Hit squad

Hit squad


By Michael Pickard
February 16, 2026

IN FOCUS

Writer Howard Overman and director David Caffrey tell DQ how they drew on influences including Out of Sight, Starsky & Hutch and Jackie Brown to create Hit Point, an “ambitious” crime drama about two detectives battling an increasing attraction to each other.

 

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