Shoot or Be Shot is a low-budget independent film that premiered in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota on January 25, 2002.

[3] Shoot or Be Shot has a runtime of 90 minutes and was directed by J. Randall Argue.

[5] William Shatner stars in the film as Harvey Wilkes, a patient who escapes from a psychiatric hospital to a desert, kidnaps a film crew there, and forces them to make a movie.

[6] Shoot or Be Shot was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in May 2004.

[9] Jeff Strickler of the Star Tribune called the film "a low-rent version of Bowfinger".