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"Shoot On Sight" is a gripping thriller and riveting family drama that unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Pakistan, married to an English woman, and with two kids, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a suspected Muslim terrorist on the .. Read more

Starring	Clemency Burton-Hill, Clemency Burton-Hill, Brian Cox, Taru Devani
Director	Jag Mundhra
Genres	Thriller

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- Jag Mundhraâs honestly intentioned and interestingly cast (Brian Cox, Greta Scacchi, Om Puri) but simplistic and... read more on Time Out
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- - Wally Hammond
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:21
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  'Shoot On Sight' is neither gripping nor riveting but a complete waste of time and I dont understand why bollywood makes films concerning subjects like ... read more »
  
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  - Gravesend
  - 07 Dec 2008 at 11:11
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  You can see who the terrorist is from 10 miles off....
  
  I admit I only rented this for a laugh to see Clemency Burton-Hill on screen as I dated her older brother, Perry Hill, in 1994-1995 and I just wanted to see ... read more »
  
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  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 13 May 2012 at 21:28
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  Shoot on Sight
  
  This story is about a boy from Pakistan who is related to a high ranking British policeman. He comes to stay with this family, meets a group who radicalise him ... read more »
  
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  - 22 Jun 2011 at 18:20
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  Could have been so much better....
  
  .... but I personally thought the acting skills of the lead character let down the film. However, still quite an entertaining watch.
  
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  - Lytham
  - 18 Jan 2011 at 00:15
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  a pity
  
  as the review title says, a pity. Rather than taking the reasonably promising start and making what could have been a taught and thoughtful thriller, it wastes ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Sep 2010 at 17:06
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  just a very good film
  
  Well made, well acted and a good story. Better than some of the blockbusters which are aimed at the 12 to 18 years age group. Sorry not against the young, but ... read more »
  
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- - RJN
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  - KIDDERMINSTER
  - 04 Aug 2010 at 19:27
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  Not Bad
  
  Good story however could have done without the 15-20 minutes of filler nonsense that was not relevant to the storyline.
  
  The girl who played Tariq'... read more »
  
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- - Henry1234
  - 18 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Jun 2010 at 14:36
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  not good
  
  Sorry but the story line had the potential to produce a brilliant film - however this didn't happen - couldn't watch it to the end - sowouldn't ... read more »
  
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- - Gothicstitcher
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  - Biggar
  - 19 May 2010 at 23:22
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  More like a tv drama
  
  Not a bad film if you like dramas but it was nothing like what its synopsis inferred - hardly a gripping thriller or family drama, more like an episode of The ... read more »
  
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  - Suffolk, England
  - 09 Apr 2010 at 13:18
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  climax of Islamophobia
  
  This is a ill-thought film that only contributes to stirring prejudices around Muslims and seems to say that whichever Muslim speaks of politics must be a ... read more »
  
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- - martabol
  - 5 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 28 Feb 2010 at 22:44
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  Terrorism in England
  
  This film covers a lot of ground regarding terrorism. It is fact based and quite good, but it all has all been in the media so much, that the film does not ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Feb 2010 at 15:33
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  Shoot On Sight
  
  'Shoot On Sight' is neither gripping nor riveting but a complete waste of time and I dont understand why bollywood makes films concerning subjects like ... read more »
  
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  - Gravesend
  - 07 Dec 2008 at 11:11
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  limp, predictable, lackluster..
  
  What the film makers have tried to show in this so called thriller is already known to anyone reading news these days. Five minutes into the movie and you know ... read more »
  
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  - 04 Jan 2009 at 01:26
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  Ignore all other reviews and just watch it with open mind.
  
  I disagree with all other reviews. It is a balanced portrayal of what goes on in real life. Majority of the Muslims hate violence but there are few who ruin it ... read more »
  
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  - Essex
  - 28 Jan 2009 at 17:16
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  shoot on sight
  
  this film was slow to start then it got lots better
  
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  - Hawick
  - 30 Dec 2008 at 01:40
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  Do not bother
  
  Awful, awful, awful movie totally dreadful. Poorly acted, poorly directed. The opening scenes were supposedly Charing Cross underground station which suddenly ... read more »
  
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  - Norwich
  - 09 Jan 2009 at 11:14
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  Much better than I expected.
  
  This is well worth a watch, it was much better than I expected.
  
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  - Bridgwater
  - 02 Jan 2009 at 17:40
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  Shoot on....what....
  
  It was supposed to be a fact based drama. Movie has a well known plot (or the lack of) of issues faced in multicultural Britain. Hence gets boring at times. ... read more »
  
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  - Farnborough
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 01:36
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  a pity
  
  as the review title says, a pity. Rather than taking the reasonably promising start and making what could have been a taught and thoughtful thriller, it wastes ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Sep 2010 at 17:06
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  Shoot on Sight
  
  Shoot on Sight I felt was an 'ok' movie, something you would watch if there was nothing else on. Some good acting but also some very BAD acting (dead ... read more »
  
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  - 14 Jan 2009 at 04:40
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  very balanced
  
  it is not agreat movie buthas made it quite interesting.in this type of films it gets difficult to maintain a reasonable balance b ut it has been successful ... read more »
  
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  - Gravesend
  - 22 Jan 2009 at 21:29

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  "Shoot On Sight" is a gripping thriller and riveting family drama that unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Pakistan, married to an English woman, and with two kids, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a ...