Can anyone think of or recommend any merc movies?
The only ones I can think of, off the top of my head are :
Wild Geese
Code Name: Wild Geese
Blood Diamonds
I suppose you could include The Magnificant Seven or Seven Samurai as merc movies, but I was thinking Africa themed, or maybe South America with its jungle environments.
Anyone got thoughts on this?
Not a merc movie, rather an arms dealer movie.
Lord of War, with Nicholas Cage....... I took afew lines from that movie on the "Post a line" thread in Off Topic
A good movie, you should try if you haven't seen it yet.
Blood diamonds is the closest to FC2, and in fact I read somewhere that one was the inspiration for the other. There is a great sniper movie, but I just can't recall the name right now - will come to me as soon as I get off the PC, I imagine...
Quote from: PZ on May 06, 2009, 04:49:49 PM
Blood diamonds is the closest to FC2, and in fact I read somewhere that one was the inspiration for the other. There is a great sniper movie, but I just can't recall the name right now - will come to me as soon as I get off the PC, I imagine...
There is a great sniper movie with Jude Law... he plays a russian sniper, I believe, and the germans has his nemesis.....
....."Enemy at the Gates".... just remembered the name... an excellent war movie... sniper vs sniper..... I'm pretty sure that's the name.....
... PZ??
I finally remembered it - "Shooter" with Mark Wahlberg. In it, he plays a military sniper that becomes disenchanted with the system and retires. The government suckers him into returning for a mission to protect the President. Unfortunately it was a set-up intended to make Mark the fall guy. It is a great tale of retribution - every bad guy gets taken out in the end, even the corrupt senator. I recall one scene where a bad guy was holding a gun to a girls head and was threatening to kill her. The sniper was so far away you couldn't see him - shot the bad guy's trigger finger off. The bad guy just looked at the remaining stump and laughed in disbelief...
Oh yeah, I did like Shooter a lot. Thanks for reminding me of it. As for jungle merc stories (not Africa though). I know it's cliche and all but the last Rambo movie that came out last year I think, was quite enjoyable. The rivers and boats all felt Far Cry 2ish. If you don't like Stallone you won't like it but I do and the movie looked and sounded great on blu-ray baby!
Yes I saw both of those sniper movies and really enjoyed them. The new Rambo seemed like a pointless movie to be honest, I liked 1 and 2 alot though, I guess it had a lot to live up to.
Yeah seems like not alot of proper merc movies, Dogs of War just occured to me now.
I remember reading a few books back in the 80's covering conflicts like Angola, Rhodesia etc.
Col Mike Hoare was quite a famous merc back then, linky for those interested :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hoare
Should add Apocalypse Now to the list,
The only movie I know that is Heart of Darkness themed.
Edit:
Free ebook for anyone that's interested.
Heart of Darkness
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/219
There are a few films that I think are cool but I'm not so sure I'd call those "merc" films.
QuoteA mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict, who is not a national or a party to the conflict, and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that promised or paid to combatants of similar ranks and functions in the armed forces of that Party"
ref: wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary)
What do you think of
- Ronin (Robert DeNiro) he is a merc among mercs
- Die Hard 2 (Bruce Willis) he fights mercs
- The Chronicles of Riddick (Vin Diesel) he's hunted by mercs
- Babylon A.D. (Vin Diesel) he's a veteran merc
Arms dealing and covert ops, "the enterprise" everything you don't think happens in real life...
- The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655137118430
here you get a 1:28hrs stream docu :)
Ronin is a quality film, but is Deniro really a merc in it?
he appears to be, but i get the impression he is still in what-ever secret service he serves, and is hunting a specific target posing as a merc and using the other mercs to acheive his goals. could be wrong, but a few scenes hint at/reveal his connections. Also whislt not true mercs the characters in Munich operate in a merc fashion, good film but a bit grim in places. Blood Diamonds is defo closest to FC2, and Shooter is a great inspiration to those who prefer sniping to close assault (even uses I.E.D`s in it) Enemy at the gates is also good, despite Jude Law in main role (imo he couldnt act his way out of a wet paper bag)