Did this bother anyone else?
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natbmw2-161-449157 — 13 years ago(January 28, 2013 06:29 PM)
Well said. I was going to have to type that all out and you saved me! Haha. After you use a variety of rifles picking one up doesn't feel so awkward. Having used the only really AR-15's, Glocks and a 1911 here and their I can say I picked up an AkM and it felt awkward but at the same time very simple to use. Literally a caveman could use it! That said when SHTF sometimes you just do and sometimes its not always the perfect best choice and when bullets start flying sometimes you just want to make sure your getting rounds down range at the bad guys for sure and that might be with a handgun you've been on the range with for hours and hours and hours.
It would have been interesting to have Jake cover fire with the Ak to get across and sort of fire and maneuver and hopefully hit a few of those gang members then just drop the Ak when it runs out and switch to your side arm. Its not just something you learn from video games. Often times Military units will do cross training with allot of other weapons, I know the Army does this in a few units but I can't speak for the Marine Corp. My best bud is in the Marine Corp and we watched this together last night and overall we both thought this was an accurate portrayal, I mean we both have the background and have spent quite a few good times with officers and in between calls there is allot of "dark humor", if you don't have dark humor on a job like this you simply are not cut out for it.
I really implore people to look at cops as good people because they are! This movie reminded me of my local PD very much! Cops are sharp on the edges but once you show your not a threat and you start to become one of them they are just like any other human being, like Jake voiced in the opening they have a heart under that badge and they still bleed red. -
gescamil3 — 13 years ago(October 06, 2012 03:52 AM)
you'd be surprised how easy it is to use firearms. They all pretty much use the same concept. If you know how to use one semiautomatic, chances are you can figure out any semiauto. The concepts for aiming and cocking rifles and pistols are virtually the same, the finer details like grip are kind of irrelevant.
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brandonmalbert — 13 years ago(November 16, 2012 08:41 AM)
Jake's character was in the Marines right? I'm sure he had training with assault weapons, maybe not an AK but I'd much rather have that when it's obvious you're facing a gang that all has them
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FlipcrackaE — 13 years ago(November 27, 2012 09:21 PM)
because cops don't use assault rifles? yeah, ok. cops may train on the regular with their semi-auto pistols, but they are trained and handle/handled a variety of weapons. be it in training or on the job.
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Lin301 — 12 years ago(September 09, 2013 12:41 AM)
It didn't bother me but here are some reasons that worked for me:
- They didn't trust a gang weapon; in a life or death situation would you rather trust on your own familiar weapon or a strange one that might jam or whatever?
- They didn't have any AK ammo, so assuming there's one mag in it, you would spray that thing empty in about 3 seconds
- They didn't have the time/mind to consider the reasons above and just wanted to get the heck out of there
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carsten_s_nielsen — 13 years ago(December 01, 2012 03:03 AM)
Jamasian_man is right on the money. you learn this in the military as well. leave weapons on the ground that you are not issued. unless ofcourse you are out of ammo and in dire need of firepower. The movie portrays it right.
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adam-denicolo-ad — 13 years ago(January 16, 2013 08:00 PM)
It was mentioned in the beginning of the movie that Brian Taylor (the character played by Jake Gyllenhaal) was a former Marine. This should probably mean that he has at least basic training on the AK
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chinawhite252 — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 10:05 PM)
Didn't know he was a marine. He sure as HELL didn't perform like one in the gun battle. I have bad vision, but I have shot a glock and it is very easy to aim. They should have hit at least ONBE gang member if they had aimed there weapons properly.
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thornsthorns — 12 years ago(April 21, 2013 04:36 PM)
the lead character was meant to be a marine. so pretty stupid move there by him.
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DjfunkmasterG — 12 years ago(August 11, 2013 09:40 AM)
an AK is not to be messed around with if you have no experience.
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