The Ticking Man
Synopsis
Outside a rural police station the hitman starts a stopwatch, jumps into his car and sets off down the road. He drives at full speed through the barren country roads until he pulls up in Bartoun. He jumps out of the car and stops the stopwatch. It reads 28 minutes 36 seconds.
At noon the next day the hitman strides down Main Street, pulls out two handguns and starts shooting. Once his intial attack is over he starts his stopwatch, sets 28 minutes 36 seconds, counting down. This is how much time he has to kill everyone in the village before the police can possibly get there. Pandemonium follows within the village as he methodically hunts down his targets and people frantically try to stay alive.
Details
- Year
- 2003
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 91 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Steven Lewis Simpson
- Producer
- Steven Lewis Simpson
- Editor
- Steven Lewis Simpson
- Screenwriter
- Steven Lewis Simpson
- Director of Photography
- Ian Dodds
- Sound
- John Cobban
- Composer
- Various Artists
- Principal cast
- Alan McCafferty, Aaron McCusker, Harriet Hunter, Ian Hanmore, Gavin Marshall
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Roaring Fire Film Production Ltd
17 Kirkhill Drive, Edinburgh, EH16 5DH, ScotlandUK
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