What are the most ANTI-gun movies?

[Golden Hound]

There's already a thread about the most pro-gun movies (and there have been similar threads in the past.) But what I want to know is, what movies are the most anti-gun? By which I mean, movies whose stories pro-actively advocate anti-gun ideas. I really can't think of any, but there has to be something.

 

[JeffLrrp]

Off the top of my head -- Shoot 'Em Up. Really strong pro-gun control message in a movie devoid of plot and with mass killing going on all around.

 

[SCPigpen]

Lord of War

 

[Harvster]

Bowling for Columbine

 

[Neo-Luddite]

Also for "Lord of War", but it IS nifty if only for the opening 'bullet cam' during the credits--so much fun you forget the 'message' sent on the carrier wave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0d6qgsvTw

 

[chupacabrah]

Lord of War

I liked that one.
I don't really recall getting an anti vibe from it, though. But it's been a while since i've seen it

 

[psalm91]

bowling for columbine

+1

absolutely warped message

 

[Picard]

Another vote for Shoot Em Up. Total idiocy with guns. I also remember a line where the main character said something like "How do you like your 2nd Amendment now?" Basically it's a movie trying to make fun of American gun culture while scaring people about guns.

 

[buck00]

"Runaway Jury" with John Cusack and Gene Hackman.

Basically, there is a huge lawsuit against a firearms manufacturer because a kook shot up his workplace. Of course, blame the makers of the gun right?

Regardless of the legal twists and other themes, you get an overall sense that these greedy gun manufacturers are the root cause for all workplace and school shootings- and must pay for what they did.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_Jury

 

[RobMoore]

Lethal Weapon 3

 

[hexidismal]

I'd say.. just about all of them. I'd find it far more difficult to name some genuinely pro-gun movies.

 

[glennv]

Can't forget the childrens' movie "Iron Giant". Indoctrinate them while they're young.

 

[D-Day]

Liberty Stands Still.

 

[chetth]

Elephant - movie about Columbine type shooter where kids order guns off internet and have them delivered by UPS/DHL type carrier DIRECTLY to HOUSE. Total anti BS there

 

[SCKimberFan]

Bowling for Columbine

Anything by Michael Moore is a waste of film and time.

 

[308win]

I believe that all of the action movies are anti-gun on a subconscious level whether or not intentional (and I believe it is intentional) the effect is anti-gun for a large segment of the population. Guns are associated with intentional violence, lawlessness, and antisocial behavior.

 

[qwert65]

dawn anna, bowling for columbine, charlies angels, runaway jury(I esp. hate this one bc in the book its about tobacco they don't even mention guns),

 

[Flyboy]

It's the Rage. Comments from IMDB:

...sophomoric and "in-your-face" anti-gun agenda that is as subtle as a lead balloon.

"...Rage" focuses on a motley bunch of underdeveloped and loosely interconnected characters who have a common denominator: The hand gun. A marginally entertaining film at best, the flick seems to be trying to make some sort of statement about hand guns. However, it's not likely that a film which can't deliver quality entertainment can deliver meaningful social commentary. "...Rage" is not to be taken seriously on any level if taken at all.

And the comment I left at Netflix:

From the "Making Of" featurette: "I don't think it gets on a soapbox about gun control." From the song accompanying the credits: "I'd take away the guns." If this is Hollywood's idea of not "[getting] on a soapbox," I'd be afraid to see what they do think is an overt piece on the subject. The story was contrived, the characters were caricatures, and the dialog was downright silly. "God don't gotta gun." Is this the best they can do? Also from the "Making Of:" "There's an Eichmann in all of us." I want my two hours back.

 

[retgarr]

In Runaway Jury the heroes scam the judicial system to win money from a gun manufacturer because they previously lost a case to said gun manufacturer. The movie says it's ok to mess with the judicial system if you have determined that you should win your case.

 

[Aran]

I haven't seen the movie adaptation, but that's not the vibe I got at all from Grisham's book. Then again, I imagine the whole story's been changed, as with any book to movie...

(Edit: Plus, in the book, it was against a tobacco company)

 

[pbearperry]

Most anti gun/hunter film I ever saw was Disneys Bambi.

 

[Evenflo76]

"The American President" Very Strong anti gun rhetoric disguised in a cheesy romantic comedy...

 

[JoseM]

Open Season...
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/openseason/

I have no idea how this came into my possession (have two boys, aged 2 and 4) but this picture was VERY ANTI-HUNTER....the main "bad guy" was a plaid wearing, mullet wearing, poaching fool that thought animals were teaming up to overthrow people. (not that plaid is a bad thing...mullets are though). He was PETA's stereo-typical gun-toting, redneck hunter with zero values (except his rifle...Charlene).

 

[crushbup]

I actually liked The Iron Giant, except for the parts where they portrayed hunters as bad people, and guns as negative objects, not neutral objects. The whole thing could have been done better if rather than an anti-gun theme it was an anti-violence theme.

IIRC, the book was not anti-gun, but anti-violence

 

[lloydkristmas]

Any Chuck Norris movie/show where Norris picks up a bad guys gun, looks at it, tosses it aside, and proceeds to use kicks instead. Not anti gun, just so frustrating!