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things that annoyed me with this film...

posted 18 years ago by The_Order
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I rented this film today and there are a few things that annoyed me...

1- Why do all the rebels use M16's? where did they get all these american guns?
Surely they would have more AK47's than the 3/4 you saw at the end! 99% of the rebels had M16's or M4s, and some even had 203 launchers on! whats all that about?

2- *Spoiler* The scene where they are scoping out the base before they attack it near the end... The Lt Daniels and the black marine look down a Red dot reflex sight, but the POV shot that is shown on the screen is of a weird "blue" shot, and it is implied that they are looking down a sniper scope!(or a scope with a very good zoom) Again...what the hell? One its a red dot, not a scope, and two...why is it a blue view!

3- good to see alot of the rebels knew perfect english...sure they all got taught that in their villages where they grew up.

4- good to see that Jennings hair didnt get at all out of place...even after being slapped around, electocuted, and generally beaten up! no marks or anything! obviously the rebels were'nt tough after all!

oh well...what can expect from a cheap generic hollywood action movie.

Good bit of gun porn i suppose....shame it was just armalites!

[–] argylle2002 18 years ago

The movie was shot in the Philippines and its about Filipino and American soldiers fighting filipino rebels... In real life filipino soldiers and rebels do use American weapons since we are heavily supplied by the American military and also most Filipinos do speak english... But then again this movie sucks...

[–] point-seven-mm 18 years ago

Bad movie, but above poster is right. Plus you should check out Lord of War. America sold a lot of it's guns after the arms race, or Vietnam, or some other reason that I just can't remember right now. So yeah, M-16s are all over the world but the Ak-47 is cheaper and easier to use and maintain.

[–] Sabre_sqdn 18 years ago

for a film endorsed by the USMC some battle scenes were quite pitiful. such as advancing down a corridor without deploying smoke as cover resulting in a couple of guys going down(CQB 101) . or an amphibious marine unit without a light machine gunner. no wonder they were getting pinned down all the time. everyone had M-4's. and apparently a couple of coconut trees will clear a mine field?!?

[–] eddy_cheese_wonder 18 years ago

You forgot to mention the marines are using vietnam era helos and in the beginning half the marines aren't even wearing their bullet proof vests, just the BDUs and boonie hats.

[–] Paredes 18 years ago

The USMC uses plenty of "old" equipment, Chinooks, Hueys, Cobras, Hornets. They just upgrade their gear because its cheaper and DoD hates spending money on an elite unit for some reason. Also, regarding the vests, the best way to survive a gunshot is not to get hit.

...or be Mark Dacascos.

...or follow the esteemed "Lt. Daniels" example and use safety pins to hold your highly reflective, unused goggles in place.

And since when do female servicemembers wear undergarments with fashionable spaghetti straps?

And where did Major Aguinaldo's leg brace go?

[–] Stormin1775 17 years ago

The Marine Corps has never used Chinook helicopters! The Chinook is the CH-47. The Corps flys the CH-46 Sea Knight. They both have twin rotars and are both manufactured by Boeing, but they are not the same helicopter. This is a common mistake made by journalists and people who don't know military aircraft.

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[–] case_alumni 18 years ago

RE the guns used:
- most Muslim rebels (and communist NPA rebels) in the Philippines now use M-16s (some are even Vietnam War-era) and even M-14s due to a. captured weapons from encounters with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and b. purchase of said weapons from corrupt officers and enlisted men in the AFP.

However, both groups of rebels still use RPG's, presumably sourced from the Chinese (in the case of the NPAs) and Mid-East sources (in the case of the Muslims.

The NPAs initially were armed with vintage rifles and shotguns in the late 60s and early 70s until they received AK47s and RPGs in the mid 70s.

In the case of the Abu Sayaff (whose founding leaders served as mujahideen in Afghanistan in the early 80s), they bought their own weapons because they got oodles of money from their kidnap-for-ransom activities.

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[–] Rusty-Shackleford-4 17 years ago

the only thing they got right was not to use the BDU they used the MARPAT which suprised me since cheap films like this normally arent that accurate

[–] jmulloy 17 years ago

It was a B Grade movie if ya ask me, I couldn't even watch all of the second one, crapy crap

[–] Griffin1340 17 years ago

Well what annoyed me the most was a scraggly looking Rutger Hauer excuse for a USMC General!
And it was amazing the amount of reversed images..Army spelled backwards on a duece & 1/2, and left ejecting M16s...the mistakes were plenty. But it did have the 'feel' of hands on military advisors, especially with the lingo and some of the tactics.

All in all...pretty bad.

[–] e-lacey 16 years ago

The things that annoyed me were this:

1: The female co pilot was wearing lipstick, no real mil pilot does that.
2: The female co pilot and that other guy left the crash site! You always stay at the crash site, especially as there was a perfectly good M60 mounted to that huey, and if you're gonna be rescued the crash site is it.
3: The two rescue hueys were downed by lock on missiles, real marines helicopters use countermeasures like the ALQ-144 to stop lock on missiles.
4: They didn't show the rescue team going to the first downed helicopter to recover those soldiers.
5: Why try and destroy the chemical weapons lab instead of securing the position and wating for someone more qualified to deal with it? The explosion had a risk of spreading the stuff.
6: The way they shake the camera, I hate that sort of directing!
7: The acting wasn't anything special either.

There are lots more problems with this film.

[–] aleksmann 16 years ago

good to see alot of the rebels knew perfect english...

Of course we do.Understanding the enemy is key to wining.
And we can be tough

[–] EXPLICITSOUL5 16 years ago

LMAO!!

Like a Glittering Prize
I saw you up on a clear day