Movie Guns XXII

Yay! I got this thing working! That means that I will have a Movie Guns for the next two weeks. The picture quality looks pretty good, but not as good as the frames that I can get on my home PC. I still can't open my comments, but the important thing is that I get this posted. Most of my site traffic comes from Google image searches such as "guns of Street Kings," and I enjoy covering a movie so that speculations on the guns a certain actor used can be fulfilled. Hell in a Handbasket gives me almost all of my referred hits, and for that I am most thankful.

This is a movie that I had originally intended on covering, but got mixed up and covered the sequel instead. This weeks Movie Guns is on the film Bad Boys. This is an excellent movie for folks who appreciate a good firearm, especially Smith and Wesson auto pistols, and until today I had no idea of some of the diverse weaponry involved. I'm sure that real cops who have seen this movie cringe at some of the stuff that is obviously bad policy. I sure hope that the sort of behaviour that is portrayed is totally fictional, but some of it may have slipped throught the cracks.

Straight from the top, we have a S&W Model 10 that is pointed at Detective Lowry (Will Smith) by a carjacking scumbag. The Scumbag's partner has a H&K USP Compact, and both of them get taken down for trying to steal a car from two cops:



Detective Burnette (Martin Lawrence) pulls his S&W 4506 on the larger of the two scumbags, and you can see the lack of familiarization with the weapon by looking at the huge gap between his hands and the top of the backstrap. Notice his strong hand and weak hand way down on the grip, which would make the gun kick like a mule:


For fun I had to throw in the AN/PVS 7s Night Optical Device (NOD) that the BGs use at the beginning, with the uber tactical crosshairs and rangefinder that don't really exist:


The green hue is pretty representitive of what the NODs look like, but without all of that red crap that you see here. What I thought was funny was that the BGs are being all tactical in the dark with their ninja outfits and night vision, and they use a blowtorch on the rooftop to get into the building. If you've ever seen a torch operated at night you would know that the only thing they could have done to be more conspicuous would be to have opened a casino up there with a ton of neon lights. Once inside they use liquid nitrogen instead of the torch, which makes one wonder what genious is running the operation.

Next we have Lowry stepping out of his Porche with a shoulder holster across his back and this Sig P232 in a Small of the Back holster:


Then we have a drug kingpin named Fouchet (Tchéky Karyo) who kills a prostitute with a chromed Beretta Cheetah with pearle grips before one of his minions kills an ex-cop with an unknown 1911 with a six inch barrel:



It's supposed to look like a LAR Grizzly 1911, but it doesn't have the squared trigger guard.

When the cops show up at the scene of the murder, the Chief, who is played by Joe Pantoliano, is seen wearing this full sized Glock in a strong side leather belt holster, which is odd since a Chief usually wears something smaller:


When Burnette goes to interview Julie Mott (Tea Leoni), who witnessed the murder of her harlot friend, the same murderous thugs who killed said harlot bust into the room and try to take them out. The scene was pretty dark, but I got a shot of this Franchi SPAS 12 and a S&W 5903 that the BGs were using:


The BG with the S&W has an awkward grip on the gun and decides to use a modified "cup-and-saucer" technique where he's almost holding his wrist.

Burnette fires back with a S&W 469 until it runs dry:



Back at Lowry's place, the two cops re-arm out of Lowry's little gun chest. You can see the stainless steel Walther PPKS, another S&W 5903, a S&W I can't completely identify, a Sig P226, as well as a couple open boxes of ammo:


This is the kind of thing that makes those who are unfamiliar with guns start to squirm when they hear of someone having ammunition numbered in the thousands. Rational folks know that a few hundred rounds can be fired during one afternoon, but those not in the know will see this movie and think that this ficticious cop has a ton of ammo because he's a cop. Look close and you can see the struck primers indicating that those rounds are just empty casings.

When our two esteemed cops go to a club to find a BG, one of them tries to take out Burnette in the bathroom with a Seki City folder that is pretty much a Spyderco Civilian:

I'm not a big fan of serrated blades as they are hard to sharpen, and I take pride in keeping my blades sharpened on a translucent Arkansas bench stone.

The fight spills out into the streets in the form of a car chase, and the BGs are in hot pursuit in a badass Camero while firing out the window with a pistol gripped Remington 870:



After the BGs are handily dispatched, our two cops go to a small liquor store where the clerk pulls a Desert Eagle on them. There are two Desert Eagles behind the counter in leather holsters, and the gun on the left I can't identify. At first glance it looks like a S&W Model 945, but it is not judging by the length of the barrel. I can't get enough of the revolver to get a make and model:



When Julie distracts the clerk, Lowry and Burnette get the drop on him:


Later on outside of Burnette's house, two fellow cops throw down on two BGs that have been staking out the Detective's family. One has a S&W auto that is probably a 5903, the other has the Beretta 92F that you have all been waiting for:



The next day, Lowry decides that intimidating a former smackhead might give him a lead on the case. He pulls his Sig P232 on the smackhead, and pulls his Sig P226 on Burnette, after which he puts both guns on the smackhead:


I'm not at all naive, but I sincerely hope that cops don't really do that, although spending time on David's blog really makes me wonder.

Back again at Lowry's, Burnette is gearing up for a fight and can be seen with his S&W 5903 in a Small of the Back holster. His S&W 4506 is in a vertical shoulder holster:


The BGs ambush Lowry and Burnette in the lobby, and Fouchet pulls his Cheetah and a S&W Model 66 while a minion destroys all of the glass in sight with a Intratec TEC 9:




The BGs kidnap Julie, and the minion who missed everyone with the TEC 9 puts a S&W 59 to her neck:


Lowry and Burnette get ready for a big firefight at the end of the movie. Lowry opens the trunk in the front of his Porche to reveal body armor, two H&K MP5's, and a Olymic Arms OA-93:


During the fight one of the cops is using a Calico M960:


The BGs have many different weapons like this H&K MP5 PDW:


And this IMI Galil ARM in 7.62x51:


Lowry has a Olympic Arms OA-93 with a bottomless twenty round magazine, and later a shorty Remington 870, and Burnette has a H&K MP5 PDW:




The last gun of the post is a C.O.P .357 Magnum that Frouchet pulls at the very end of the movie:

A most unusual weapon.

Overall this movie is good-to-go. There is much humor thrown in, and there are plenty of guns and gunfights. Go check it out.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks Movie Guns; sorry about the wait. I should have everything back in order now, so the next post should be on time.

Back in business

My PC is still jacked up and on its last leg, but I'm limping it along and am working on pulling frames for a Movie Guns tonight. Cross your fingers.

More on technical difficulties

Toshiba sucks! This shitty computer can't even get out of it's own way. I officially can't open my comments on this blog because of this worthless piece of electronic excrement. I would write a nasty-gram to Toshiba, but my list of places that deserve a letter describing their complete and total incompetence is growing by the minute. Add Hertz rental cars to that list as well.

If I had money I would smash this thing right here, right now, and then reimburse my company for doing them a blessed favor by ridding this world of pure plastic trash.

The VLC Media Player immediately shuts down when I do the whole ctrl+alt+s thing, or use the snapshot tool. I get the error message too. I have a nasty suspicion that it's not any fault of the program. When I go to open comments on my own blog, another window pops up like it's supposed to but it doesn't connect to anything. Sometimes it has the wrong address. No, the fault lies in the bowels of this laptop made by Toshiba.

Throughout my life electronic stuff has failed me repeatedly. I would seem that I have an invisible force field around me that damages all devices such as this shit computer, and makes it go all stupid. Take today for example. I was at the ticket line at an airport and everything went weird. I was double charged for my check baggage, and then the nice lady's computer went haywire. Then two of the printers stopped working. I was at that counter for over a half an hour waiting on the pile of people who were all scratching their heads trying figure out what the problem was. I have shut down every register at Wal-Mart with the swipe of my credit card twice, and I wish I had a dollar every time some poor sap said "this has never happened before" while rebooting their cash register or work computer. For me computers are the most unreliable pieces of gear one can get.

All I ask for in life is that a product perform as it's supposed to, and not stop working because it's put together improperly, or because the design sucks. I now think of Toshiba as a company that produces a piss poor product. Their design sucks. Hertz rental cars is in the business of overbooking their cars. That kinda defeats the purpose of "reserving" a car now doesn't it? That means Hertz sucks. Avis and Budget rental cars are in the business of giving you the car that you didn't ask for. Nothing like "reserving" and SUV so you can safely and comfortably transport all of your people and gear, but instead wind up with an Aztec or PT cruiser. Avis and Budget rental car sucks.

It's not that hard folks, just give what is asked for or tell me you can't fulfil my request beforehand. Do you want me to do it for you? You should be ashamed.

Update: Apparently opening my email is just too much to ask from this PC because now Outlook is totally hosed up. Not only that, I can't open up two windows at the same time. It's a good thing I'm stuck with this for the next three weeks!

Technical difficulties

Sorry about the lack of posting, and the lack of a Movie Guns. I will get to it soon. This is the busy season for me, and I've been at it for almost three weeks straight. I'll be on travel again very soon, with thirty flights in three weeks. My dilemma is that my work laptop is a humongous piece of shit. I can't capture video on it for some reason, and it's pissing me off.

Normally I use Windows Media Player and use the fantastic "print screen" function, but it seems that this computer cant't do it. When I capture an image and paste it into an image program like Microsoft Digital Image Suite the video keeps playing. If I stop the video then the picture disappears. I've tried flattening the image and that didn't work either.

I have tried rolling back to WMP10, and that didn't work. Adjusting the settings by sliding the video acceleration bar to "none," unchecking the layers box, unchecking YUV, RGB, video mixing renderer, and all of the other tips that you find online haven't done a thing but make me more mad. If this were my own personal computer I would have long ago sent a 180 grain Barnes VLC smashing through the screen before I chopped it up into little pieces and then set it on fire.

I have downloaded software from different video image capture over a dozen times now with no success. Maybe a hotel computer will make things happen for me. At this point I am boycotting Microsoft products as they are pure garbage. Thanks for nothing.

My video card is a GeForce 7900 GL; not that that means anything to me, and the PC is a Toshiba Satellite P105. I have used WMP, RealPlayer, WINDVD, VLC Media Player, Frame Shots, BlazeDVD, Debut Video Capture Software, CreativeSoftWorx, and Snagit. They all suck. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to this thing to make it capture video besides soaking it in a tub full of gasoline? Is this a video card problem?

All they want is a little English

Robbers shot a lawn care worker when they tried to rob him because the man didn't speak English and couldn't understand their demands. "Just give them what they want!" A foolish idea. This didn't work out so well either:

The lawn care workers did not want to talk on camera in fear of retaliation, but said they work in pairs for protection. However, one man was mowing the lawn and another man was weeding when two black men with a gun came up and demanded money.

I know what would provide better protection in pairs.

That's impossible!

Over four hundred Mexican cops fired for being corrupt? You don't say!

Those dirty cops that have been making a hell of a living trafficking drugs wouldn't happen to be the ones supplying arms to cartel members now would they? Because that would blow away the US media's fabricated and long overused story that drug runners are getting SUPER GUNS from gunshows in the US.

On the downside, Mexican officials are now using the military to prop up the lack of police in major cities. What could go wrong with that?

Update on the shooting spree in Washington

My past coverage here.

It seems that this guy is a bona fide nutcase. Here's a little more detail:

Family and friends says Zamora had been admitted several times to hospitals for mental health treatment and has attempted suicide.

He has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Zamora has a record of 50 court cases, including driving on a suspended license, drug possession, malicious mischief and theft.

He was released from jail a month ago after serving six months for cocaine possession.

Watching some of the news coverage on the side of the page shows that he started his criminal career as a teen. He has been convicted of three counts obstruction of a police officer, one felony theft, as well as several others, and was arrested for misdemeanor and felony assault - both of which were dropped.

He is both mentally ill and a felon, and was not legally allowed to own a firearm, but I'm sure that the gun grabbers are lamenting the tool that he used in his killing spree and saying nothing of the justice system that failed to put this madman behind bars. Also ignored will be the fact that the silly gunlaws were not obeyed by the psycho.

So how did he get ahold of a gun? He probably got it from one of his fellow addicts, or he could have stole it from someone who purchased it legally, which is of course more reason to take them away from you and I. Next they will probably try to take away kerosene and fertilizer.

Update: The Herald Net has an interesting tidbit:

Zamora was categorized by the state as a "high-risk, nonviolent" offender. That means he was at a risk to commit more crimes, but state officials didn't expect him to act violently.

More failure on the state government's part. Quick, somebody give them more control!!

Skewed priorities

Prisons can't afford to switch from analog TV to digital TV. Boo Hoo. I would rather read about prisons trying to figure out how to make the switch from gruel to bread and water.

Yes, I understand that prisoners would probably riot without their TV, but that doesn't mean that I have to have sympathy.

We're the Only Ones who D.A.R.E. to run from the cops

". . . they say they found some marijuana on the scene. They say one of the men. . . one of the men . . bolted, ran out of the park, into the parking lot, got into his car, and. . .the chase was on."

That's showing em' how to make a power play while creating your own power trip!

What bothers me is that "Only One" DC Police Officer Henry Smallwood is given a taxpayer purchased gun to assert his authority on citizens of the District who are denied ownership of guns that they are willing to pay for out of their own pocket for purposes of their own defense. And just how many non-violent citizens has this hypocrite put away for smoking pot in his 18 years on the force? To think that this man is supposed to protect us when our lives are on the line.

"Today Officer Henry Smallwood had his police powers revoked. He's been placed on a non-contact status, and if convicted he's likely to be kicked off the force."

So he's free and walking the streets. How "likely" would it be for you or me to get off so light if we ran from the police and started a high speed chase through the capital of our nation? Then again, with the District's history of playing catch-and-release it's no surprise.

Many thanks to David over at The War on Guns for cross posting this.

A digital message will tell you you're being shot at

Virginia Tech just shelled out big bucks for message boards that will alert you if there is a spree shooter on campus, as if gunshots don't give it away already.

That's right folks - message boards.

Officials said the school has installed 201 devices total, and purchased 19 backup message boards at a total cost of $243,700.

I know what I would want if a shooting was going down, and it wouldn't cost the school a dime.

Knife attack

In Boston.

Shooting spree in Washington

Early reports say six dead and two wounded; one of them a cop. Pray for the families.

The scumbag is alive and well, but in custody. No big surprise here:

A suspect in the shootings, a recently released convict with a history of mental illness, has surrendered.

State Department of Corrections officials identified the man as Isaac Zamora, 28, who had served a six-month Skagit County jail sentence for drug possession. Zamora was released Aug. 6 and was under community supervision by Corrections officers, spokesman Chad Lewis said.

Capital punishment is probably out considering his history of "mental illness," what ever that entailed, so let's hope this guy is put away forever this time. More updates to follow as I get them.

Update: Issac Zamora was known by police. Here's a couple of tidbits:

The man who turned himself in was known to authorities as "someone with a mental illness," Trooper Keith Leary said. State Department of Corrections officials are "99 percent sure" the man is Isaac Zamora, 28, who has a lengthy criminal record, spokesman Chad Lewis said. Zamora was released from the Skagit County jail on Aug. 4

Like I said: no surprises there.

The suspect is known to police in the area.

Also check out the comments as it seems that some individuals have had run-ins with Zamora before and don't have nice things to say about him.

Don't leave your bike in DC

Officers placed two unlocked bikes on the 600 block of H Street NE last week.

In less than an hour the bikes were stolen five times.

I think the moral compass of DC police is a little skewed. How about catching the folks who are stealing a citizens bike instead of setting people up for an immediate felony. I understand that they are nabbing scumbags, but this is still somehow wrong. On the other hand, why would anyone leave their bike unattended in the city? You might as well just hand it off to somebody.

Tales of violence

Some crazy stuff this morning. First we have a threat making home intruder with a golf club shot by the homeowner. He fired five rounds and connected with three in lawful self defense.

"This is a country town out here," said Lydia Kettle, Wilhelm's former high school classmate. "If somebody takes your horse, you're going to get shot. It's a pretty big deal. A lot of people have guns."

A fair warning to all scumbags in Bastrop county.

In Florida a woman shoots a car thief in another case of lawful self defense.

A physical confrontation erupted between one of the suspects and the man. That’s when police say his girlfriend went and got a gun, and fired several shots at the suspect, hitting him in the upper torso. The suspect left the scene.

. . .without the woman's car. Good to go.

This next case of lawful defense of property is a form of unorthodox and non lethal intervention that I don't recommend, but is highly entertaining. The cops had to have laughed at that kid, but who got the task of taking him to jail?

The last story is a fascinating story of a cop who shot it out with a scumbag teen and won. Good for him. He received multiple gunshots for his troubles, but there is some interesting parts about this story. First is that Tasers can jam just like anything else. Second is that gunshots are not like in Hollywood, and they definitely don't knock you back. Third is that learning to shoot one handed is an imperative skill set for anyone who routinely carries a firearm for self defense.

"I look up and I can see the suspect continuing to shoot at me and walking,'" Reston said.

After that, the officer said he began shooting for his life and that he was trying to get to his feet when Abner came toward him again.

Scary. Good thing the cop came out of it in one piece. He will no doubt be even more of an asset to his department after having survived that.

Movie Guns XXI

Movie Guns this week brings you the violent cult classic Scarface. I felt compelled to cover this movie because it is an icon amongst films featuring gangsters, hitmen, and the like. There is not a whole lot of diversity in overall weaponry, but the movie simply would not work without high tech hardware. Considering the technology and accoutrements on today's weapons, Scarface may seem to be lacking; but consider that at the time of the films release (1983) this movie had the cool cutting edge guns of it's day, most of which are the same weapons that are popular today but without all the gadgets.

Technically all of the characters in Scarface are bad guys, including a cop. If I speak of a "bad guy" I am referring to those who are enemies of the main character, Tony Montana (Al Pacino).

Enough of my blabbering; let's get into the weeds. First up is an Italian type switchblade that Tony uses to run through a man as a favor and means to get a green card:


Moving on, we get to one of the most violent scenes ever put on film. Tony is sent to buy cocain from some Columbians who are not really interested in selling anything. The Columbians ambush Tony and his friend Angel (Pepe Serna) and take Tony's Beretta Cheetah that he had stuffed in the back of his waistband:



A Columbian woman pops up with a suppressed MAC 11 that she had hidden underneath a pillow:


The BGs put Angel in the bathroom and cut him up with a chainsaw while they make Tony watch. Here is a well worn Beretta 92F pressed to Tony's face:


Tony's friends Manny (Steven Bauer) and Chi Chi (Angel Salazar) head into the apartment to check on Tony. Manny slams a magazine in his MAC 11 (possibly a MAC 10, but it's too hard to tell) and Chi Chi has a blued Colt Python:




Angel and the Columbians get killed in a quick shootout. The way the scene was filmed didn't give any good action shots, but there are plenty near the end to make up for it.

Tony gets in good for a while with a druglord named Lopez (Robert Loggia), who eventually hires two hitmen to take Tony out. They both have MAC 11s hidden under a table and pop up for a "spray-and-pray" type hit and fail:



Hollywood has this fantasy with automatic fire in that you don't have to aim, but only have to let off a continuous 1,000 round burst to hit your target. Automatic fire is no substitute for marksmanship, and Tony demonstrates this when he drops both hitters with prone defilade fire from his Beretta Cheetah:


Here is your textbook mortally wounded bad guy who feels the need in his death throws to let off a burst from his weapon which damages a heavy overhead structure enough to cause it to fall catastrophically on himself:


That must be one of the first things action movie directors are taught. Anyways, Tony is now pissed at Lopez, so he pays him a visit. In the background you can see Chi Chi with a suppressed UZI:


Tony has Manny kill Lopez with a suppressed handgun that I couldn't get a clear picture of, but then Tony takes matters into his own hands and kills a dirty cop who has a holstered J frame S&W revolver:




Next we have Tony getting busted for tax evasion, and three cops arrest him; one of which (guy on the far right in the white shirt) has a small unknown automatic, and the other has a blued S&W Model 36:



I'd say that man knows how to handle that gun. His elbows are bent slightly, and his hands are firmly wrapped around the grip. Realism folks.

Tony has a discussion with his lawyer about his arrest, and you can see his holstered J frame S&W in a leather shoulder holster and his faithful Beretta Cheetah in an Inside the Waistband (IWB) holster:



Next we have a not-so-good picture of a chrome 1911, probably a Colt, in the hands of Tony's associate, Ernie (Arnaldo Santana). The hammer is down because no one in Hollywood has a clue as to how a 1911 works:


We now get to the meat of the guns featured in this movie as we get to the final showdown in Tony's mansion between Tony and a Bolivian druglord's platoon of hitman.

First, Tony's near naked sister Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) tries to kill him with this S&W J frame revolver (unknown model) in retaliation for Tony murdering her husband, Manny:


Bizaar. One of the hitmen pounces into the room and kills Gina with an UZI:


A coked out Tony throws the BG off of the balcony and then hoses him down with the UZI:


That has got to be one of the coolest Movie Guns pictures of all time.

Meanwhile, Chi Chi is fighting multiple BGs at the front door with an UZI:


One of Tony's no name men uses this unknown revolver to trade fire with a BG who has the second and last 1911 seen in the movie:



Another BG at the door has a pistol gripped shorty shotgun of unknown make:


A BG that looks like a homeless hippie cuts Chi Chi down at Tony's office door with a MAC 10 that I originally thought was a MAC 11:


Tony opens up his gun cabinet and pulls out a M16 with a M203 grenade launcher. In the cabinet you can also see two UZIs, an H&K G33 with G53 collapsable stock, and what looks to be a cross between a SA80 and Hungarian VEPR:


No impact, no idea. That's the clearest picture I can get (the bullpup rifle on the right, behind Tony). The stock is what will give it away.

Tony blows the door away, along with the BGs behind it, with a 40mm grenade from the M203. In the really real world this would not be possible as the 40mm greande has a fuse that will not arm until it passes out of the danger range for the operator firing the weapon. "Say hello to my little friend!"


Tony kills guys on his left and right with his rifle as he steps outside of the door:





Two of the BGs have FN FALs, and some of them have MAC 10s, MAC 11s, M16s, and some that I can't ID:


Tony gets shot many times but is too coked out to die. He stuffs an odd looking 40mm grenade into the M203 before fumbling with a magazine in a slow M16 reload:



He then blows away a half dozen BGs with the M203:


I caught that picture the moment the pyrotechic detonated. The two BGs on the right forget their cue to fall down and die until about four seconds after the blast. Oops!

The last picture I have is of the wannabe tough guy with the sunglasses on at night that kills Tony with a double blast from a cut down double barrel shotgun:


That's all folks! What a kick ass movie! Dig around in the Photobucket folder for a few more pics that I didn't add. Sometimes I don't think they will make the post any better so I leave them out. This is a movie that every gun guy (or gal) needs to own. There are no lawful uses of firearms shown in the film, but the action is great. Realism is lacking a little, but then again this movie was released in 1983, so give it a break.