

Police CO19 Officer

Sadie Frost

Advocate Fiona Monroe

Mikaal Zulfiqar

Zaheer Khan

Laila Rouass

Ruby Kaur

India Wadsworth

Zara Ali

Arrun Harker

Imran Ali

Tolga Safer

Aziz

Clifford Samuel

Elijah

San Shella

Abdullah

Julian Glover

Susan's Father

Ralph Ineson

Marber

Josie Kidd

Susan's Mother

Avtar Kaul

Baqir Hassan

Robert Lowe

Sean's Mate

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