View Full Version : Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)...
Ok, this one has about as much gratuitous use of firearms as films such as "Heat" and "Die Hard." It's also not a bad movie, especially if you grew up during the Cold War and have some knowledge of international terrorism.
It's about the Baader Meinhof Gang aka Red Army Faction, and follows their actions from creation of the group to demise of the founding members. Thankfully it portrays them as the left wing radicals they were and doesn't glamorize them too much. The actresses who portray members of the group are more attractive than the actual members but I think that can be overlooked.
Might be hard to track down a copy, however Netflix does have it.
And they do cover the firearms.
There are the obligatory Kalashnikovs when they are training in the Middle East.
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Then there is their personal cache of weapons.
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There are the weapons used by law enforcement.
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And then there is the gunplay, including very realistic reenactments of actual events.
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Very cool, I'll have to check it out.
Another one from the 80's was "The Final Option", not bad from what I remember.
It's on Netflix instant streaming too, no need to get the disc unless you want blu-ray ;)
snip...Another one from the 80's was "The Final Option", not bad from what I remember.
I stumbled onto that recently and the reviews were TERRIBLE!!!
I thought it was decent myself, but apparently there only about 6 of us.
Now I know who two of them are.
I'll have to see movie the OP brought up.
I stumbled onto that recently and the reviews were TERRIBLE!!!
I thought it was decent myself, but apparently there only about 6 of us.
Now I know who two of them are.
I'll have to see movie the OP brought up.
Make it 7.
Mike
I'll have to add this one to my list.
Very cool, I'll have to check it out.
Another one from the 80's was "The Final Option", not bad from what I remember.
Another ok one was "Raid on Entebbe" (1976) and of course "The Amateur" (1981).
It seemed like a decent move to me.
I stumbled onto that recently and the reviews were TERRIBLE!!!
I thought it was decent myself, but apparently there only about 6 of us.
Now I know who two of them are.
I'll have to see movie the OP brought up.
Where did you find it? I've been looking for a copy for a looooong time.
Shadow1198
12-27-09, 01:57
Very cool, I'll have to check it out.
Another one from the 80's was "The Final Option", not bad from what I remember.
Yep, that was a decent one. It was neat seeing a movie take on that whole ordeal, though I was a kid at the time ;). Who doesn't like movies about combat ninjas lol:
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I thought it was decent myself, but apparently there only about 6 of us.
Now I know who two of them are.
Add me to the list. That's the movie that turned me into a gun-tard as a child. HK 94 and it was all downhill from there.
Netflix has been recommending that to me for some time now, Ill have to check it out tonight. Thanks for the insight.
Wow, The Final Option was a great cable TV movie when I was a kid. It was the first time I'd ever seen SAS hostage rescue tactics. Stuff like blowing a wall with explosives and killing the lights at the same time to confuse the bad guys, then using guns with weaponlights to shoot the bad guys, all within a second or two. Then there's room to room serach and destroy with every door breached with a shotgun and a flash-bang thrown in before clearing. Good stuff! And way ahead of it's time for a movie - I think it was 25 years ago.
Perhaps the reviews are bad because the far-left do-gooder terrorists that take the embassy hostage to make a statement against nuclear weapons all get killed.
This really is a good film, definitely worth a view.. the raf training in the mid east was a hoot. 'The Tunnel' and 'Bravo Two Zero' are a couple more worth a view. I'll have to check out Final Option, I don't think netflix has it though.
Wow, The Final Option was a great cable TV movie when I was a kid. It was the first time I'd ever seen SAS hostage rescue tactics. .
I remember seeing the news footage of the two SAS troopers blowing the second floor window and thinking, "this looks like a movie!" Shortly thereafter I leared that it was real.
Here's a History Channel series on the raid, it's 4 or five parts. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOE2oxl62M&feature=related
This really is a good film, definitely worth a view.. the raf training in the mid east was a hoot. 'The Tunnel' and 'Bravo Two Zero' are a couple more worth a view. I'll have to check out Final Option, I don't think netflix has it though.
To the best of my knowledge "The Final Option" aka Who Dares Wins has never had a Region 1 DVD release.
I remember seeing the news footage of the two SAS troopers blowing the second floor window and thinking, "this looks like a movie!" Shortly thereafter I leared that it was real.
Here's a History Channel series on the raid, it's 4 or five parts. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWOE2oxl62M&feature=related
Most comprehensive thing on DVD about 16 Princess Gate is "The SAS in Action" (2004). Netflix does have it, but otherwise it can be a difficult title to find for sale.
Where did you find it? I've been looking for a copy for a looooong time.
I saw the movie a looong time ago on VHS (actually dubbed it then) but just a couple of weeks ago or so was just googling schtuff and it came up.
Watched the raid scene at the end.
I have searched in the past for a DVD but never found anything.
VHS can be found and I suppose if'n you had the right hardware burned onto a DVD.
Not sure about the scene with the two guys suspended below the helicopter going through the windows.
Just toooo much to go wrong....
Not spaced quite right, altitude just a tad off, break resistant glass, getting through the window but not off the line in time...
All have bad endings.
Think getting through the window and then getting yanked unceremoniously back through the window and dragged up the side of the building and onto the roof would NOT be fun.
At all.
No matter how you define fun.
I saw The Final Option in a movie theater as a young kid. I was the only person in the whole theater...
I saw The Final Option in a movie theater as a young kid. I was the only person in the whole theater...
When you were a young kid, eh?
Movie must be older than I thought. :eek:
Watch it, buddy. I know where you live...
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Close, but not quite.
I'm about 4.29 miles at a bearing of 32.42° from there.
So there. :p
Uh, wait a minute, oh crap.
:D
To the best of my knowledge "The Final Option" aka Who Dares Wins has never had a Region 1 DVD release.
True dat. A sad thing, too. IMO it's actually a good film- starting with the setup of roughing up the seconded Rangers to establish bona fides for the main character. I'd pay a fair bit to have that on DVD.
Most comprehensive thing on DVD about 16 Princess Gate is "The SAS in Action" (2004). Netflix does have it, but otherwise it can be a difficult title to find for sale.
Thanks! I'll add that to my queue.
sullafelix
12-27-09, 18:26
watched Der Baader Meinhof Komplex on netflix streaming a couple of weeks ago and I also liked it
I saw The Final Option in a movie theater as a young kid. I was the only person in the whole theater...
Note sure if that would be terribly depressing or the best possible way to see a movie period.
John_Wayne777
12-27-09, 18:50
Note sure if that would be terribly depressing or the best possible way to see a movie period.
Best possible way to see a movie that you actually want to see.
No talking, no cell phones ringing, no dumbasses trying to explain the plot to other dumbasses who have the IQ of a summer sausage, no woman plotting to make you see some abortion of a "romantic comedy" starring Hugh Grant as revenge, etc.
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