Open Fire (2012 film)

Open Fire is a 2012 American action thriller film and a remake of the 199 film of the same name.

Plot
Two FBI agents, Alec McNeil and Brett Davis, are scrutinizing a political summit where a terror attack is suspected to take place. Brett spots a suicide bomber amongst the crowd and chases him up to the roof. Alec pursues them and finds the terrorist preparing to blow himself up. Desperately, Brett charges into him and they both fall over the edge, the bomb detonating while they are in the air. However, both men fall to their death.

Eighteen months later, Alec has resigned in disgrace from the FBI and falls behind on his rent, forcing him to move in with father in Los Angeles. Dom McNeil is preparing himself for a job interview as a security guard at the local chemical plant. The two get into an arguement one night when Alec comes home in a drunken stupor and then passes out. The next morning, an angry Dom leaves quickly for his interview. Only once he has gone does Alec realise that he's taken the wrong briefcase and decides to go after him with it.

However, while Dom is awating his interview, the plant is stormed by disgruntled former marines loyal to Patrick Kruger. Dom is amongst those taken hostage and some security personnel are killed in the takeover. When Alec arrives, he is refused entry by one of the men standing guard; suspicious, Alec continues to lurk around undetected and witnesses some men moving a body. He is then found by the false security guard and they get into a fight, which Alec wins. He then infiltrates the plant to investigate.

Alec soon learns that he is dealing with a hostage crisis. A news reporter and his cameraman, who were looking into the enviromental effect of the plant, are amongst those taken hostage and Kruger forces them to get him air time. Then, he makes his demands; unless he is given a ransom and a means of escape, he will release a deadly gas cloud over the city. He warns that an attempted evacuation will result in him releasing the gas. The FBI are contacted and they soon arrive at the scene.

Inside the plant, Alec fights his way through Kruger's men. The FBI learn that Kruger was a former soldier who became disillusioned and formed a criminal gang with other disgruntled soldiers. They also learn of Alec's presence and make contact with him; unfortuanetly for Alec he ends up talking to his former superior, Agent Simpson. Simpson tells Alec to cease and desist; Alec reminds him that he no longer takes orders from him.

Due to a freak accident, the ransom, which has been arranged by the FBI, is delayed. Kruger becomes enraged and does not believe them, as at that moment, the TV station cuts the news feed to block Kruger's view of a special forces team preparing to enter the facility. Alec witnesses the ensuing shootout, with many fatalities on both sides. He meets up with the special forces survivors and they hatch a plan to take Kruger down. Meanwhile, the infuriated villain prepares to launch his attack on LA in retaliation. Alec and his team overhear this and they inform Simpson, who orders the evacuation of LA.

Alec goes after the terrorists who are preparing the gas attack while the squad rescues the hostages. They are mostly successful but Kruger shoots Dom and then goes after Alec. The news reporter and his cameraman view the fight between the two atop a tower, which culminates in Kruger taking a fall.

Alec has his wounded father rushed to an ambulance but is then confronted by a raging Simpson, who he finally punches. Just then, more shots are heard inside the plant and Alec rushes back inside, where he finds that Kruger survived and escaped. He gives chase and corners him inside the factory, and after one final struggle, drops the villain into a chemical vat.

Alec is given a police escort to the hospital, where his father is undergoing emergency surgery. After a tense wait, he finally receives the good news that Dom has survived and will live. As the two reconcile, Simpson is horrified to learn that his superiors want Alec to have his old job back. At the urges of his father, Alec accepts.