The Kill Point 

A group of military veterans, who recently returned home from serving in Iraq, band together to pull off a major bank heist.

Creator:

James DeMonaco

Stars:

Steve Cirbus, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Hyatt

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Steve Cirbus	...	Corporal Deke Quinlan / ... 12 episodes, 2007
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Captain Horst Cali 8 episodes, 2007
Michael Hyatt	...	Lt. Connie Ruebens / ... 8 episodes, 2007
John Leguizamo	...	Jake Mendez / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Adam Cantor	...	Rocko 8 episodes, 2007
Geoffrey Cantor	...	Abe Shelton 8 episodes, 2007
Christine Evangelista	...	Ashley Beck 8 episodes, 2007
Jennifer Ferrin	...	Chloe 8 episodes, 2007
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Michael / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Frank Grillo	...	Albert Roman / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Michael Hogan	...	Hawk 8 episodes, 2007
Wayne Kasserman	...	Tonray 8 episodes, 2007
J.D. Williams	...	Marshall O'Brien, Jr. / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Quincy 8 episodes, 2007
Bingo O'Malley	...	Bernard Kazmicki / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Jeremy Davidson	...	Henry Roman / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Ryan Sands	...	Leroy / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Leslie Merrill	...	Reporter 8 episodes, 2007
Nick Koesters	...	Leon / ... 8 episodes, 2007
Patrick Jordan	...	Johnny Boy 8 episodes, 2007
Ryan Goimarac	...	SWAT Team Member 8 episodes, 2007
Nick LaMantia	...	SWAT Member Rascal 8 episodes, 2007
Andrew McCune	...	SWAT Team Member #17 8 episodes, 2007
Dana Ashbrook	...	Tony 7 episodes, 2007
Michael McGlone	...	Deputy Chief Abrami / ... 7 episodes, 2007
Joshua Elijah Reese	...	Derzius 7 episodes, 2007
Neil Booker	...	SWAT Team Officer 7 episodes, 2007
Jeff Hochendoner	...	Big Stan 6 episodes, 2007
Peter Appel	...	Teddy Sabian 5 episodes, 2007
Ethan Rosenfeld	...	Robby Sabian 5 episodes, 2007
Stefanie E. Frame	...	Renee 5 episodes, 2007
David Barckhoff	...	SWAT team member 5 episodes, 2007
Jeffrey Jones	...	Pittsburgh Police Officer 5 episodes, 2007

Storyline

People in a Pittsburgh bank are taken hostage when a bank-robbery goes wrong. It's the work of a group of initially masked Iraq veterans, lead by sergeant 'Wolf', who also has secret trump-cards outside. The police lays siege to the bank, with experienced Horst Cali as negotiator, whose authority is however challenged by the D.A.'s office, deputy chief Abrami, a local tycoon leaning politically to save his daughter and the FBI.

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Plot Keywords:

2000s | iraq war veteran | pittsburgh | pennsylvania | northeastern united states | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Spike TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 July 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Kill Pit

Filming Locations:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Television, Mandeville Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The SWAT commander wears a "combat infantry badge" on her Tac vest. She wouldn't be awarded this as females aren't allowed in combat units.

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Goofs

Wolf and his men are supposed to come from a platoon known as the 1013. The Marine Corps refers to platoons either as a number showing them as a part of the company, battalion, regiment and division, such as 1st Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, or companies break up their platoons by function, like Headquarters platoon. Calling a platoon the 1013 would not be done, or would be extremely atypical.

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Connections

Referenced in Séries express: Episode #2.2 (2008)

User Reviews

the cream rises, to a network few watch

this is an enjoyable series--well worth the watch. and if you want to put it in Hollywood lingo, then it is a 21st century "dog day afternoon", without the Attica chant. and if you don't know that film--see it. that's the meat of the series, but after viewing some decent twists in the middle, the end turns into a broke down copy of "heat".

and after watching a couple of episodes, it becomes obvious why the two leads went for this project: the writing and lead parts are exactly what mature actors dream of, and the producers must have convinced them that the small budget would be seen on the screen, and not end up on producer's expense accounts.

i'm an old recon marine, and some of the early tactical stuff had me cringing. but this can be partially discounted by the bandits being regular grunts and not trained for speed, but when the sarge called former marines--soldiers--throughout the series, i about soiled my sheets. we don't do that. we are not ordinary soldiers. i know. i was in the army and the marines.

but again, this is a great series--that is if you're into realistic television. it has many flaws: like dumping a cop in a populated area when he could have been dumped, blindfolded in the woods and thwarted the outcome; and whenever a killshot was needed and should be made by pros, they all shot as badly as the comedic, t.v. A team; and then there's the female vet/swat officer who acts like she was a three tour grunt who knifed tangos in their sleep for fun, instead of realistically being a truck driver who had a rifle in the cab too dirty to fire; and then there was the story's massively overworked murphy's law of extraction; and also the military insignia worn on swat gear (which would be a p.r. death to a police department), most probably used, against technical advice, as a time-saving Hollywood device so the viewers could identify officers wearing gas masks later in the show.

but throughout the strong points fully outweigh the weak. there is well fledged character development. and that is very hard to find. and all good springs from competent writing, a series time frame to grow in, and a production team dedicated to the project. despite obviously disregarding adviser input.

one of my favorites about this series is that it was not produced to go beyond one season--and then only eight episodes. that took balls. look how far they elongated "prison break", now there was a one season show extended over and over again because the ratings were strong.

and how the hell did it show up on spike? it may have been produced first then put up for sale--and spike was the only one ready to buy for the right price--or it may have been flatly rejected because it was too short for a series, and too long for a mini series, and since it fits neither.... anyway, what a shame, and this shows the limited vision of network t.v. executives.