A game becomes deadly serious! An insane cop hunts down five students in a shopping mall after closing time. His life is ruined as he was dishonorably discharged from the police force because of these people. Armed with a Rambo knife and a crossbow, he initially only wants to scare them off, but when he accidentally injures one of the boys deadly, there is no turning back. The witnesses to the murder must be eliminated! So begins a relentless hunt through the mall at night…
Practical Effects
Gloriously unhinged mall-set stunts with zero CGI safety net.
Production
Sydney's actual malls become claustrophobic death mazes.
Acting
Steven Grives commits hard to unhinged cop meltdown energy.
Director
Stephen Hopkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Stephen Hopkins later directed Predator 2 and episodes of 24—this was his proving ground for tension in confined spaces.
One of the few 80s slashers set in Australia, capturing a very specific moment of Sydney's mall culture before security cameras everywhere.
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