Hey Andrew Borntreger...

[Andrew]

I sure have seen "Spiders."  The worst part of that movie is when the good government spook goes to shoot the bad government spook and his weapon does not fire.  It is empty!  But the slide is not locked to the rear!  (An auto pistol will lock to the rear when empty.)  Heck, I think the hammer is even uncocked.

I guess it could have been a weird mechanical failure or a bad magazine.  Still, if they wanted that to happen the good spook should have been using a revolver.

[Fearless Freep]

then i'm asking what movie(s) do think worstly (I'm sure that's not a real word) portray the military or are the most offensive.

You should ask the guy at "Dante's Inferno and All Night Video Store"  He seems to review a lot of movies that tend to portray the military and govenment poorly

It is empty! But the slide is not locked to the rear! (An auto pistol will lock to the rear when empty.)

I thought I caught something like that in "US Marshalls", where Tommy Lee  Jones switches clips with the bad secret agent who later tries to shoot him.  I would sorta assume there would still be a round in the chamber even after switching with an empty clip

[Conrad]

I saw that film oooh about 30 years ago -  can't remember the title either and I can't be bothered to check on IMDB, but the lead was Richard Widmark and Karl Malden was another DI.  The scene that sticks with me is one young recruit going to confess, only to be pre-empted by being told "You want to kill your DI, don't you?"

[Andrew]

> I saw that film oooh about 30 years ago -  can't remember the
> title either and I can't be bothered to check on IMDB, but the
> lead was Richard Widmark and Karl Malden was another DI.  The
> scene that sticks with me is one young recruit going to
> confess, only to be pre-empted by being told "You want to kill
> your DI, don't you?"

I checked the IMDB and it turns out to be "Take the High Ground!"

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0046398

[Jim Hepler]

Maybe he was using some ancient autoloader that doesn't have lockback.  It still doesn't make sense.

[Dave: Blackeye15]

Oh yeah I forgot about "spiders"

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