Best Tactical Movie

[Grog]

Red Dawn

[Texas_Tactical]

SWAT...pffft.

[Texas_Tactical]

the Hurt Locker is a good movie. idk if that counts since its about IED disposal, but good non the less.

[surprise_i'm_armed]

"Windtalkers" with Nick Cage, 2002 was the movie about
the Navajo Code Talkers during WWII.

The hand to hand combat scenes were so realistic they made
me squirm big time.

I can't remember the weapons-specific accuracy, but the brutality
of the battle scenes was really something.

"Saving Private Ryan" was also rather realistic in the violence depiction.

SIA

[gigag04]

SWAT...pffft.

I can't believe Saving Private Ryan or the Band of Brothers series haven't been mentioned.

[LarryH]

John Woo was the director that began making people fly off their feet when being shot

Was that before "Bullitt"?

[Jasonw560]

The 1972 classic, "The Getaway". Starring Steve McQueen, Ali Mcgraw, and Sally Struthers (yes, Archie Bunker's little Gloria, but playing a much different sort of young "lady").

Using a bone stock High Standard pump action 12 gauge and a pocket full of shells, McQueen shows us how to do it with style.

Available on YouTube. Also listed under "best shotgun scenes".

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[Jasonw560]

Okay...a little over the top, but it has what you need if you ever go into Mexico. (An AA-12).

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[Dragonfighter]

John Woo was the director that began making people fly off their feet when being shot

Way of the gun was pretty interesting in the final gun battle.

A point of order Mr. chairman. It was Sam Pekinpah. He was showing ultra slow exploding squibs and people flying backwards before Woo was out of middle school.

I second "Heat". Won an Academy Award for sound I believe. I was always tired of sparks denoting every bullet hit and huge fiery explosions that affected nothing 10' away. Heat showed guys crumpling when shot as opposed to flying backwards and a shape charge used on an armored car blew windows out of cars for half a block.

"Proof of Life" was excellent in its portrayal of tactics as well.

[i8godzilla]

Let's take a ride in the way back machine..............

I liked John Wayne's The Green Berets.

[Ameer]

Lately, all the action movies I've seen just kill me with the utter disregard for firearm reality. I just can't take it seriously when the actor has no idea what a front-sight is, or when somebody goes flying back 15 feet after being shot and busts through a wall. I'm really trying to find a movie or documentary that showcases some real "operator" tactics.

Take some of the suggestions with a grain of salt. Some are violent but don't show real useful tactics.

[dansrockreadychevy]

Check out: Tears of the Sun 2003

[pcgizzmo]

The Miami Vice remake. The part in the trailer house where the guy starts to talk and they shoot him in the head.

[tacticool]

Did anyone mention Thief, especially the house clearing scene?