Most ridiculous movie firearms scenes

[JR24]

There is a dark comedy from about 8 years ago called Tucker and Dale Vs Evil. It's actually a pretty good flick that turns the "Murderous Hillbilly in the Woods" horror genre on its head. Basically, it's about a bunch of dumb paranoid college kids going on a camping trip and getting freaked out by a couple of completely harmless if a bit rough looking locals and comically offing themselves accidentally as they overreact to their run ins with Tucker and Dale who mean them absolutely no harm.

At one point, one of the kids gets his hands on a double action service revolver. He tries to squeeze off a shot but the gun won't fire. One of the locals he's pointing it at helpfully points out that the safety is on. The kid turns the gun around, barrel toward his face, flips some sort of safety and gun goes off automatically blowing his head off. The whole idea of a safety on a service revolver and then a double action gun with the hammer down just going off is goofy. Made for a comedic moment, but rubs you the wrong way as a gun person.

Great film.

One of the Die Hard installments. #3 I think. Towards the end of the movie Detective McClane (Willis), in order to stop some type of pending apocalypse, has to shoot a wire that's about fifty yards away. With a snubbie , at night, in the rain.

Dont forget it was to shoot down a helicopter! Not as impressive as jumping a police cruiser into a helicopter, but something impressive.

 

[.308 Norma]

What's up? A model 29 S&W cylinder rotating when the trigger is pulled? Am I missing something here?

Well the Model 29's cylinder does rotate as you pull the trigger if you are shooting the revolver double action. But good ol' Clint had already cocked his Model 29 in that scene, so he was shooting his revolver single action. That is, the cylinder had already rotated as Clint pulled the revolver's hammer back with his thumb.
It doesn't matter I guess. I think the gun mistakes Hollywierd makes in movies are too numerous to mention. Besides, every time I gripe about a mistake in a movie to my wife, she says; "Good grief! It's NOT a documentary you know. It's just a movie!" That always makes me look for even more mistakes to point out.

 

[JR24]

Another of my favorites is in End of Watch (great movie) where Gyllenhaal is describing his duty gear identifying his Glock 19, while the gun in his hand clearly can be seen as a Glock 22 in that very camera shot.

 

[22250Rem]

Well the Model 29's cylinder does rotate as you pull the trigger if you are shooting the revolver double action. But good ol' Clint had already cocked his Model 29 in that scene, so he was shooting his revolver single action. That is, the cylinder had already rotated as Clint pulled the revolver's hammer back with his thumb.
It doesn't matter I guess. I think the gun mistakes Hollywierd makes in movies are too numerous to mention. Besides, every time I gripe about a mistake in a movie to my wife, she says; "Good grief! It's NOT a documentary you know. It's just a movie!" That always makes me look for even more mistakes to point out.

............Just went back and looked at it again...... I knew he cocked it ( and it was shown) so he would have been firing single action... But as he pulls the trigger to (dry) fire it I see cylinder movement again.(????). Isn't that what you were originally referring to? If so; that's a good catch. Could the gun in that scene have been some sort of movie prop?

 

[.308 Norma]

Isn't that what you were originally referring to?

Yeah, that was it.

If so; that's a good catch.

Thanks.

Could the gun in that scene have been some sort of movie prop?

Could have been, I guess. I remember reading somewhere that at least one of those beautiful Shiloh Sharps rifles Tom Selleck used in "Quigley" was actually made out of rubber.

 

[tuckerdog1]

There is a scene in Wasabi with Jean Reno. He's in a gunfight in the lobby of a multi-story building. A bad guy jumps off a 2nd story walkway at Reno. At about 1/2 way between the 1st & 2nd floors, Reno shoots the guy with what appears to be a Taurus 357 Magnum. It blows the bad guy backwards and back up to the 2nd floor walkway. Good stuff.

Tuckerdog1

 

[ultratec1]

I remember as a kid I loved the movie "Commando" with Arnold. Best movie EVER.....now I watch it and I cringe as I watch the full auto firing from the hip, hitting every single guy while never being hit himself. Never utilizes any cover or even concealment and never runs out of ammo.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Sgt Schulz in Hogans Heroes carries a U.S. Krag

Ahhhhh, there is a story there-

John Banner, who played Schultz, was not only a WW2 vet himself, but had a fair portion of his family wiped out by the Nazis. As a result he refused to touch a K98 and the prop house substituted the Krag.

Whether intentional or not, this was actually quite accurate. The Germans captured large numbers of Norwegian 6.5mm Krags and issued them to rear echelon troops like prison guards- the Mausers were desperately needed at the front lines. The Germans thought quite highly of the Krag, and even had plans to produce new rifles chambered for the 7.92 round!

 

[JR24]

I remember as a kid I loved the movie "Commando" with Arnold. Best movie EVER.....now I watch it and I cringe as I watch the full auto firing from the hip, hitting every single guy while never being hit himself. Never utilizes any cover or even concealment and never runs out of ammo.

Sure he does! That's when he drops the gun and pulls out the next one.

 

[Old Dog]

Rambo firing an M-60 from the hip. Tried it once. No bueno.

As a old movie buff, I always appreciated the films from the '30s and '40s (especially any of the film noir classics with Bogart) ... guy pulls out a snub-nose revolver, shoots, gun goes bang, other guy falls down. No ridiculous special effects or unrealistic stupid action.

 

[mio]

I believe Lethal Weapon 3 is the one where at the end Danny Glover throws Mel Gibson a mag full of "cop killers" so he can shoot his 9mm through a bulldozer blade to kill the bad guy.

Of course that whole movie was propaganda and was effective because Black Talons got banned right afterwards.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Rambo firing an M-60 from the hip. Tried it once. No bueno.

As a old movie buff, I always appreciated the films from the '30s and '40s (especially any of the film noir classics with Bogart) ... guy pulls out a snub-nose revolver, shoots, gun goes bang, other guy falls down. No ridiculous special effects or unrealistic stupid action.

My buddy Brian has pics of him doing it off the fantail of the USS White Plains where he was a gunner' s mate back in the '80s, but he's a BIG fella.

Perhaps more impressive, there's a YouTube video of a fella shooting TWO M240b from the hip! Not that he was hitting much except sand, but still......wow.

 

[Kaeto]

............Just went back and looked at it again...... I knew he cocked it ( and it was shown) so he would have been firing single action... But as he pulls the trigger to (dry) fire it I see cylinder movement again.(????). Isn't that what you were originally referring to? If so; that's a good catch. Could the gun in that scene have been some sort of movie prop?

He could have lowered the hammer as he turned away.

 

[Sniper66]

It might have been an episode of "The Rifleman", but the star, having been deprived of his rifle, had to find a way to shoot a desperado that was some distance away. All he had was a 6-gun. So he finds a 3-foot board with a notch in one end and wedges the pistol into the notch. Then he pokes stick in opposite end to act as a rear site and now he has a rifle!! And of course he makes the 1/4 mile shot and the desperado drops dead...easy---peezy.

 

[Bbear]

Pretty much any of the 1930's era (and '40's and 50's etc) westerns where the bad guys are 'chasing' the good guy(s) and can't hit but the good guy(s) look over their shoulder and hit the people (but not the horse) every time.
Then there are the 1894 rifles being used before they were invented.

 

[KenC]

Every time an assassin assembles a rifle from parts, looks through the scope and accomplishes a head shot at 1,000 yards. And no one hears because he uses a suppressor.

I also recall a Bond movie where he disabled an airborne helicopter with a .22LR AR-7.

Not much better was the recent "Hell or High Water" where Jeff Bridges borrows a rifle (looks like a very small bore) and for his first round with it does a 600 yd head shot.

 

[.308 Norma]

It might have been an episode of "The Rifleman",

Yep, I remember that scene. I think it was an episode of "The Rifleman."
I enjoyed the series though, and it was disappointing when they shut down "Me TV" in this area. We used to be able to watch two, back to back episodes of "The Rifleman" on "Me TV" every afternoon.

 

[RedlegRick]

My buddy Brian has pics of him doing it off the fantail of the USS White Plains where he was a gunner' s mate back in the '80s, but he's a BIG fella.

Perhaps more impressive, there's a YouTube video of a fella shooting TWO M240b from the hip! Not that he was hitting much except sand, but still......wow.

One time I got the okay from an RO when I was qualifying at my old unit to attempt a hipshoot with mine. Had a fifty round belt and one of the guys from my section behind me just in case. I managed to make a few hits at the 50 and hundred meter pop-ups, but only using short bursts, not the glory of burning off a whole belt. Never asked to do it again, wasn't as much fun as I thought it'd be.

 

[crestoncowboy]

Hollywood weapons addresses a lot of these. I like the show, I would rather see them try more things than insert the comedy, but I still enjoy it. Both seasons can be watched on netflix

 

[BilliamB.]

My personal favorite is in an old show from the Mannix series. A fellow with a scoped 2" S&W shoots someone about a mile away. Well, he did rest it on the roof of his car.

You need at least a 4" barrel for that.

 

[BilliamB.]

The movie "Shoot 'Em Up" has a really long ridiculous gun-scene. It starts during the opening sequence and runs up until, oh, about the fade-to-credits at the end.

Yeah, but it's got Paul Giamatti as a great psycho!

 

[MidRoad]

Maybe not the "most" ridiculous, but certainly one of the best known, and still ridiculous was the famous scene in the original Dirty Harry movie. You know - the first scene where Harry asks the bad guy; "Do you feel lucky?"
Harry pulls the hammer back, cocking his Model 29, but if you watch closely you can clearly see the cylinder rotate as Harry pulls the trigger.
Another similar goof-up was in "Stand By Me." Near the end of the movie after the kids had found the body, the juvenile delinquent gang was going to take the body from the younger kids. The main character (played by Wil Wheaton) fires a warning shot in the air with a 1911. Yet immediately following the warning shot, he points that 1911 at the leader of the juvenile delinquent gang, and cocks the hammer back again. Every 1911 I've ever had re-cocked itself after it went off.

Over spring and suffering from hammer fallow...DUH!

J/k

 

[JR24]

The movie "Shoot 'Em Up" has a really long ridiculous gun-scene. It starts during the opening sequence and runs up until, oh, about the fade-to-credits at the end.

While ridiculous, I do appreciate a movie that doesnt try to hide what it is. Or worry about silly things like a plot.

 

[.308 Norma]

Over spring and suffering from hammer fallow...DUH!

J/k

Huh?

 

[MidRoad]

Huh?

To improper springs can cause the hammer not to lock back for the next round. Or improper sear/ hammer engagement The hammer fallows the slide back to resting position . Requiring it to be cocked manually again.