Great Movie
Added 12/23/2009
I've looked for this on DVD for some time because it is a very good made for TV movie.
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AWESOME!! MUST SEE!
Added 11/18/2009
This made for tv movie is great!.. David Soul and Mike Gross are wonderful in this..
See a side of Mike Gross ( Family ties) you have never seen before...
The whole cast is great...
Don't hesitate on this.. buy it now!!!!
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Uncompromising and Chillingly Honest
Added 4/28/2009
I remember watching this film on television when I was younger, and thinking afterwards, "This is how violence should be portrayed in film...." I felt like I'd been put through an emotional wringer. I was recently reading a critique on our societies treatment of death that decried, "Shows showing legions of bad guys falling with no regard to what makes death death.." No such lie is found at the end of this film. The gun battle at the end of the movie seems to aim for nothing less than portrayal of the horrifying reality of the shootout.
David Soul and Michael Gross' portrayal of sociopathic criminals is uncompromising and realistic, and yet, at the agonizing end, you not only feel sorry for the FBI agents that tracked them down, but for them as well, such is the pain and agony portrayed in those last, few, bloody minutes of this film.
This film accomplishes what few films do.... honesty.
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As good as I remember it
Added 7/21/2008
This was one of the CBS In the Line of Duty Series, I believe it was the first if I am not mistaken. It details the 1986 shootout between FBI Agents and two heavily armed bank robbers, which became known as the Miami Massacre.
All of the actors do a competent job in the rolls. The standout is Michael Gross, coming of his roll in Family Ties, does an outstanding job as William Mattox. This is one of Bruce Greenwoods early rolls and he does an ok job.
The movie glosses over the fact the most of the Agents were SWAT Team members and had better weapons than the armed robbers. But the weapons along with their heavy body armor was in their trunks. The final shootout is extremely accurate from the accounts I have read.
It was worth the $7.99 price I paid for it. Good movie, worth picking up.
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A Classic TV Movie
Added 6/23/2008
An excellent addition to my movie library. The FBI Murders is an excellent depiction of this true, horrific event. Ronny Cox and a very young Bruce Greenwood are exceptional in their roles -- particularly Ronny Cox, a very under-appreciated character actor. But the true brillance is going against character: David Soul and Michael Gross (who makes you forget he ever placed Michael P. Keaton's father). These two guys are plain scary. One scene with Gross is downright bone chilling ... sitting at the table in the dark, telling his wife to leave.
You can't go wrong with this movie. It is truly outstanding.
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