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Cloyse Caruthers, Kathy Jordan, Gilbert Hiracheta, Ralph L. Burkey, Manuel Lerma, Brandon Henry, Jorge R Santos, and Marilyn Cruz in The Task (2016)

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The web series was inspired by films such as Falling Down (1993), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Training Day (2001), the Die Hard film series and Heat (1995). Other David Ayer, Antoine Fuqua, Michael Mann, Sidney Lumet, James Ellroy and action/cop-themed productions such as Speed, Dark Blue (2002), Street Kings, Collateral, Sabotage, L.A. Confidential, Serpico, 16 Blocks, S.W.A.T., The Equalizer, Brooklyn's Finest, Triple 9, The Departed, John Wick, The Negotiator, 48 Hrs., Lethal Weapon and The Expendables.
TV shows which inspired this series included: The Shield (vigilante and corrupt cops), 24 (real time and split screen aspect) with some of the villains and tone being similar to The Wire, In Plain Sight, Law & Order franchise, The Closer, CSI: New York, Justified, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, The Sopranos and CSI: Miami. The theme song is inspired by The A-Team and NCIS' respective themes.
The main protagonist and vigilante Jorge Ramos is stylized after Frank Castle in the comic book and film adaptations of The Punisher as well as Bryan Mills, the protagonist portrayed by Liam Neeson in the Taken film trilogy.
The news anchor who occasionally says inappropriate material was a bit inspired by a running gag on South Park. During that same news scene in the Pilot, the officers are named Ryan, Brady and Colin in reference to the main performers Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie from the long-running comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Originally in the Pilot script, the final shoot-out between the SWAT team and the robbers was supposed to be in a restaurant but the Tex Mex owner of a small independent restaurant in Irving, TX kept pretending like there was a miscommunication and refused to shut down his store for the day like he previously agreed.

Actors Scott Rumsey, Randy Shoemake and others agreed that it would be better to film the final shootout out in the open at the Valley View Mall up in Dallas where producer Chaz Buchanan's Cadillac Studios was based (the mall later closed down and got demolished a year later in Spring 2017). Director Cam Sully then agreed to the notion and stated that this had now gone from a enclosed type of "Die Hard"/"Dog Day Afternoon" style conflict to more of a "Training Day"/"Heat" type of film project. This pleased Randy since he was a huge fan of the movie Heat.

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