";s:4:"text";s:5100:" During the ensuing forty-four minutes, Los Angeles witnesses live on television one of the greatest shoot-outs in American history. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. The secret U.S. abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York City, which leads to the declaration of martial-law. On the 28th of February, 1997, two men armed with AK-47 machine guns try to pull a heist at the Bank of America in North Hollywood, but their plan fails and they are kept under siege by the LAPD. 11 of 15 people found this review helpful. After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes. While on a routine patrol, an aging cop, his partner and their ride-along get caught in a standoff with a band of former mercenaries robbing a bank. Was this review helpful to you?
[...] What we have is good enough for a television broadcast, but maybe not enough for anything but a rental on DVD." Plays off as a "day in the life of" at first, which was a pretty good move, I thought. It also notes how The building in the real robbery was in North Hollywood, but the building used for the bank in the film was a vacant bank in a strip mall in John J. Puccio of DVD Town gave the film a mixed review, writing, "Apart from the interview interruptions, one cannot fault the way the actual shoot-out is handled in the film, although that doesn't make it any the less frustrating, real or not. During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Use the HTML below. Check out our breakdown of the movies and shows we're excited about this month, including "Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? When college professor J.T. Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. 44 MINUTES is the story of the infamous "North Hollywood Shootout" which went down outside the Bank of America in North Hollywood in 1997. Neumeyer discovers a police file that outlines the details of his murder - which is to take place five days in the future - he wastes no time trying to save his own life. I had a problem with some of the scenes of the two gunmen alone, making comments back and forth, which we don't really know what they were thinking, or saying, since it isn't like they are available anymore to tell us. On the 28th of February, 1997, two men armed with AK-47 machine guns try to pull a heist at the Bank of America in North Hollywood, but their plan fails and they are kept under siege by the LAPD.