Guns In The Movies

Bond and his foes have wielded a lot of high tech devices over the years, but when push comes to shove a gun is always going to be more useful in a fight than a wristwatch laser. A suave guy like Bond wouldn’t be caught dead holding a lame gun, though. In this article we’re going to take a look the top ten James Bond guns.

Most critics agree that Rambo: First Blood, the initial offering in the series, is the finest. It’s helped by an excellent supporting cast. Including veteran actors Richard Crenna as Rambo’s former commander Colonel Samuel Trautman, and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle. The plot is solid, and even though the violence often pushes the boundaries of believability, it’s a wildly entertaining film featuring more than a dozen various types of firearms.

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

Eastwood doesn't care; he says to hell with the Bill of Rights and stalks out of the district attorney's office. But when Scorpio hijacks the school bus, it is Eastwood again, who is asked to be bag man and carry the ransom. This time he refuses. He wants Scorpio on his own. We've already seen him twisting Scorpio's broken arm ("I have a right to a lawyer!" Scorpio shouts), and soon we will see him kill Scorpio in cold blood. Then, in a thoughtful final scene, Eastwood takes his police badge and throws it into a gravel pit.

This movie, set in the mythical town of Shinbone (likely in southern Colorado), is tied with High Noon as my favorite Western. It is definitely on my bucket list of movies to watch again. It has everything: good over evil, unrequited love, and the best last line of any movie ever made.

Set in Hadleyville, New Mexico territory in the 1880's, this classic film opens with the day lead character Marshal Will Kane gets married and hangs up his badge. Kane is told that a man he sent to prison years before, Frank Miller, is returning on the noon train to exact his revenge.

A man with a mysterious past, currently working at a building supply chain store, becomes embroiled in the fight of his life. Filled with gunfights and action, it also boasts a tender relationship between McCall, the main character, and a young girl entangled with high level Russian mafia gangsters.