''Rapid Fire'' is a 2006 action television film starring
Jessica Steen
Jessica Steen is a Canadian actress in both film and television, noted for her roles in '' Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'', '' Homefront'', '' Earth 2'', ''Armageddon'', '' Left Behind: World at War'', '' NCIS'', '' Flashpoint'' ...
and
David Cubitt
David Cubitt (born 18 March 1965) is an English-born Canadian television actor.
Born in England in 1965 to a Dutch mother, Jette, and an English father, David, he moved with his parents to Vancouver, British Columbia when he was six months ol ...
based on the 1980
Norco shootout
The Norco shootout was an armed confrontation between five heavily armed bank robbers and deputies of the Riverside County and San Bernardino County sheriffs' departments in Norco, California, on May 9, 1980. Two of the five perpetrators and ...
. While in production it was titled ''Norco''.
Plot
In
Norco, California
Norco is a city in Riverside County, California, in the United States. Norco is known as Horsetown, USA and prides itself on being a "horse community," with horse trails, hitching posts, and corrals, and city ordinances requiring construction to ...
, four men plot a bank robbery using heavy weapons to intimidate the public and the police force. However, one employee activates the silent alarm in the police station, and the criminals are chased by the police. In despair, in Lytle Creek, the robbers fire about 2,000 rounds and kill one policeman. In the ambush, robbers hit eight others. The offenders damage many police cars and one helicopter. L.A.S.D. SWAT conduct a manhunt and neutralise one robber. In the end, the one survivor was sentenced to life without parole.
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2005 television films
2005 films
Crime films based on actual events
Canadian drama television films
Canadian crime drama films
2000s crime films
English-language Canadian films
Films directed by Kari Skogland
2000s Canadian films
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