Yesterday afternoon at Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, police responded to a call describing around a dozen Middle Eastern armed men who were seen on the tarmac. Once they arrived, however, police learned that they were just actors in an indie film named Soldier in the Shadows.

The film's plot centers around a former special ops soldier who lost is family in a terror attack and is now tracking down a terrorist in New York City.

An official for the airport told the Connecticut Post that the incident was the result of a miscommunication between the control tower and a pilot who radioed in to report the presence of the Middle Eastern men near one of the planes (the scene being shot involved a terrorist truying to make a getaway on a private jet). The matter was cleared up and shooting at the Stratford, CT airport wrapped Saturday.

Call me crazy, but you'd think an airport would be extra-meticulous about making sure police and personnel on-site had plenty of warning that this shoot was happening this weekend. It should never have gotten this far.

According to the filmmakers, they experienced a similar incident on a NYC rooftop last week, when the NYPD stormed their location, guns drawn. Guys, you kinda need to let the cops know when you're gonna play with fake guns in NYC. Considering that the movie they're making takes place in the post-9/11 world, you'd think the filmmakers would see where doing so might be prudent.

As for the movie itself, count me out. Robin Goldsmith, the lead actor describes it:

Goldsmith said his character forms a type of friendship with "Fausi," an Arab extremist, as the two struggle to discover each other's true identities. The film plays on Arabic and American stereotypes, he said. "Despite being from cultures at odds, the characters become friends," Goldsmith said. "It creates a hope for the bigger picture."

Oh, for God's sake. You play a former Delta Force operator whose family got killed by the terrorists, and we're supposed to believe that you and the main jihadist become friends? Spare me.

The screenwirter, Michael Umo, adds:

"It shows that an eye for an eye is not the way to fight terrorism," he said. "A policy of revenge doesn't work. We need to use better intelligence and more Arabic agents who can get inside the terrorist cells. Right now we are ill-equipped to fight a war on terrorism."

The producers plan to get the film into the festival circuit next year. I'm sure it'll be a hit with the divorced-from-reality set that attends those things.

Alex Nunez blogs at The Noonz Wire.