Ambush - Netflix

[Stratton Oakmont]

Usual cheap “nam” generic stereotypes.

got 30min in and gave up, only posting this as the rifle spotting pissed me off no end.

airgun as a sniper rifle

a2 m16’s 

I expect there will be more but I got bored 

 enjoy 

 

[Leo Greer]

I love it when I see airsoft guns or air guns in movies.

In one of the promo pictures for the movie Nobody the guy literally has a Hicap in his rifle ?

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[RostokMcSpoons]

As I mentioned in the '416 thread, "The Covenant" on Amazon Prime seems to contain VFC HK416 A5's ?

 

[Shamal]

I love it when I see airsoft guns or air guns in movies.

In one of the promo pictures for the movie Nobody the guy literally has a Hicap in his rifle ?

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Great film though 

 

[gavinkempsell]

I love it when I see airsoft guns or air guns in movies.

In one of the promo pictures for the movie Nobody the guy literally has a Hicap in his rifle ?

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Great film tho...

 

[Dan Robinson]

As I mentioned in the '416 thread, "The Covenant" on Amazon Prime seems to contain VFC HK516 A5's ?

I really enjoyed that film.  The translater dude looks very similar to one of the guys that work for me, which was a bit disconcerting. 

Certainly not what I was expecting from Guy Ritchie

 

[gavinkempsell]

a2 m16’s

At this point I gave up too.

 

[Shamal]

I really enjoyed that film.  The translater dude looks very similar to one of the guys that work for me, which was a bit disconcerting. 

Certainly not what I was expecting from Guy Ritchie

Yes agree. It was a very good film.

 

[Leo Greer]

Great film though 

Great film tho...

Never seen it. I kinda wanted to though… if only to figure out how they managed to fit real bullets into those hicaps. ?

 

[RostokMcSpoons]

Never seen it. I kinda wanted to though… if only to figure out how they managed to fit real bullets into those hicaps. ?

It's a great film though

 

[rj1986]

After the Baldwin on set accident,I've read that some studios are going to replica's and prop guns to avoid anything else happening. So expect to see a lot more CGI muzzle flash and case ejection, as well as hicaps and feed lips.

Not sure i agree with it, as the Baldwin shooting was breaking many many rules and should've been avoided

 

[TacticalWaifu]

Not sure i agree with it, as the Baldwin shooting was breaking many many rules and should've been avoided

Absolutely the circumstances were atrocious -- but in a time where replicas can be identical to "real steel" variants without the lethality, and convincing effects for muzzle flash / projectile travel can be created without the risk to anyone else, why wouldn't you agree with it?

Sure, catching some airsoft replicas might make you feel like there's a little less realism for a moment, but there are plenty "dummy" guns that did the job long before airsoft came along... Replicas and props aren'y anything new by a long shot, so what exactly are you against / in disagreement / uncertainty about? ?

 

[Dan Robinson]

After the Baldwin on set accident,I've read that some studios are going to replica's and prop guns to avoid anything else happening. So expect to see a lot more CGI muzzle flash and case ejection, as well as hicaps and feed lips.

Not sure i agree with it, as the Baldwin shooting was breaking many many rules and should've been avoided

Having watched a lot of the court motions on that case I am amazed he got away with it....   But this is worth a watch as they discuss alternatives to blanks and airsoft:

 

[Rogerborg]

It's a great film though

Reviews unclear, watching it now to determine if it's a great film.

Hmm, they're not even bothering with CGI-ing in ejecting shellazines.  The bloke doing the "sniping" is comical, he's holding it like it's a rattlesnake that just bit him, and jerking it all over the place. Still seems to be hitting everything though, and every shot from Freedom calibre is an instakill.

Grea- decent film though.  Needs more Emily Beecham, but then everything does.

Arec Bardwin - and particularly the murderously incompetent nepotism hire armourer Gutierrez-Reed - have ensured that everything is going to have winding wheels or gas valves from now on.  Eh, no biggie. We get the joy of spotting them, most folk won't know the difference, and we're watching make-believe anyway.

 

[RostokMcSpoons]

Grea- decent film though.  Needs more Emily Beecham, but then everything does.

Ah, I was echoing the 'great film' for Nobody

The Covenant... decent, agreed!

Sniping in films is almost universally awful, isn't it?   I just watched The Mother where J-Lo teaches her kid to shoot, where the target basically fills the sight picture of the scope ... and naturally she still manages to miss - to leave room for improvement

 

[Leo Greer]

Arec Bardwin - and particularly the murderously incompetent nepotism hire armourer Gutierrez-Reed - have ensured that everything is going to have winding wheels or gas valves from now on.  Eh, no biggie. We get the joy of spotting them, most folk won't know the difference, and we're watching make-believe anyway.

We get to feel just like all the other blokes whose professions and hobbies are butchered by the jokes in Hollywood. ?

 

[Madhouse]

We get to feel just like all the other blokes whose professions and hobbies are butchered by the jokes in Hollywood. ?

I thought The Accountant sums up my profession rather well - it's not all grey suits and tax returns you know ?

 

[Rogerborg]

Sniping in films is almost universally awful, isn't it? 

Season 1 of Shooter is particularly egregious, given that it's specifically about the snipiest of snipers.  Put the crosshairs right on the target and you hit. At any range, on any target, from any elevation, without holdover, or leading.  I nearly snorted up a lung when Snipy McSniperson described .223 Remington as "a squirrel round".

The thing that strikes me is that Hollywood is full of people who make content about guns, but loathe guns so much that they refuse to find out the first thing about them. And that's how you Arec Bardwin someone.

 

[Jamsandwich]

Thought I'd check out the Ambush trailer as I've never even heard of it.  That's gone straight into the 'Nope' pile.

I was really surprised by The Covenant though.  It went very CoD towards the end but it was solid enough with a pretty good message.

 

[Wavey_Gravey]

They’re both shit movies IMO.