Favorite CQB Movies (Close Quarter Battles ala SWAT and HRT)
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 - 1:05pm
I just can't think of any great ones. Ones I do like are futuristic, like Aliens(2). But types where you sort of like a 'Rainbow' team. But local SWAT/HRT is fine. Anyway, a list of folks top 5 or 10 would be appreciated. (and they don't have to be 'great', good is fine:>)
I'll add as i think of them, but first thing that comes to mind is the bust scene at the end of The Departed was a treat. No long drawn out fire fights of people not hitting anything. Short precise firing the way it should be.
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S.W.A.T.
Blackhawk Down
Anything Bourne
Believe it or not, The Kingdom
I'll try and remember more.
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There's some great footage out there of Iraqi special forces/police actioning a house in Baghdad. They flash bang themselves. It's pretty cool.
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Definitely agree with Grenn's and Raven's list.
You're right that it's hard to find any movies that focus on it. Some of these aren't all about SWAT/HRT, but just have some elements of CQC.
The Negotiator
Navy Seals
Clear and Present Danger
Patriot Games
Léon (The Professional)
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Oh and maybe Air Force One and Executive Decision as well. At least, any fights basically have to be close quarter onboard a plane.
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Can't believe i didn't think of at least these 2
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Oh ouch, that hurts. You'll never truly understand how bad those puppies until some yahoo in your unit lights one off next to you while you're sleeping because he's bored. Trust me, not fun. I can sympathize with those Iraqi's, lol.
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Who Dares Wins. Essentially an SAS propaganda movie. Go Lewis Collins!
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Usual Suspects
Tears of the Sun
We were Soldiers
Sum of all Fears has the best John Clark of them all.
Sniper if you don't mind the cheese factor.
*edit Enemy at the Gates why didn't I think of this sooner.
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The Way of the Gun (Benecio Del Toro and Ryan Phillippe) - supposedly they had real special forces consultants design the gun battles.
It's not a great movie, except for the first 5 minutes. But a lot of the gun battles have a real strangeness to them that is sort of ... non-cinematic. I remember walking out of the theater feeling vaguely disappointed in the movie's plot and resolution, but fascinated and a little perplexed at the gun battle choreography.
What I'm trying to get at here is that I think the director deliberately chose to depict real small unit tactics at the expense of conventionally flashy cinematic gun play.
If your really interested CQB, you would probably get some benefit out of watching this movie a couple of times with a finger on the rewind button and an eye towards the tactics displayed.