Movielogr
Siege (2012)
Directed by Mike Smith
Overview
On the 7th of May 2009, Senior Constables Len Snee, Grant Diver and Bruce Miller arrived at 41 Chaucer Rd in Napier to serve a search warrant on Jan Molenaar for the growing of cannabis. This was just a routine warrant, something they had done countless times. What was meant to be an ordinary procedure turned into three of New Zealand’s darkest days and ended with one police officer dead, two officers critically injured and a member of the public fighting for his life. In some fifty hours Jan Molenaar made a permanent and devastating imprint upon the national psyche of New Zealand as he changed the lives of individuals, families, a police community, and a city. The siege was one of the worst and unexpected cases of violence both Napier and New Zealand had witnessed and it was all the more shocking because of its ordinary suburban backdrop.
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Peter Feeney | Joel Tobeck | Stephen Hall | Kirk Torrance | Nathalie Boltt | Lisa Chappell | Will Hall | Kelson Henderson | Laurie Dee | Miriama Smith | Alistair Browning | Geoff Dolan | Toby Leach | Mark Mitchinson | Kim Michalis | Andrew Robertt | Jason Whyte | Geraldine Brophy | Darren Young | Jon Cummings | Mark Warren | Phil Brown | William Wallace | Maggie Tarver | Bede Skinner | Josh McKenzie | Adam Gardiner | Damien Avery | Michelle Leuthart | Greg Smith | Edith Poor | Ray Woolf | Mark Clare | Ross McKellar | Christine Bartlett | Ross Stokes | Peter Muller | Stephanie Liebert | Edward Peni | Fred McFall | Ingrid Leary | Rohan Mouldey