Best movies for gun enthusiasts

[roadchoad]

Albert Finney uses the"Chicago Typewriter" very well in "Miller's Crossing".

The man is an artist with a Thompson. Good movie. Love the Coen brothers.

I am not sold on Shooter. It is entertaining, but the initial scene is a little over-the-top, where they are sniping from the ledge at some ridiculous distance and he is getting headshot after headshot on baddies in moving vehicles with a .308, only switching to the .50 when he is attacked by a helicopter. All Hollywood.

 

[RustyShackelford]

Classic 1980s films....

Other classics from the 1980s era include Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Commando, and Raw Deal.
I think Lethal Weapon(1987) was one of the first Hollywood films to really show the new Beretta 92F 9mm pistol.
Commando(1984) was good too. Many different scenes included different guns. Even the rare ASP 9x19mm pistol, .
Fun fact: Sylvester Stallone reportedly had a brief scene in his action cop film: Cobra(1986) where he uses a ASP 9mm as a back up but it was edited from the final version.

Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop(1984) was a huge box office hit. It had several gun fights & action scenes. Murphy's Axel Foley(a young Detroit MI police detective) uses a Hi Power 9x19mm which was considered realistic because many Detroit officers of the era used either Hi Power pistols or .41magnum DA revolvers(4" or 6" barrel).

 

[tark]

The Sand Pebbles with Steve McQueen.. An old movie (1968 I think) directed by Robert Wise. McQueen was a shooter and a collector and the weapons used were used in a very realistic way. McQueen handles a BAR (a correct for the period gun without a bipod) very realistically. In one scene he must shoot a coolie who is being tortured, from some two hundred yards away. He grabs a 1903 from a sailor, carefully estimates the range, sets the sight, and flips off the safety before firing.

Candice Bergen (yes, the anti gun witch) is in the movie, which was her first. She was 19.

In addition to the joy of actually seeing guns handled correctly, and correct guns for the period, it is an outstanding flick.

 

[eldon519]

Some faves:
We Were Soldiers
Heat
Full Metal Jacket
Last Samurai
Copland
Blackhawk Down
Lone Survivor

 

[Jason_W]

It's not a movie, but actually an animated spy-comedy series called Archer.

It's an animated comedy series, but it portrays firearms more realistically than most action/drama movies and TV shows out there.

I don't recommend it for kids or people who are easily offended.

 

[highlander 5]

Tombstone

 

[Plan2Live]

Applying the OP's parameters, Act Of Valor.

 

[el indio]

What about The Magnificent Seven? We deal in lead. I don't watch Stallone or Neeson movies because of their anti 2nd amendment comments.

 

[WVGunman]

The movie Faster packs plenty of action with Dwayne Johnson (the Rock) believe thats his name. The revolver he carries is a downright nightmare and the assassin hired to take him out is armed to the teeth!

Do yourself a favor and watch Faster.

Ooh, good one. I saw it when it came out, but had forgotten.

 

[WVGunman]

The Wild Bunch. I counted over 15 weapon types/sub-types. Realisticly I believe the water cooled machine gun is somewhat after the movie depicts.

Not necessarily. The Maxim gun was invented in the 1880s. Isn't the movie set around the turn of the century?

 

[Warp]

I like RED (Bruce Willis) for showing some close-ups of a variety of different weapons. As stated, Shooter is also good. I thought it was a great movie too. ..

Surprised to see Tom Cruise' movies listed. I thought pro-2A folks are boycotting his work.

I think RED fails the OP's test miserably.

that portray firearms and how they are used accurately, without fictionalization or glorified sci-fi.

Unless you really believe a person can stop an RPG that is coming at them by using their handgun to shoot the very tip of the RPG thus detonating it early.



If any kind of realism is what you are after forget about RED

It's not a movie, but actually an animated spy-comedy series called Archer.

It's an animated comedy series, but it portrays firearms more realistically than most action/drama movies and TV shows out there.

I don't recommend it for kids or people who are easily offended.

Archer is freaking hysterical.

And no it is definitely not for kids lol.

And yes the guns are pretty darn realistic. Their effects on people, ease of hitting a target, running out of ammo, etc.

 

[leadcounsel]

I think RED fails the OP's test miserably.

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Originally Posted by WVGunman View Post
that portray firearms and how they are used accurately, without fictionalization or glorified sci-fi.
Unless you really believe a person can stop an RPG that is coming at them by using their handgun to shoot the very tip of the RPG thus detonating it early.

You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYDedFwBHzs

 

[george burns]

Strike Back, Justified, Banshee, for tv, If you want recent shows that are all pretty much making the guns the co-stars. Movies, American Sniper, and , Lone Survivor, The Equalizer. Just saw, a few old ones, Firebase Gloria, Platoon and Apocalypse now again.

 

[Jason_W]

archer is freaking hysterical.

And no it is definitely not for kids lol.

And yes the guns are pretty darn realistic. Their effects on people, ease of hitting a target, running out of ammo, etc.

Suppressing Fire!!

 

[Cee Zee]

Has anyone seen "American Sniper"? I'm very much looking forward to that. More classics include "Iwo Jima", and not just "The Magnificent Seven" but also "Guns Of The Magnificent Seven".

 

[Ken41]

Another good one for guns and reloading is Tremors. Probably early 90's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJfZvXdiTE

 

[Warp]

Another good one for guns and reloading is Tremors. Probably early 90's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJfZvXdiTE

Burt is my hero

If anybody hasn't seen the original Tremors they are missing out. Sequels are optional.

 

[bangswitch]

I always wanted to hear more about Swifty's brother though. Swifty said his brother was a much better shooter. He must have been really good is all I can say. QUOTE]

It was "Shifty". He had three brothers, at least one of which was also a WWII vet. (Barnum, died 2005 at age 84). I couldn't find his military unit info, nor could I find info on the other two brothers, James and Frank. I imagine all four were good shots; an article I read about Darrell (Shifty) said he mentioned learning marksmanship from his Dad, and by the time he was a teenager, Darrel could throw a coin in the air and hit it. He grew up in a place and time where a lot of what went on the dinner table depended on how good you could shoot.

 

[Cee Zee]

It was "Shifty"

You're right. I knew that. I don't even know how I managed to type it wrong when I posted the message.

He grew up in a place and time where a lot of what went on the dinner table depended on how good you could shoot.

A lot of us grew up under conditions like that. Squirrels and quail ended up on our table often. We didn't get much chance to hunt much else. Everything was pretty much hunted out because others before us needed to eat too. We managed to restock most of the native game and then some over the years. People should thank hunters when they see deer, turkey and coons in the wild now plus a lot of other things.

 

[tipoc]

For the gun handling and shooting:

Westerns: The Shootist (with John Wayne), Tell them Valdez is Coming (Burt Lancaster), The Wild Ones, The Unforgiven, Open Range (Duvall and Costner), Appaloosa (Ed Harris, Viggo Morgensten), High Noon, Tombstone, True Grit more the remake than the original, while it was one of Wayne's best films they shoulda kept Glen Campbell off the set. For just the fun "Once Upon A Time In The West" and all the Sergio Leone/Eastwood flicks.

There are more but...

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[tipoc]

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He grew up in a place and time where a lot of what went on the dinner table depended on how good you could shoot.

[/QUOTE]A lot of us grew up under conditions like that.[/QUOTE]

Yep, them 7-11 clerks can get awful twitchy about handing over the cash.

Wait! That's what ya meant ain't it?

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[tarosean]

Has anyone seen "American Sniper"? I'm very much looking forward to that.

Yes seen it, didnt really follow the book a whole lot. gun play wasnt a big part of the movie.

 

[sequins]

Another shout out for post 15, truly one of the most inspired posts I've seen on any forum.

In all seriousness though, I think that not all dirty harry movies were the greatest but "Dirty Harry", the original, is a legend and as an automatics guy who likes performance and thus doesn't have a wheelgun yet, when I do it'll be a .44 magnum for sure. I'm just waiting for Chiappa to do one.

 

[Cee Zee]

Yep, them 7-11 clerks can get awful twitchy about handing over the cash.

The only 7-/11 I saw as a kid had something to do with dice. We had convenience stores but we called them general stores. Seriously. You would have thought you stepped back in time 100 years there. Store owner lived upstairs. Big balcony over the front porch. A front porch. Pot belly stove (still remember my lesson on why you don't touch one). I was a genuine cow poke too. You had to be there I guess. It's hard to even find someone that knows a cowpoke is someone who herds cattle with a stick and pokes them if they don't move along fast enough. Never once had to do that but the cattle all knew what the stick was for and they avoided it completely.

If you ever saw The Waltons or Little House you'll know what my life was like. Here's a photo of what my early life looked like. I'm the one coughing.

 

[Charley C]

The best movies for gun enthusiasts? Strangely enough, I'm a "gun enthusiast", but I'm not very much of a "movie enthusiast"; when I was younger, I loved the movies; and I may still go to a movie every once in a while; (My wife and I went to see Dinesh D'Souza's "Obama's America" 3 or 4 years ago, but there weren't any guns in it that I recall. )

If a movie featuring a lot of guns has any of the following in it, I may go to see it, (or watch it on TV )
Clint Eastwood, James Woods, Chuck Norris, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston, Ernie Borgnine, Lee Marvin, "The Gunny" (Lee Ermey), Charley Bronson, Gary Sinese, John Voight, Bill Holden, George Peppard, Joe Pesci, or Lee VanCleef; if it's been produced by Dinesh D'Souza, I have probably already seen it.

On the other hand, if a movie has: Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Val Kilmer, Leo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Redford or Russell Crowe in it, the folks who are exhibiting the movie will NEVER see one red cent of MY money, regardless of how many guns it has in it, or how "good" or how "bad" it is.

I made one of my very rare exceptions when I watched "Forrest Gump" on TV, but then again, besides Tom Hanks in it, it also had Gary Sinese who IMO is a "Great American"!

(You might say I'm permanently boycotting all movies giving employment to people that I have no use for. )