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Glaring GOOFS so far...

posted 8 years ago by Bdave101
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Not even 5 minutes in:
1) Shooting some one that close in the FACE with a blank gun would blind a the person being "shot". Possibly permanently.

2) There is no such cartridge as a .308 Win Mags. It is either a .308 or a .300 Win Mag.

3) That is a US Optic scope on the sniper rifle which is an M1 Garrand in a modern chassis. The scope is WAAAY too far forward for anyone to get any use out of it. It simply will not work where it was mounted.E

Today, almost all "A" movies and most "B" movies do a much better job of weapons handling than in years past.
I am already seeing that nobody cared a *beep* about the production value so far.
These sort of errors you dont even see on TV shows today.

I am actually amazed how well actors are trained to handle weapons that are well equipped. This movie is an insult to those producers, and directors that actually care.

If it had just been one error I let those slide. But so many errors in a 2 minute space, right at the very start of a movie where it is important to get details correct....I have to call the lazy ass people out who were supposed to be in charge off this.

[–] CarbonFiber 8 years ago

How about the use of blanks in unmodified automatic pistols? You can ONLY shoot once, since the lack of a round going down the barrel will not allow any gas pressure to build up and cycle the action. Hollywood automatics have a built-in plug that allows the pistols to cycle normally while firing blanks, but heaven help you and any bystanders if you tried to use real bullets in that weapon- see Die Hard 2 for a glaring example of this fact being ignored by the writers.