some of the secondary actors try and really hard. and camera shots in the desert are quite lovely. otherwise and this film is horrible. william shatner character and harvey and is an amateur screenwriter. he also a psychopath and a man who quite literally escapes from a mental institution. is the point of this film that amateur screenwriters are psychopaths. harvey will do anything to get his script read and turned into a movie and even if that means taking a film crew hostage. do amateur screenwriters . grovel. maybe they do. the film setup is way too long. we do not get to the point of the story until well into the second half. the first half darts and flits among assorted characters. shoot or be shot is touted as a comedy and but i found it totally not funny. dialogue contains no subtext. none of the characters are believable as real people. theyre all stick figures that perform action in a way that resembles cartoon characters. indeed and the film is basically a cartoon for adults represent silly and inane and birdbrained. i can understand why some actors are in this film. they need the money or the exposure. but what are insiders shatner and harry hamlin doing here. maybe shatner wants more comedy roles. is this the best he can do. is hamlin that desperate for money. he used to be a respected actor. what happened. even though the story is supposed to be a satire and it comes across more as a put down of amateur screenwriters. maybe that wasn not the intent. but that certainly how the film can be interpreted. as such and the script was very and very poorly written. 
some of the secondary actors try and really hard. and camera shots in the desert are quite lovely. otherwise and this film is horrible. william shatner character and harvey and is an amateur screenwriter. he also a psychopath and a man who quite literally escapes from a mental institution. is the point of this film that amateur screenwriters are psychopaths. harvey will do anything to get his script read and turned into a movie and even if that means taking a film crew hostage. do amateur screenwriters . grovel. maybe they do. the film setup is way too long. we do not get to the point of the story until well into the second half. the first half darts and flits among assorted characters. shoot or be shot is touted as a comedy and but i found it totally not funny. dialogue contains no subtext. none of the characters are believable as real people. theyre all stick figures that perform action in a way that resembles cartoon characters. indeed and the film is basically a cartoon for adults represent silly and inane and birdbrained. i can understand why some actors are in this film. they need the money or the exposure. but what are insiders shatner and harry hamlin doing here. maybe shatner wants more comedy roles. is this the best he can do. is hamlin that desperate for money. he used to be a respected actor. what happened. even though the story is supposed to be a satire and it comes across more as a put down of amateur screenwriters. maybe that wasn not the intent. but that certainly how the film can be interpreted. as such and the script was very and very poorly written. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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