Posted: 12/20/2001 10:40:27 AM EDT
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Anyone ever seen this movie?? I saw it when I was a kid, and just happened to catch the last 45 min on TNT. I really liked the movie. Any opinions? |
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Yeah... Mel was in that. It had a big impact on me, I saw it first as a kid. It was on TNT or the like a few months back, and I got to watch it start to finish. Love those silencers! A lot of dead bad guys in that movie! I remember the part of them killing one of theri own when he got hit in the knee blew me away when I was younger.... I could not believe they would do that! Seems like they never ran out of ammo.... So, what kind of guns were those? This came up on the boards a long time ago, but I cant remember. |
| It was on cable about 5-6 months ago, I believe. Australian commandos in WWII, if I recall. I didn't get to watch the whole thing, but I remember a scene where they arrive in-country and one of them gets wounded. Gibson and the others go on and the wounded guy stays back with a teammate. He has a smoke, and is then shot dead by his 'mate, who rejoins the rest of the squad, and they proceed with their mission. Harsh. |
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Quoted: Yeah... Mel was in that. It had a big impact on me, I saw it first as a kid. It was on TNT or the like a few months back, and I got to watch it start to finish. Love those silencers! A lot of dead bad guys in that movie! I remember the part of them killing one of theri own when he got hit in the knee blew me away when I was younger.... I could not believe they would do that! Seems like they never ran out of ammo.... So, what kind of guns were those? This came up on the boards a long time ago, but I cant remember. They were using the suppressed version of the M3 Grease Gun. Cant remember if they were called M3A2 or were just a 'E' suffex- since any grease gun can become a suppressed version just by changing the barrel, and that screws out real easy, I suppose the answer is moot. But even then I do remember being suprised that it wasnt a MkIIS or VS Sten. A .45in Grease Gun made a much better suppressed weapon than the 9mm Sten but still. I wonder how accurate that was, Aussies using US equipment I mean? |
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Sweet movie. I saw it many times when I was younger (in the 80s). Just saw it again a year or so ago. The squad was made up of guys from different allied nations. Australia, Denmark, Holland, and Britain were all represented I believe. Those were in fact supressed M3 "grease guns" Now I have to watch it again. I cant wait... JRB |
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Originally Posted By JRB L1A1: Sweet movie. I saw it many times when I was younger (in the 80s). Just saw it again a year or so ago. The squad was made up of guys from different allied nations. Australia, Denmark, Holland, and Britain were all represented I believe. Those were in fact supressed M3 "grease guns" Now I have to watch it again. I cant wait... JRB Denmark??? Austrailia, New Zealand, Neatherlands, Britain all had colonies there in the Pacific but Denmark?? |
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I know the team was made up of Dutch, British , and Aussie members. I must have has a brainfart as I was typing my first post. Isnt everyone allowed one brainfart per thread? Denmark perhaps was not represented, I'll have to watch it again to be sure. Darn JRB |
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timh70, yup. A check of IMDB shows Sam Neil (dino-doc from JP 1 and 3) is in AFZ. Good eye. I thought he looked familiar as well, but I watched JP3 yesterday so he was fresh in my mind. On a side note, did it piss anyone else off that they set up the "20mm cannon" (ala shoulder mounted Barrett M82 .50 cal) and then they NEVER use it against a dino?? Christ, "Bambi" had more gun use than JP3. LAter. |