IMDb 4.3 2020 HD

Active Shooter

Active Shooter

2020
Crime Drama Thriller
68 min NR USA
5 / 10
4.3 IMDB

Held up in an office restroom during an active shooter situation, three women find their trust tested when they start looking for holes in a fellow victim's story.

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Robert Bryce Milburn
Starring
Catherine Dyer / Joshua Mikel / Michael Aaron Milligan / Ashlyn Moore / Robert Vardaros / Cassandra Tuten / Andrea Andrade

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

tense suspenseful psychological claustrophobic unsettling gripping character-driven grim intense thought-provoking unnerving dramatic

Reviews

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Isabelle Dubois
Apr 4, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

Trapped in a single location, 'Active Shooter' attempts to weave a tale of suspicion and survival. The premise, confining three women during a real-world horror, offers potential for intense drama. Catherine Dyer and the supporting cast do their…

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Dominic Hayes
Apr 4, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

'Active Shooter' is a remarkably effective exercise in sustained suspense. The film’s brilliance lies in its surgical precision, focusing the narrative entirely on the psychological fallout experienced by three women caught in a terrifying lockdown. Catherine Dyer leads…

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Seraphina Lee
Apr 4, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

This particular thriller, 'Active Shooter,' locks its audience in with its protagonists, a trio of women trapped in a restroom during a terrifying ordeal. The film’s strength lies in its commitment to exploring the insidious nature of suspicion…

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Marcus Bell
Apr 4, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

'Active Shooter' delivers a masterclass in claustrophobic tension, proving that a compelling story doesn't require vast landscapes. The film ingeniously uses an active shooter scenario not for gratuitous violence, but as a pressure cooker for human interaction. The…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 4, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Confined to the stark reality of an office restroom, 'Active Shooter' crafts a taut psychological thriller that leverages its limited setting to potent effect. Catherine Dyer and her fellow captives find themselves in a crucible of fear, where…

FAQs

The active shooter situation serves as the catalyst for the film's central drama, rather than being the sole focus of the narrative. It creates the high-stakes environment that forces the characters into close proximity and triggers their interpersonal conflicts. The film uses the external threat to explore the internal tensions and suspicions that emerge among the survivors.