911: Officer Down (2018) Online
While taping an episode of a popular police reality TV show, "L.A. Beat", a cop and a film crew are taken hostage by a vigilante hell-bent on revenge. Disguised as a police officer, the hijacker cruises the streets and alleys of the Los Angeles underbelly, delivering his own twisted style of justice. The film crew follows and records the action, as the vigilante hunts down drug dealers, vandals, pimps and more.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Javier Badillo | - | Franco Delucas |
 | Enigo Bain | - | Police Officer #2 |
| Devon Baker | - | Sparkle |
| Darcy Baldwyn | - | Police Officer #1 |
| Kayne Cumberland | - | Police Officer #4 |
 | Al Dales | - | Constable Miller |
| Kris Dinelle | - | Police Officer #5 |
| Devenne Drege | - | Dispatcher #1 |
| Jaime Excell | - | Police Officer #6 |
| Mikal Grant | - | Blue |
| Alishams Hassam | - | Thug #1 |
 | Raymond Wey-Ming Ho | - | The Slow Driver |
 | Robert Johnson | - | Trey Sanders |
 | David C. Jones | - | The Clerk |
| Christoph Kositza | - | Bench Line-Up Criminal #5 |
Filmed in 19 days.
About 99% of the film was written during director Christoph Kositza's breaks while working at a family-run hardware store. The script would be completed years later while he was on vacation at one of his favorite inns in Victoria. This is where he wrote the last two pages of the script, finally completing it.
The undercover car used in the film was once a real police cruiser.
The tasers in the film are real. No special effects were used; they were active during shooting. This was to make the movie feel as real as possible.
The bodega in the last scene was a large empty room connected to a real convenience store. The crew had to build the set store from scratch in about a seven days. The convenience store next door offered their extra products to fill the shelves on the set.
Considered by director Christoph Kositza to be the riskiest film he has made yet, because many of the dangers were real. Many scenes were also filmed in rough neighborhoods.
Jon Povill, writer of the Total Recall movies, attended the debut screening of the film.
The actors had to endure numerous, intense, long shots, most of which were seven to ten minutes in length. It usually took ten takes to get the shot.
The scene filmed in the graffiti-covered tunnel was particularly difficult to complete. A gang had to be payed off to use the location, otherwise, they refused to leave.
In the opening shots, an emergency response helicopter is seen flying over the Hollywood sign; this was because someone had reportedly set fire to the area around it. The shot was taken moments after the blaze was extinguished.
Only the opening shots were actually filmed in Los Angeles. The bulk of the film was shot in Vancouver, BC.
The cocaine used in the film was actually icing sugar.
L.A. Beat is the fifth feature script written by Christoph Kositza.
The second feature film directed by Christoph Kositza. He was 26 at the time.
Mikal Grant, who plays "Blue", is a film school teacher.
The film offended some audience members so much that they left the theater during screenings.
Philip McAlary, the actor playing "Roger Miles", is blind.
The actors playing "Roger" and "Franco" were almost never actually in the car with "Blue". Producer Anthony Risling mostly handled the camera during these scenes, while director Christoph Kositza fed Mikal Grant the lines of actors Philip McAlary and Javier Badillo. Voice-overs for the characters were added later.