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Posted: 6/1/2003 2:45:42 PM EDT

Hey, I love the sport of target shooting. After researching the best pistol and rifle to buy, I found myself buying every gun identification book I could find. I later found that watching a good action movie gave me a chance to identify pistols and rifles. There are some really lame rubber gun movies that have been made but are there any really gun specific motion pictures? Here is your chance to tell the forum what you think is a well done flick with great weapons research in it.

My favorites:

Borne Identity
Black Hawk Down
James Bond: Golden Eye

What is your suggestion?

Posted: 6/1/2003 2:55:11 PM EDT

[#1]

Not many good movies with guns. How about Saving Private Ryan.

Now for video games. There is one video game that will top em all.

Metal Gear Solid.

Solid Snake was outfitted like a freakin' spec-ops guy.

A small sample of all guns used in game:
HK USP 9mm
HK MP5 9mm
HK PSG1
Beretta 92 (M9)
AKS-74u
M4 Colt

Reads kinda like my christmas list...

Posted: 6/1/2003 2:58:02 PM EDT

[#2]

Predator: Jesse Ventura with the Mini gun. Yes I know it was never made but looked at by SF found to be to heavy yada yada ya it was still way cool.

http://www.montysminiguns.com/RealityPage.htm

Glockdog

Airborne!!

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:30:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Hard to beat Pacino in Scarface!

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:33:03 PM EDT

[#4]

Ronin
Heat
Black Hawk Down
The Matrix
Aliens

The three best Viet Nam movies ever:

Incident at Muc Wa, about early advisors
The Odd Angry Shot, about the NZ SAS
We Were Soldiers

Westerns

Valdez is Coming
Quigley Down Under
Tombstone

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:42:36 PM EDT

[#5]

Heat. End of discussion! [;)]

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:43:47 PM EDT

[#6]

[size=5]HEAT[/size=5]

Edited to add, What was the carbine Pacino used ?? [whacko]

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:49:13 PM EDT

[#7]

FNC

Posted: 6/1/2003 3:49:52 PM EDT

[#8]

Black Hawk Down

Posted: 6/1/2003 4:14:04 PM EDT

[#9]

Black Hawk Down and the MATRIX

Posted: 6/1/2003 4:19:57 PM EDT

[#10]

Blackhawk Down
Matrix
Heat

Posted: 6/1/2003 4:21:50 PM EDT

[#11]

Quigley Down Under. Tom Selleck was the co-star; his Sharps should of won an Academy award.

Posted: 6/1/2003 4:22:12 PM EDT

[#12]

Uh... uh what was the name of the armored car company in the beginning of "Heat".... I knew I couldn't say that without laughing.[LOL]

Posted: 6/1/2003 4:30:33 PM EDT

[#13]

Band of Brothers
Black hawk Down

Posted: 6/1/2003 6:27:06 PM EDT

[#14]

The Matrix

Posted: 6/1/2003 6:36:45 PM EDT

[#15]

Number 1 would be "Way of the Gun", followed by "Blackhawk Down".

Something different would be "The Mummy" (newer version) I just loved the cool older weapons from the 1920's.

A honorable mention for "Siege of Firebase Gloria", for all the M-14's, and the M-79 bloop gun.
S/F
Flyingrhino

Posted: 6/1/2003 6:41:54 PM EDT

[#16]

Best "gun" movie? Blackhawk down! Best "gun" scene? HEAT! When Val does a tactical reload correctly! and actually aims instead of sprays and he also uses good cover during the reload.UNDERDOG

Posted: 6/1/2003 6:45:12 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Uh... uh what was the name of the armored car company in the beginning of "Heat".... I knew I couldn't say that without laughing.[LOL]

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Who cares! [LOL] the real question is "What brand of aftershave did Pacino where in heat?"[LOL][LOL][ROFL]...............UNDERDOG

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:01:43 PM EDT

[#18]

Heat
Blackhawk Down
Band of Brothers
Ronin
The Matrix
Aliens

You scoff, but what brand of sunglasses does De Niro wear in "Heat"? [;D]

...

OK, so I don't know the answer either [;)]

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:07:21 PM EDT

[#19]

The Professional

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:21:29 PM EDT

[#20]

The Wild Bunch

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:21:40 PM EDT

[#21]

2000 miles to graceland had a couple of cool scenes. Unfortunately the rest of the movie sucked.

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:27:48 PM EDT

[#22]

1. Way of the Gun

Posted: 6/1/2003 8:48:45 PM EDT

[#23]

Tombraider

Posted: 6/1/2003 9:02:37 PM EDT

[#24]

Reindeer games: Gun-toting Santa Clauses.

Posted: 6/1/2003 9:38:22 PM EDT

[#25]

This is like asking me which is my favorite individual bullet in my ammo cans.

I'll play. Here's a few;
FMJ
Enemy at the Gates
Pvt Ryan
Platoon

Posted: 6/1/2003 9:44:36 PM EDT

[#26]

Heat

Posted: 6/1/2003 10:20:25 PM EDT

[#27]

Yeah I would say THE WAY OF THE GUN kicked arse for a balls to the wall shootout movie!

Posted: 6/1/2003 11:07:31 PM EDT

[#28]

I liked Way of the Gun too. Lots of realistic tactics, but some crappy ones too. Like in the end, the guy has a long gun as his primary weapon, but only one or two mags? Then when he is out... he must have what, like 50 mags for his 1911? I really liked all the wonded and one handed tactics, and the cover scenes in the begining.

Posted: 6/1/2003 11:09:29 PM EDT

[#29]

I like the shoot out in Heat & Matrix.... Heat is a little more realistic but both are good ones....

Prosise

Posted: 6/1/2003 11:13:59 PM EDT

[#30]

HEAT! By far! That shoot out in the street is awesome! Especially in 5.1 surround. When people want to hear what my home theater does I play that scene everytime. Bad Ass!

Posted: 6/1/2003 11:25:04 PM EDT

[#31]

The Matrix, specifically the Lobby scene.

Posted: 6/2/2003 2:01:31 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Incident at Muc Wa, about early advisors

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Was the movie of that called "Go Tell the Spartans"? That's the only video reference i can find to the book.

Posted: 6/2/2003 2:57:11 AM EDT

[#33]

Heat, Matrix, Ronin, Predator (cuz of "ol' Painless") and The Professional would be my top five!!

Posted: 6/2/2003 3:13:48 AM EDT

[#34]

Quigley Down Under

Posted: 6/2/2003 3:36:08 AM EDT

[#35]

If you want a movie about a gun, it has to be "Winchester '73".

Posted: 6/2/2003 4:30:56 AM EDT

[#36]

Without a doubt, HEAT. The bank robbery shootout has to be the best gun action sequence ever filmed. No sprinkling of liberal Hollywood bias either.

Ronin is also pretty good, but the scene where they snatch the case wasn't too realistic for me. Deniro uses an HK grenade launcher, a SIG 551, a LAWS and a Minimi all in one scene. Cool, but not very real.

Posted: 6/2/2003 4:57:12 AM EDT

[#37]

tears of the sun,Heat and Predator

Posted: 6/2/2003 5:23:30 AM EDT

[#38]

Blackhawk down + Bravo Two Zero

Posted: 6/2/2003 5:25:17 AM EDT

[#39]

Gotta go with Heat- no matter how many times I watch that movie, The Scene (do I have to mention which one???) just amazes me. Incredible sound of the reports reverberating off the buildings (this is reason alone to get a surround sound system!) and the fact the Val Kilmer and DiNero ADVANCE on the police gets me every time!

Damn, I might just have to watch that again when I get home tonight!

Posted: 6/2/2003 7:29:12 AM EDT

[#40]

Boondock saints, The Matrix, Resident Evil had some neat guns in it aswell

The Bourne Identity was kind of funny the way the lead guy kept getting all these guns and then throwing them away!! arg!! Did anyone notice that?

Posted: 6/2/2003 7:59:13 AM EDT

[#41]

Heat
Black Hawk Down
The Matrix
Ronin

Posted: 6/2/2003 8:02:55 AM EDT

[#42]

Another vote for the Matrix and Black Hawk Down. The part in The Matrix where they walk into the building to rescue Morpheous and they set off the metal detector. Neo then opens his black trench coat and he is loaded down with guns. That scene is the sh!t.

Posted: 6/2/2003 8:13:33 AM EDT

[#43]

C'mon, no John Woo? Howsabout [b]The Killer[/b] and the piece of resistance, [b]Hardboiled[/b]?!?!?! Realism? NOT! Fun? DEFINATELY!

Posted: 6/2/2003 8:18:56 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
I liked Way of the Gun too. Lots of realistic tactics, but some crappy ones too. Like in the end, the guy has a long gun as his primary weapon, but only one or two mags? Then when he is out... he must have what, like 50 mags for his 1911? I really liked all the wonded and one handed tactics, and the cover scenes in the begining.

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Neil, Didn't you know it was a the 94 ban, he could only obtain two 25 rounds pre-ban magazines. [;D]

I vote for
Saving Private Ryan,
Heat,
Blackhawk Down,
T2

Posted: 6/2/2003 8:37:19 AM EDT

[#45]

As for war movies...

I really liked "84 Charlie MOPIC"

Posted: 6/2/2003 9:16:05 AM EDT

[#46]

Of course:
Blackhawk Down
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan

One movie, not mentioned (Gunzilla beat me to it), that I believe is one of, if not the best, Vietnam movie is -

[b]"84 Charlie Mopic"[/b]
Views like a reality show of a LRRP...
And was the first war movie that used the same "style" of filming that the three films mentioned above used...

check it out...

[sniper2]

Posted: 6/2/2003 9:34:44 AM EDT

[#47]

Cutter75... glad you caught that! 32 series was Comms Station weinies, 32C was a repairman? Maybe Cipho... I don't remember, who cares?

Ummm... hope you are not a 32 series!

Posted: 6/2/2003 11:17:51 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Cutter75... glad you caught that! 32 series was Comms Station weinies, 32C was a repairman? Maybe Cipho... I don't remember, who cares?

Ummm... hope you are not a 32 series!

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sorry, Air Force Radio/Communications...

But 84c Mopic was so "unhollywood", I felt it was probably the most "real" film of just what it was like in Nam...
I'm Vietnam Era, but got sent to Germany in '74...

[sniper2]

Posted: 6/2/2003 11:59:22 AM EDT

[#49]

Yeah, all those movies are okay i guess, but I heard no mention of the movie "The Terminator". Perhaps the best use of weaponry ever. Not to mention the dude toting them.

A small sampling of weapons used

1. Franchi SPAS 12
2. AMT hardball (longslide)
3. SAA of some manufacture
4. 870 rem or Win model 12 (sawed off buttstock)
5. Armalite AR18
6. Uzi
7. HK 91A3

Need i say more?

Posted: 6/2/2003 12:01:56 PM EDT

[#50]

I vote for "The Mummy" (great C&Rs in there) and I also liked Bruce Willis's "Last Man Standing" (even with the oddest shoulder holster draw I've ever seen.)

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