A media storm sets off when an African-American cop kills a white teenager in a small North Carolina town.
Shots Fired features captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic and disturbing style.
First movie to show a modern cell phone. It was a Portable Radio Shack Model 17-1003, launched circa 1986 (close to the filming dates of the movie).
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The ficticious "Shadow Company" is running heroin from SE Asia on the premise of still having connections in the Golden Triangle, having been mercenary contractors to Air America, a CIA owned and operated airline that flew mostly in Southeast Asia. Mel Gibson would later star in Air America, a story about pilots flying people, supplies and sometimes drugs around Southeast Asia, the latter to feed and pay for troops commanded by a ruthless General with dreams of going to America.
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Franco Zeffirelli reportedly decided to offer Mel Gibson the role of Hamlet (1990) after seeing his suicide contemplation scene in this film.
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When Murtaugh and Riggs are walking down the street discussing how Murtaugh owes Hunsacker, a movie theater's marquee displays "Lost Boys: This Year's Hit". Richard Donner also produced The Lost Boys (1987).
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Just like his character, Mel Gibson is big fan of The Three Stooges. He even produced the biopic The Three Stooges (2000).
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This is the first collaboration of Richard Donner and Mel Gibson.
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