44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot Out
44 Minutes The North Hollywood ShootOut is a 2003 American crime film directed by Yves Simoneau. The film premiered on the FX Network in June 2003.
The film opens with scenes of police officers getting ready for work in the morning interspersed with scenes of the robbers Phillips and Mtsreanu preparing to loot an armored bank truck. Meanwhile, SWAT Officer Donnie Anderson Ron Livingston is mourning the death of his father, who was also a policeman for overyears. Not soon afterward, Anderson displays a lack of coordination with members of his assignment during a raid on an apartment building, which almost cause one of his team members to be left alone with a few suspects, and is forced by his superior to take time off. Meanwhile, the staff at the North Hollywood branch of Bank of America are preparing for start of business. Phillips and Mtsreanu park outside the branch and wait for the armored truck. They are frustrated when the truck does not turn up and decide on robbing the bank instead unaware that the bank had altered its delivery schedule. Donning black masks and homemade body armor, they enter the branch, firing at the roof with AK47s. At the same time, an LAPD patrol car happens to be passing by and the officers observe the robbers entering the bank and call in a 211 for an armed robbery.After entering the bank, Phillips and Mtsreanu fire multiple rounds to frighten the customers. They then force the manager to open the vault and fill a duffel bag with all the cash in the branch. While Mtsreanu has his back turned, the manager places a stack of notes rigged with a dyedispersing proximitytriggered explosive. With all of the officers arriving and setting up positions surrounding the bank, Phillips is shocked to see dozens of responding officers and decides to walk outside, firing at them with his AK47 and quickly being joined by Mtsreanu. The officers are heavily outgunned in the shootout. Anderson listens to the call on his radio, gathers his SWAT team, and races to the bank. After several minutes of firing and injuring both officers and civilians, Phillips and Mtsreanu decide to make a getaway. Mtsr
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