The last Rambo movie where he wiped out the river pirates with a 1911, awesome shooting, and it changed my whole attitude towards Rambo movies (except for First Blood, that entire movie was awesome)!
Tears of the Sun, the final sceen is a good one to watch.
Open Range and Unforgiven were declared the two most realistic Western gunfights by historians.
I like when the cavalry comes in for the rescue. Can't remember which movie, but recently saw one where the helos come in with mini guns blazing just in time to prevent a complete overrun of the troops on the ground.
Open Range and Unforgiven were declared the two most realistic Western gunfights by historians.
This is without a doubt one of the most accurate shootouts I have ever seen...Up to and including the shooting the Mauser from the hip BECAUSE you were a coal miner who had never fired a gun much before....It's quick, it's brutal, John Sayles based it on actual first hand testimony including that some of the miners involved were unfamiliar with firearms....I was a little bummed that they had Sid "Two Gun" Hatfield with a pair of Colt's instead of his S&W Triplelock .44's but his holster style and carrying method was accurate....John Sayles is a commie and the film doesn't hide the fact that Red's had something to do with the Coal Mine Wars.....This scene is awesome in it's brutality and it's accuracy IMHO...
As a side note if you have ever rafted down the New River the sandy beach where the kid aims his Spanish Mauser at the man is where you put your raft's in for the all day float trip...When I went it was just a couple of years after the movie and most of the set was still there....
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Now this is a neat picture here...If you look closely you can see Kirk grimacing in the background as he is telling Sid to quit "coonfingering" for the camera...
Sid later married the widow of the Mayor and he was gunned down in front of the courthouse as the assassins knew he would not be armed as the courthouse was a "gun free zone"......She became famous in her own right as the "Woman Widowed Twice" by the Coal Companies...
Second is The Wild Bunch....I am assuming anyone male is familiar with the film and the famous "walk"....
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The walk....
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The shootout.....
True....
My people are from the Western Kentucky coal fields and as dad told me in the 1980's when I said "You know that Union you belong to is communist don't you?" Dad would respond, "Well that commie union is what fed and clothed you the past 18 years...You fancy yourself a history man....Why don't you look up to see what life was like for a Kentucky Rail Road man or Coal Miner back before the unions and then we'll talk........"
I love both of them as well, along with Tombstone. My favorite 3. I think my favorite classic western is Once Upon A Time In The West.Both great films, but LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Eastwood`s Unforgiven.
For TV shows, I recommend Strike back
You're thinking of the final battle scene from "We Were Soldiers."
An excellent movie, packed full of battlefield authenticity.
You're thinking of the final battle scene from "We Were Soldiers."
An excellent movie, packed full of battlefield authenticity.