Favourite 'Gun For Hire' movies?

snafuk35

These are three of the best that set the standard for other movies in the mercenary genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPJIPToK_gs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rf_vulEuSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji7-p2GMbWA

Does anybody know of any more?

ricero

the expendables spring to mind

Tipsy McSwagger

Escape From New York

snafuk35

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Escape From New York

That was a futuristic sci-fi post-apocalyptic about a prisoner who was forced to find the President or he would be killed.

That is NOT a hired gun mercenary movie!!!!!:mad:

I think I should explain what a mercenary is:

mer·ce·nar·y (mûrs-nr)
adj.
1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
2. Hired for service in a foreign army.
n. pl. mer·ce·nar·ies
1. One who serves or works merely for monetary gain; a hireling.
2. A professional soldier hired for service in a foreign army.
[Middle English mercenarie, a mercenary, from Old French mercenaire, from Latin mercnnrius, from mercs, wages, price.]
merce·nari·ly adv.
merce·nari·ness n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary

Mickeroo

snafuk35 wrote: »

That was a futuristic sci-fi post-apocalyptic about a prisoner who was forced to find the President or he would killed.

That is NOT a hired gun mercenary movie!!!!!.:mad:

He was offered a pardon too, which is still being paid, and he's an ex special forces commander who is also a war hero so he is a mercanary too. So technically it is a mercenary on a mission movie. And why do you require such stringent specificity? Escape form New York is a great film.

unknownlegend

A more contemporary gun for hire that stands out in my mind is Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. Definitely the most profound in recent time, IMHO .

p to the e

You can't do better than "The Three Amigos". Ruthless killers hired by Mexican villagers to take on the "infamous" tyrant El Guapo.

snafuk35

unknownlegend wrote: »

A more contemporary gun for hire that stands out in my mind is Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. Definitely the most profound in recent time, IMHO .

He's not soldier. He's a hitman. A mercenary is a soldier.

snafuk35

p to the e wrote: »

You can't do better than "The Three Amigos". Ruthless killers hired by Mexican villagers to take on the "infamous" tyrant El Guapo.

That's a comedy Western. It's not a war movie about mercenaries.

snafuk35

ricero wrote: »

the expendables spring to mind

The Expendables is rubbish.

theholyghost

The Mercenary with Franco Nero, a great spaghetti western. If you're not ready to buy, get ready to die.

Tarantino re-uses the music from this in lieu of an original idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbvUrq72T74

Tipsy McSwagger

Escape to Victory

Tipsy McSwagger

Finding Nemo, Dori was hired to find Nemo's dad.

Tipsy McSwagger

Star Wars, Han Solo and Chewie.

Tipsy McSwagger

In the Army Now, Paulie Shore was a mercenary in that film.

johnny_ultimate

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