The Kill Point is an American television mini-series produced by Mandeville Films and Lionsgate Television that follows a group of U.S. Marines recently returned from serving in Iraq as they come together to pull off a major bank heist of a Three Rivers Bank branch in Pittsburgh.
The series aired in the USA on Spike TV from 22 July to 26 August, 2007. There are eight hour-long episodes in the series.
The Kill Point premiered in South Africa on TopTV's Fox FX channel on Sunday 6 March 2011, at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly.
Repeats
Mondays: 03h15, 22h15
Tuesdays: 05h15, 17h45
Synopsis
John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg star in Spike TV's original scripted series, The Kill Point, an eight-hour event focusing on two men as they square off during a bank heist gone horribly wrong and the hostage negotiations that ensue.
Leguizamo is "Mr. Wolf," the leader of a small group of military veterans who set out to rob a major bank in Pittsburgh. When things go awry, they're forced to take more than a dozen hostages from all walks of life, including a wealthy and powerful businessman's daughter.
Suddenly, "Mr. Wolf" finds himself battling the police, the hostages and members of his own team while at the same time, fighting his own personal demons from the Iraq war and from his own war at home.
Will he be sharp enough to hold it all together or lose control of the situation? And will he find redemption before it's too late - and does he even care to?
On the opposite side of the perimeter is "Horst Cali," the Pittsburgh Police Department Hostage Negotiator, played by Donnie Wahlberg, who must go toe-to-toe with "Mr. Wolf."
"Cali" must use his wit and negotiating skills, while managing his own personal issues, to manipulate the situation and convince Wolf to free the hostages before the FBI takes control, or worse.
With time of the essence and the uncertainty of the unfolding events, both men need to remain resourceful and collected or risk losing lives.
The Kill Point reveals how the hostage takers leverage their situation and how the negotiator tries to unravel their plans. Which man will blink? Who will outsmart the other? Who will survive?
It's a dangerous game of chess played out with human lives at stake.