Ordinary people find extraordinary courage in the face of madness. On 13–14 November 1990 that madness came to Aramoana, a small New Zealand seaside town, in the form of a lone gunman with a high-powered semi-automatic rifle. As he stalked his victims the terrified and confused residents were trapped for 24 hours while a handful of under-resourced and under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find him and save the survivors. Based on true events.

Karl Urban
as Nick Harvey

Tandi Wright
as Julie-Anne Bryson

Simon Ferry
as Garry Holden

Matthew Sunderland
as David Gray

Lois Lawn
as Helen Dickson

Paul Glover
as Paul Knox

William Kircher
as Stu Guthrie

Georgia Fabish
as Chiquita Holden

Fayth Rasmussen
as Stacey Percy

Timothy Bartlett
as Jimmy Dickson