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The opening moments of Become Human see Connor enter an ongoing hostage situation, where a young girl is being held at gunpoint as the perpetrator teeters upon the edge of a rooftop.

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Before becoming one of the world's best - known comic strip writers and authors, Scott Adams spent more than a decade in the corporate world, moving into management after being held at gunpoint twice while working as a teller.

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It's been the same this year too, as some Mercedes mechanics were robbed at gunpoint on Friday evening after leaving the circuit.

A number of teams were robbed at gunpoint throughout the grand prix weekend in Brazil in 2017, prompting McLaren to cancel their tyre test as their security concerns had not been satisfied.

A group of MS - 13 gang members and associates was arrested at gunpoint by Suffolk County police as they tried to abduct a 16 - year - old boy they believed belonged to a rival gang so they could kill him, authorities said.

The American swimmers who claimed they were assaulted at gunpoint over the weekend by assailants posing as police officers fabricated their account of the episode, according to Brazilian investigators.

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as democracy at gunpoint.

Francis released Gunpoint earlier this year as a digital download.

Kim Kardashian was bound and robbed at gunpoint in Paris by five men dressed as police who stole $ 13million worth of jewellery.

Three 16 - year - old high school football players from Pennsylvania have been charged as adults with raping a 14 - year - old girl at gunpoint after she left a The CIES Football Observatory have published their top 100 most valuable players in the world, and Premier League talent features prominently

As are the scenes of men and women being taken away at gunpoint with their mouths taped shut.

Two of the hijackers are German revolutionaries, and they know that they'll be seen as fascists on a par with Nazis, for holding a planeload of Jewish people at gunpoint.

From a pacing perspective, the ending seemed a bit rushed as the majority of the film focused on the police interrogations, often at gunpoint.

Brühl's Wilfried is allowed to constantly explain that actually, he isn't a Nazi, even as his Palestinian colleagues are eagerly dividing the hostages into Jews and non-Jews at gunpoint, and later claims he wants to «throw bombs into the consciousness of the masses» — a line that seems meant to persuade us of his intellectual stake in the Palestinian cause, rather than reveal him as a posturing nincompoop.

There's no lack of immediacy in the footage south of the border, where Heineman, who filmed with a small crew and served as one of his own cinematographers, captures the eruption of live fire, a gunpoint interrogation in the back of a moving car and even a scene of torture.

As complicated as it is with all of the police surrounding the house, the boys have also unwittingly put an associate of some serious baddies under gunpoint, and with evidence of many past crimes in the house, the local underworld affiliates are a bit nervous about the prospect of their operations, kept in the form of a DVD, being found ouAs complicated as it is with all of the police surrounding the house, the boys have also unwittingly put an associate of some serious baddies under gunpoint, and with evidence of many past crimes in the house, the local underworld affiliates are a bit nervous about the prospect of their operations, kept in the form of a DVD, being found ouas it is with all of the police surrounding the house, the boys have also unwittingly put an associate of some serious baddies under gunpoint, and with evidence of many past crimes in the house, the local underworld affiliates are a bit nervous about the prospect of their operations, kept in the form of a DVD, being found out.

Director: Peter Hyams Cast: Tom Everett Scott, Orlando Jones, Linzey Cocker, Kristopher Van Varenberg and Jean Claude Van Damme Plot: A ranger (Everett Scott) on an isolated island finds himself held at gunpoint by the brother (Jones) of a marine he left behind in his past life as a military commander.

Frances McDormand received a much - deserved Academy Award for her performance as the pleasant but no - nonsense police chief, while William H. Macy was robbed of his Oscar at gunpoint by Cuba Gooding, Jr..

Chevy Chase (Caddyshack, Modern Problems) stars as Nick Gardenia, a divorced writer who is abducted from his secluded Big Sur, California bungalow at gunpoint and forced to rob a bank by a couple of two - bit hoods intent to make him the fall guy.

It's hard not to feel bad for the actors (mainly Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan) who signed up for this dumpster fire, because they look about as excited as a hostage being held at gunpoint.

One night, as she prepares to close up shop, a masked robber enters the store and holds her at gunpoint.

I have been going daily to feed them, but last week, I was hijacked at gunpoint at the property as I was locking the gate (took my car, laptop, phone, wallet etc etc) so I am reluctant to go there as often as I was.

The demo that I played at EB Expo was Connor's story as the android negotiator tried to arrange the safe return of a girl that taken at gunpoint by a rogue android.

DICE has always produced single - player campaigns as if they were being forced to do so at gunpoint, and Visceral, despite its admirable Dead Space pedigree, has fared even less well than their stablemates.

There are also moments in the single - player campaign where the game will go back to its default third - person view in order to offer a better narrative, such as one mission where Franklin is held at gunpoint by someone riding in the back seat of a vehicle he just lifted.

Kajir found evidence of widespread government corruption that allowed logging companies to act as a law unto themselves, ignoring the terms of the government - issued timber permits, and terrorizing the local communities — at gunpoint in some cases — into signing over their land rights.

A government coup in February led to Nasheed's resignation as president, which he says was at gunpoint, although the opposition says it was voluntary.

He entered the guilty plea for kidnapping Potts at gunpoint, as well as two other weapons charges.

As Potts was about to greet him, Lutczyk shoved Potts into a Yukon SUV at gunpoint.

As news of two European birdwatchers and their abduction from the Philippines recently hit the news and last week two American women and their Egyptian guide were abducted at gunpoint in Egypt, travelers have again been forced to think about what they should do if they are kidnapped while traveling.

Lane Gamble, an agent in Charlotte, N.C., was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight in March as he sat outside of a listing.