Gangster Squad

[gspn]

I saw the movie Gangster Squad last night and I thought it had a lot of cool gun scenes. Some of them were clearly the over-the-top Hollywood stuff...like dual-wielding Thompson sub-machine guns...or even using snub nose 38's against mounds of Tommy Gun wielding gangsters...but cool nonetheless.

Anyone else like this one?

 

[Sam1911]

(Remember to keep this about guns, shooting, and RKBA. If it's just a movie thread, it will be closed.)

 

[JustinJ]

I was far more stoked at seeing Tavors in World War Z. I think we've all seen more Tommy's in movies than we can even begin to count. I enjoy seeing more obscure or newer guns in movies, especially the ones I own.

 

[Shuler13]

I enjoy period movies like this, but as I get older, there is a small part that gets me mad. As I enjoy seeing 1911s and other guns in a shoot out, two thoughts set it. First is that people that aren't familiar with guns will think every sporting rifle is full auto and can mow down entire crowds in mere seconds. Second, the hypocrisy of Hollywood who will in one day make millions glorifying weapons and the next day do what it can to remove weapons from people they make money on. They make weapons look terrifying, earn millions, and use that fear to take them away.

 

[gspn]

Gotcha...to keep the focus on guns...I would hate to be forced into a spot where i had to use my early edition Detective Special against 3 guys wielding .45 auto Tommy Guns!

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I was in a big box sporting goods store this weekend. They had violin Thompson cases.

 

[gspn]

I was in a big box sporting goods store this weekend. They had violin Thompson cases.

My son plays violin in the orchestra...he also loves to shoot. It would be a lot of fun to buy one of those cases and stuff a Thompson replica in it...then replace his normal case with the new one.

 

[iLikeOldgunsIlikeNewGuns]

I enjoyed the flick, seen it a few times now, but one gun-error really bothered me the first time and each time since. Without giving too much away, there's a part towards the end where a character spins/twirls a SAA in a dramatic slow-mo, but upon reholstering and still in slow-mo, accidentally bumps the hammer to half-cock, and then keeps walking 'all cool-like' with the holstered gun in that condition. Again, I liked the movie, but that kind of error, which was blatant in the theater, just really took away from the immersing one's self in a story experience.

Lotta cool guns in it though, they covered many, from the BAR to the MP-40, check out the imfdb page for a list

 

[T2K]

I found the MP40's particularly interesting in that movie.

Historically, there were a lot of MP40 bringbacks in the US in the immediate post WWII era for sure. Side note - my grandfather had one ready to bring back in his duffel bag but traded it for a Luger which he later sold for cash (or something like that, the end result of which was that he didn't bring it back ).

I wonder if any MP40's were used in crimes in the post-WWII era?

Frankly, my impression is that the 1920's (Prohibition Era) was the high point of Thompson SMG use by gangsters in the US. I bet LA didn't see much happening with them, in reality. Bugsy Siegel was killed in 1947 with an M1 Carbine, for instance.

 

[NoirFan]

Bah, it was OK. For a far superior movie (with a far superior final gunfight) which covers the same era, you guys REALLY need to watch LA Confidential.

 

[Archaic]

Just saw WWZ the other night, was kind of pleased to see the hero with a good old wood stocked, scoped, bolt action deer rifle slung over his shoulder. Nothing like the classics. What could make that better you ask? Why, how about duct taping a butcher knife bayonet to it and going mano e zombo in a dark stair well. It was hokey, I enjoyed it.

 

[JERRY]

the tommy guns which they had using the stick magazine fired more rounds than the higher capacity drum magazines.... and the accuracy of the snub nosed .38spls was phenominal.