9mm Sunrise is a 2006 action-adventure movie that was directed by Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw

Scott Shaw is an American actor, author, journalist, film director, film producer, musician, professor and martial artist.-Early life:...

. This films stars Scott Shaw and Conrad Brooks

Conrad Brooks

Conrad Brooks is an American actor. He moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1950s to pursue a career in acting...

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Plot

9mm Sunrise follows its lead character Jack Quick as he foils the plans of two battling gang lords who are attempting to start a gang war on the streets of Hollywood, California.

As is apparent in all Scott Shaw films this film follows a non-linear storyline and presents images of Hollywood, California, including the Hollywood Sign

Hollywood Sign

The Hollywood Sign is a landmark and American cultural icon in the Hollywood Hills area of Mount Lee, Santa Monica Mountains, in Los Angeles, California. The sign spells out the name of the area in and white letters. It was created as an advertisement in 1923, but garnered increasing recognition...

 and the Capital Records building. Several of the scenes for this film were shot on Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

-Revitalization:In recent years successful efforts have been made at cleaning up Hollywood Blvd., as the street had gained a reputation for crime and seediness. Central to these efforts was the construction of the Hollywood and Highland shopping center and adjacent Kodak Theatre in 2001...

 at night. This film also presents scenes filmed in Los Angeles Union Station. This railway hub was built in 1939 and is considered to be "The last of America's great rail stations.” It was created in an art deco

Art Deco

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 style of architecture

Architecture

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 and is a very visual location that has been featured in many films and music videos. Union Station is also a commonly presented location in the films of Scott Shaw.

This film is riddled with the unexpected characters, storyline twists and the music video style edits apparent in all Scott Shaw films. One character is a human rag doll

Rag doll

A rag doll is a children's toy. It is a cloth figure, a doll traditionally home-made from spare scraps of material. They are one of the most ancient children's toys in existence; the British Museum has a Roman rag doll, found in a child's grave dating from 300 BC.Rag dolls have featured in a...

 that walks as if she has no bones. Also included in the characters of this film are a biker

Motorcycle

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, a vampire

Vampire

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, a prostitute, and several assassin

Assassination

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 characters. Shaw frequently references all of these characters in his films.

This film is considered a "Zen Film" in that it was created in the distinct style of filmmaking formulated by Scott Shaw known as Zen Filmmaking. In this style of filmmaking no scripts are used.