Best .50 cal movie scene

[Frankyoz 15]

Ok for a time I was a heavy gun team leader and spent allot of time with M2's enough to where its my all time favorite belt fed machine gun I have ever had the pleasur eof shooting. Well last night I was watching the new Rambo and loved all the gun time and the end scene where he was behind the good old Ma'duece. Anyone got any other kick butt scenes with a 50 cal causing death and destruction?

[protected static 19]

Audie Murphy in To Hell & Back.

 

(Text of Murphy's Medal of Honor citation here.)

[DavidQ 170]

I would say the scene in the Miami Vice movie. This guy was firing a semi auto .50 cal into a car of bad guys and body parts were flying everywhere. There was a camera angle from inside the car in the backseat. It's like you were sitting there watching it happen in Slo-mo. I will see if I can find a clip.

[akastormi 617]

From my favorite movie, Apocalypse Now

[akastormi 617]

For those that remember; Rat Patrol

Can't forget; The Green Berets

Or; Patton

[6500rpm 670]

Not a movie, but I always thought this pic of the old mans tank column in WW2 was pretty cool. As far as movies, go way back and Clint Eastwood was in a flick called Thunderbolt and Lightfoot that he used a 20mm cannon (I know, not a 50) to blow a hole in vault...that was pretty cool.

Edited January 25, 2010 by 6500rpm

[paprotective 362]

Recent Miami Vice.. +1... But the guys (in the car) were actually Feds trying to arrest/entrap the 'supremisist' guys.. And the bad guys used the 50 Semi.. The sound effects were on point for it also.. Surround Sound.. >>>

[DavidQ 170]

Yeah that was it. I only saw it once and that scene stuck out in my mind so vividly. Man it was awesome. All I know is some people got blasted!!

[camon 233]

If you mean any .50 cal Weapon then I would say the sniper segment in The Hurt Locker.

[scarbrough68289 76]

God, come in God....

[thehopping1 105]

How about The Jackal? I think that's a 50 that he's testing on Jack Black.

 

 

And +1 on The Hurt Locker. Good movie

[David Mark 2,452]

For those that remember; Rat Patrol

Can't forget; The Green Berets

Or; Patton

 

 

Holy shit. I used to love the Rat Patrol. Always been fascinated by the desert campaign against Rommel for some reason.

 

 

[kdbutler 563]

(Belt-fed) John Rambo gettin busy on the Ma Deuce.

 

 

(Semi-auto) Counter-sniper scene in The Hurt Locker

 

[Twinsen 86]

1st: To Hell and Back

2nd: Rambo

[Sly 233]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izJGinb6lFA

[scoutjoe 276]

How about The Jackal? I think that's a 50 that he's testing on Jack Black.

 

 

And +1 on The Hurt Locker. Good movie

 

Negative Ghost Rider, while the gun is really a M2HB its supposed to be something else "non US "

 

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=The_Jackal

[Azrial 1,091]

... Negative Ghost Rider, while the gun is really a M2HB its supposed to be something else "non US "

 

http://www.imfdb.org...itle=The_Jackal

Still I liked the remote servo operated aspects of it! It would be pretty need to be able to work your own sniper report, remotely!

[thehopping1 105]

How about The Jackal? I think that's a 50 that he's testing on Jack Black.

 

 

 

And +1 on The Hurt Locker. Good movie

 

Negative Ghost Rider, while the gun is really a M2HB its supposed to be something else "non US "

 

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=The_Jackal

 

 

Ahhh, oh well. Still a bad ass scene.

Edited January 27, 2010 by thehopping1

[thehopping1 105]

I know this is a 50, and another bad ass movie too.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9gdCjLEg3I

[lance 4]

I like the scene from Smokin' Aces where she is lighting people up from across the way and everyone is all pissed because they don't know where the shits coming from.

 

 

or the one in the Matrix from the helicopter. may be a 7.62 though. hard to tell.

 

[Vultite 57]

I know this is a 50, and another bad ass movie too.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9gdCjLEg3I

that doesn't look like a .50 at all, bore diameter is too small and so is barrel length and size....maybe .308?

[funshootin1 10]

still cant beat the most recent rambo, he liquifies that dude (the driver) in the truck. and the dudes in the other truck, then the dudes on the boat. come on..the shield was coated in gore and it sounds so good in surround sound.

[shades_of_grey 1,092]

I know this is a 50, and another bad ass movie too.

*media*

that doesn't look like a .50 at all, bore diameter is too small and so is barrel length and size....maybe .308?

 

Marky Mark uses a what looks like a M24 (.308) for the vast majority of that scene, then finally switches to a Barrett .50 in the last ~15 sec or so. That's right, he packs a M24 and a M107! Silly Hollywood.

 

As for whether or not it's a good movie.. I dunno. It was alright, but pretty forgettable. Also, it's tough for me to take Mark too seriously, as I still remember this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HlnfJzI5Vc&feature=related

 

Edited January 30, 2010 by post-apocalyptic

[GregM1 241]

 

As for whether or not it's a good movie.. I dunno. It was alright, but pretty forgettable. Also, it's tough for me to take Mark too seriously, as I still remember this:

 

 

i had fortunately forgot about that until now. thanks.

 

 

and on the burt gummer tribute, at approx 5:40. one of the people crawling away from the falling debris bumps a "cinder block" that flips over and moves about a foot. Its funny when they miss errors like that before releasing a movie. I was watching the Martin Lawrence show Black Knight last night. One scene during an escape after the attempted execution of ML's character, two guys throw a punch at another. They used the wrong angle for the film. It is obvious they miss their punches by over a foot each.

Edited January 30, 2010 by GregM1

[kencrawleysc 11]

Water World, with Kevin Kostner

 

The Quad 50!!

 

The four-machine gun chassis in the atoll assault scene is called a Maxon Mount. It is comprised of four .50 caliber Browning machine guns and was used as an anti-aircraft battery during World War II. It also came in a two gun mount which was used upto & in the Vietnam War as a Point Defense Weapon.

 

I posted before that when I filmed as an extra in "The Patriot" with Mel Gibson, on set (in Charleston) David Rand and I were talking about the Pedersoli Muskets, and he mentioned that when he was the armorer for "Water World" the .50 Cal was a lot of work to get it running and keep it shooting--but it was a blast! He was helping the armorer clear the primer pan holes that were clogging with the special power being used, but for "The Patriot" he was working digital effects.

 

Ken Crawley