''Shoot on Sight'' is a 2007 British film directed by

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and produced by Aron Govil. The film was marketed and distributed globally by Aron Govil Productions Inc. The cast includes Brian Cox,

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and

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Plot

Tariq Ali (played by

), a Muslim police commander of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of the 7 July bombings in London. Ali's task becomes more complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by armed police on the

Underground Underground most commonly refers to: * Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth Underground may also refer to: Places * The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston * The Underground ( ...

. Ali (

), a Lahore-born British citizen married to an English woman with two children, is himself distrusted by his colleagues, despite his long service in the Metropolitan Police.

Cast

Production

''Shoot on Sight'' is a story based on

Operation Kratos Operation Kratos was a set of tactics developed by London's Metropolitan Police Service for dealing with suspected suicide bombers, most notably firing shots to the head without warning. The tactics were developed shortly after the 11 September 2 ...

, the police "shoot-to-kill" policy applied to suspected suicide-bombers after the

7 July 2005 London bombings The 7 July 2005 London bombings, often referred to as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamic terrorism, Islamic terrorists in London that targeted commuters travelling on Transport in London, the city's ...

. The shooting of the innocent Muslim in the Underground is based on an actual event, the shooting of an innocent Brazilian on 22 July 2005 whom police thought to be a Muslim terrorist about to detonate a suicide bomb.

References

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* http://www.radiosargam.com/films/archives/5448/movie-preview-shoot-on-sight-2007.html * http://www.arongovil.com/2008/sos_news.php 2007 films Islamophobia in the United Kingdom Films about terrorism in Europe Films about Islam British police films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Jag Mundhra 2000s British films {{2000s-UK-film-stub