@@hardtarget22 Waxes…waxes his chest, listening to November Rain while field stripping a 1911 in a hot tub filled with Wolf Polyformance 45 ACP…..👊🎤⬇️🍑💨
What else to expect from a Glick fan boy. The German guns are superior. I own a 92' 226 in 9mm that was purchased by me that year. The only HnK I ever shot was a buddies Usp 45. Great gun. My experience runs with the Sig though obviously.
If you don't rank literally every rifle in the movie "S" tier, I'm going to downvote and unsubscribe. And click the little bell icon, but to turn it off, not on.
Every time I have a really shitty day, I just watch the bank robbery scene, and I feel better. I even built my own AR shorty, because, of course I would.
You didn't mention the J Frame S&W that the armored car guard pulled from his ankle holster. IIRC, it was the awesome Bodyguard model. Come on, show some revolver love!
Well in terms of delicious food and beautiful beaches, it's a fair comparison.. No need to mention that Spain makes some of the best rifle barrels (Bergara) on the planet.
Pacino's character makes SO much more sense after you find out in the initial script his character was on coke. Apparently Pacino never got the memo that part was left out....
Exactly. You could argue it's still implied in the film. I used to feel the same way as James toward Pacino in this movie, but over the past 10-15 years (and many, many rewatches) I now consider it my favorite Pacino role of all time. Looking past those outbursts, or at least in the context of the script, the rest of his performance is on point.
That's the idea, he's a extreme character and very messed up - *this is not a stable man.* Even the heist team acknowledge that he's driven and _obsessive,_ their fixer Nate gave McCauley a basic background on Hanna once they'd ID'd the team with their fake Dockyard stakeout. And during the downtown shootout when civilians are caught in the middle, he keeps pursuing a gunman who _just wants to escape_ - not mow down randoms, though a Plaza with kids ect, and a shopping carpark, and exchanges fire with them. [Hanna had probably just done a bit of coke before the shootout to give him an edge… it makes perfect sense with the character and the performance, even the mannerisms]. They *knew the identities* of the criminals and could have pursued them later or at least backed off a bit _when civilians were between them._ And they did later with Shiherlis (Kilmer), it's just the cop on the corner either hadn't seen a pic of the suspect or didn't know haircuts were a thing. James criticisms actually validate Pacino's performance, as he picked up on the cocaine addict aspect without it having to be sledgehammered in, in a scene of Hanna doing lines.
He should have smoked up with his ex-girl and her new boyfriend.....maybe we would have gotten some DP porn star stuntmen with big guns......AHHHHH......LMAO
I really appreciate when movies show the actor "check" that one is in the chamber, instead of racking it EVERY time. In my head - "That shit should've already been ready and you just lost a round!"
What about when in movies an TV shows after every shot of shooting the slide keeps open. Next scene shoots again, and again the gun seems empty!!!! Dude, gets me sick!!!
See also character racking the slide on his shotgun just before going into action. Looks cool, sounds cool, doofus for not having one in the chamber already or dumping a perfectly usable shell.
Sad fact: I cited Heat as my favorite film of all time in film school around 2006. The professor asked the class if anyone else had seen it and no one raised their hand... I almost had a Pacino outburst. Glad to see it getting its well-deserved recognition in the 2A community at least. Trivia: the totally-cool USP shot at 1:45 is based on a 1967 painting by James Colville titled "Pacific" that features a Browning Hi-Power. I turned Mann's version back into an oil painting years ago, and it's now on display in my brother's house. It took many tubes of ultramarine...
@Thickwarrior Z Freelance artist and aspiring writer, though I still need the full-time day job. I've been working on a couple novels that I'm "close" to finishing. Storytelling is still my passion, but I've been very disenfranchised with the current film industry over the past 5-10 years.
@Thickwarrior Z Thanks man! At least it sounds like your schooling is necessary. I bought into the college scam for a field that doesn't demand a certified education. You can teach facts and techniques but you can't teach talent or inspiration. At the end of the day, that little piece of paper doesn't prove I can actually make anything. I'd still need a showreel and the right hookups (literally, it seems). That industry is all about whom you know and how much you're willing to sell your soul. The film program at my school was an unintentionally accurate microcosm of that, complete with sycophantic entourages following the professors around as if they were actual directors and producers. What a joke. If those are the same type of people at the top, then count me out. I'll find other ways to do my thing. I still love film, but I don't have what it takes to navigate that industry. I'd rather produce a graphic novel or independent film that isn't stepped on by bigger egos with money and political agendas. Some friendly advice though if you really are interested in the craft: do it on the side. With TH-cam and the internet, you never know... what starts as a hobby could really take off. Experiment with some short films on days off or between classes. You really don't need film school or a diploma to make it. No one looked at Tarantino and said "Oh, you don't have a film degree? Guess your movies suck."
@Thickwarrior Z If your interest is more technical, I honestly don't know. Unfortunately, I went to film school during a time where technology was rapidly changing. Hardware and software 5 years before and 5 years after are completely different. The camera in my cell phone is better quality than the one I paid $2k for in film school back then, and all the hard work rigging up dolly and crane shots is accomplished now with drones a middle-schooler can buy. The game has really changed, and while it's nice to see more access to technology and thus more opportunity for indie filmmakers and hobbyists, I feel like I've been left in the dust on that front. I'm only 33 but I feel like a f-ing boomer when seeing some of the stuff kids can achieve today with what they have. I do think a film analysis course might help understand the bridge between the technical and artistic, however. Even if you're not concerned so much with narrative, it may help you understand how techniques convey a certain mood or draw the eye. If you can get past the inevitable discourse about how John Wayne's six-shooter is actually a penis... Or maybe even a digital photography class would be more up your alley.
haha typical "millennials"... err... "gen z". Similar note- Also in 2006/7 my community college English comp class- I wrote a paper on The Shield tv show. The prof later told me my paper got him to watch the show, and he was blown away, although disgusted by the violence.
I agree. Glocks are like the Toyota Carola of the gun world. Perfectly functional and reliable, but you know the owner is some dry old middle manager who's favorite color is beige.
Unfortunately shot by a coked out Italian with a wife getting balled by Ralph and a step daughter so fucked up Bc her dad is this large type asshole and a postmodernistic bullshit house 😞
@@philmccracken1392 After he gets home & finds his wife making dinner for Ralph “ You do not get to watch my fucking television”! Then after he leaves with the tv he comes to a screeching halt at the traffic light then gets pissed off because the tv went up against the dashboard so he leans over & opens the passenger door of the Crown Vic then just sends the tv flying with one swift kick then takes off like a bat outta hell & the passenger door slams itself shut!
FUN FACT: The actor playing the assassin with the TMP plays the same kind of role, with the same gun in the bathroom scene in True Lies. Furthermore the assassin is shot by Arnold's character who is carrying a Ruger KP90.
James have to disagree with you on Al Pacino performance, especially the scene yelling at the guy "she got great ass and your head was all the way up it"; that is one best lines in movie history.
I've shown my friends this movie and when I told them to shut the fuck up for that scene, they were awe struck by the magnificence. Some people watch Heat for the shootout, I watch Heat for the "Great ass!" scene.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one who just about puked when this idiot said all of Pacino’s performances post “The Godfather” sucked. Him and his slim fit v-necks can go to hell.
Heat was written by a Chicago cop and was originally the story line for the TV show Crime Story, starring Dennis Farina who was a Chicago cop with the writer. There is the same “you can sleep with my wife but you won’t watch my TV” scene in Crime Story, but with 50s-60s era props…
Despite having seen it and enjoyed it a number of times, this consistently remains one of those pictures that I can always pop back on when times are slow and if I'm ever in a position to unexpectedly catch it in the middle like on a hotel TV I find myself watching it all the way through easily. Thanks for showing Heat some love, it's a classic.
My father in law has a ruger p89 he purchased back in 1994. He’s used it in many career fields, including law enforcement, private security all over California (believe it or not he did off duty security for the filming set of Heat, having met many of the actors in the movie). He loved the pistol so much he went to go work for Ruger in Prescott, AZ after he retired.
"The best gun in the movie is the Maglite 4D flashlight. With its overall length of 14 3/4 inches, unlimited ammo capacity and a pleasing heft of 36 ounces, it's the perfect bludgeon with which to subdue a hapless security guard."
My *father* (not great-grandfather) used a 1911 (literally, he was issued a 1911, not a 1911A1) to actually storm the beaches, in Africa, Sicily and Normandy, which makes me a *Boomer* who owns 5 1911s (and wants more) We stay around your channel for comic relief. I do agree with you, that the CCO model is an awesome combination. The Glock 19 looks like the best gun to have when you get the "S" kicked out of you. Not a good outing for Glock.
Thanks Gary! From another 1911 fan. "F" rating isn't fair atol, I'll continue to watch these excellent, well done vid's because one day an opinion can change. Can't wait.... Lol
Agree. I was issued a 1911 and a Winchester Model 12 in 1967 as a LRRP in Vietnam. Raise your had if you believe anyone will be carrying Glock's 110 years from now. Me neither.
@@rogerd.miller1095 I ran a Glock for a weekend event and I hated shooting it. It's reliable BUT I couldnt get shots on target at 20yds nearly as well as I could their 1911. Not to mention that 9mm Glock shooting everything from 115g to 147g had double the recoil then the steel framed 1911. I bet I personally put 500 rounds through both guns in 1.5 days time and intuitively the 1911 was better for me.
@@Seasniffer69 There is still not a better hand gun than the 1911, tutus a bit heavy as an all steel pistol. But because of it's thinness, it its imminently carriage.
Nothing surprising coming from the King Daddy Glocksucker, can we all just agree to stop with the "plus one in the chamber" and go with x round magazine?
The Glock deserves a spot in the S tier right next to the 92. That was a slip. Also The partial shot you included of Val Kilmer in the shootout running dry doing a speed reload is probably my third favorite shot in all the movies I've seen. They showed it to us in boot at MCRD and said "this is how it's done. Do the same"
Wow, now I feel like a turd. I've seen Heat 30+ times and never noticed the ruger (or that he even had a pistol on his vest at all) from the armored car takedown.
Just bought the uncut version a week or so ago. Apt timing and holy fuck I love the subtleties of that film. So refreshing when there's no music choking out the climax, let the sound impart the adrenaline.
@@anderson6606 Well you might as well call it the Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, etc... based solely on language hahaha. I mean, I could say the USA is the England/UK of North America, and that would not be fair in my opinion. But, on another note, just call it whatever feels right, all be for freedom of expression and not letting TH-cam and BigTech control it or censor it. It's all in good fun!
Well, if you happen to live in a 10-round-magazine state, might as well have 10 big ones. "Check out my new 9mm" Yeah, my wife shoots one of those... wanna see a man's gun?
B&T the OEM supplier to H&K for parts, doesn’t get much better .. their weapons are also amazing and offer super Swiss manufacturing standards of quality ! JMO
I always attributed Pacino's character to being a product of high -stress work environment. I know some guys who always operate "on the edge" of a stress induced stroke and they behave the same way. I also think it coincides well with the pacing of the movie. One thing I like about Michael Mann movies (other than the firearms of course) is he truly uses pacing to set a tone to a movie. In Heat you have frantic action, then slow downtime that kind of crawls along. This highlights the lifestyles of the main characters perfectly. Their life is a slow crawl in-between moments of glorious action and adrenaline. We live in an age where movies now are made to be full-throttle from the get go - or a agonizing drawn out crawl for no reason. Heat's usage of vastly different alternating pacing really adds to the representation of the lifestyle of the characters. Mann did the same thing in Collateral- he separated the frantic violence with dialog based scenes of the taxi rides. I do love the diner scene with Pacino and DeNiro though....
I know I'm responding to old comment but: I allways thought that this shouty and odd behavior was to confuse interrogatet suspects. In other situations Hanna acts pretty normal.
Vincent Hanna is the reason why I have a few compact 1911s…. Full transparency…. I reenacted the airfield scene with every in-boxing. THat said, I never carry one and I still love ya and your channel. Great vid. Can’t wait for the long gun rankings…. Also, the bank shootout scene is how I test all my surround sound and sound bar equipment…
I can’t fault your ratings as I’ve never owned or fired any of these firearms. I’m from Aus, I live vicariously through TFBTV. American Beauty reference had me laughing very loudly.
Get your license! They impose regulations with the intention of getting people to give up on trying to own firearms, reducing the overall number by generation. Don't let them.
Both my glocks are stock, and I like them just fine. I've got the model 45 and the 43. I carry one or the other regularly and shoot them as well. Don't get my wrong I like guns in general, I also own a 1911, several revolvers as well. The glocks are my carry guns though. I don't understand the gun tribalism. I don't think the glock is perfection, but they are fantastic guns for the price, highly reliable, and easy to find spare parts/gear for.
Man I remember watching that shit as a kid and thinking even then that it was something different than pretty much all the other action movies I'd seen (not just because there's actual plot). The shots sounded so much more intense than in most other movies, and each one also seemed slightly different from one another. I'm gonna look for your movie list, because now I want to know what else made it up there.
Spot on with the Colt Officer’s model. I always wanted one and knew better, but I bought one anyway thinking it was one of my Holy Grail Guns. I shot it two separate times and immediately fell out of love with it. I’ve had plenty of full size 1911s throughout my lifetime and I was totally disappointed with Colt’s recent quality issues. After 2 mags, the front sight shifted in it’s dovetail and the thumb safety got so tight I could barely move it. I sold it back to the gun shop I bought it from at a lo$$, but was never happier to get rid of a gun. I was about to go down a rabbit hole of throwing money at it to improve it’s deficiencies, but then came to my senses and just walked away.
70s Pacino: Godfather 1&2, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Post 70s Pacino: Scarface .... not too many enjoyable performances after that. In his prime he was S tier. I don’t think you can argue against that.
I thought at one stage I was a troll but James, you are the biggest gun troll on the internet. I wonder how "Perfect" those Gen 2 Glocks were? Where the normal A pistols still are in the same configuration as they were in '95. Can't improve on perfection but apparently you can improve on a Glock.
How much did he pay you to make that comment, let me guess, a quarter of a Megastar in coke? Sounds about right for that disgusting indirect Glock fanboy comment.
Man, I remember those mid-nineties... when we were being told the "wonder nine" could do everything better than the 45 and 357 because of 'new bullet technologies', and that subsonic nines didn't have any expansion or penetration problems and could blow up you brain and kill you just by the magic of 'hydrostatic shock'... But back then most departments still had the wits to do their own research and they picked up 40s. Though these days it looks like most places are struggling to find anyone who still wants the job and is old enough to shave, let alone pass the psych battery and background checks, so I guess they're having to compromise a lot on physical reqs.
I carry a Glock 21 in God's caliber, and conceal a Glock 30S. I'm hearing you bash 45 pretty hard, but if you've seen things shot with 230 grain HST and 147 grain HST that 45 is bringing something to table that 9mm just isn't. Modern 45 ammunition expands reliably, even out of shorter barrels, and creates a larger wound than the 45 from the days of yore.
I like to compare Glocks to the Honda Civic in the car enthusiast world. It's a reasonably priced, well built, reliable tool. That then gets way too much money thrown at it for sometimes useless upgrades that the owner never will actually utilize the true performance improvement of, because they can't come to terms with their own average level of skill in handling the thing in the first place. But it's still cool as hell to see a well done Gucci'd out build, even if you would never want to spend that much on one yourself.
The only change I'd make to the list depends on if the list is based on today or 1995. If its based on 1995 I'd move the beretta 92 to S tier as well. At the time it fed hollow points more reliably than most other autoloaders.
Miami Vice had excellent gun selections, too. Mann was executive producer of the show. I’m thinking there’s a good correlation here. Or at least Mann used the same gun expert to consult on all of his projects. Meanwhile, Mario Van Peebles was running around cranking out D-List straight-to-VHS action flicks for the back shelves of Blockbuster Video, carrying a Llama 9mm. Shitty guns = shitty movies.
looking forward to the long gun review of Heat. FAL, HKG3, and FNC AWESOME!!!! There was a British SAS guy who wrote alot of books as the weapons and tactics consultant
I’ve carried a Glock for a duty gun for 15 years and counting. First it was a Gen 2 G-21 and now a Gen 5 G-17 with the Federal HST. Always went bang no feeding issues and accurate for gov work. I carry a G-48 off duty. Love that Tactical Tupperware
Thanks. I had to break it into two vids because I was straight up hyperventilating about guns for 40 minutes on camera. Really enjoyed making this one.
I loved the obvious trolling. Your obnoxious remarks had me rolling. In the mid nineties I was carrying a Glock model 22 on duty, and a S&W 4566 as an off duty gun. I eventually just carried the Glock off duty as well when I got confidence in the stopping power of the .40 cal ammo we were carrying. I still like the .40, but it was very hard on the model 22s that we had back then. Now that the Model 22 has had an upgrade, it might be time to get one of the new beefier ones. That or just go full caveman and get me a Model 20. Thanks for the laughs, James. You never disappoint, even if you are a professional blood sucker, er, I mean, attorney. :)
I've been a Ruger P series guy since 1994 when I bought my first handgun. Blued P89dc. I've owned so many over the years. Absolutely the best budget gun, and add to the fact Ruger PC9/40 series. I still have one stainless P89dc and stainless P94 40SW. I've owned every P series at least twice except P85. Ruger P series Fabulous first timer training gun. Can still find new mags and used retain the original prices from when new, decades after discontinued.
100% agree about Pacino. He has been a bonkers caricature of himself since Scarface. "GIMME ALL YA GOT!!! GIMME ALL YA GOT!!!" ...Unintentional comedy.
I personally carry a Beretta 84 daily, it is an amazing little conceal carry even today and yes it's 380 but if you train with it (as you should) you can be accurate up to a good 50m away. I believe a C rating for the 84 is slightly unfair. I would say a solid B, very debatable A.
A good friend of mine was a distinguished NRA master. His carry gun was a four and a half inch 1911 with a officer model frame. That's now available from Dan Wesson. It's concealable it's reliable and it's accurate.
The Glock 19 over the MP9 may have been even gayer than James as Kevin Spacey.
Obviously that was fake, James looks like the type who shaves his chest
@@hardtarget22 Waxes…waxes his chest, listening to November Rain while field stripping a 1911 in a hot tub filled with Wolf Polyformance 45 ACP…..👊🎤⬇️🍑💨
"Mexico of Europe" That was racist, offensive and unnecessary. Do not compare ESPAÑA (SPAIN) with Mexico again, James Reeves.
What else to expect from a Glick fan boy. The German guns are superior. I own a 92' 226 in 9mm that was purchased by me that year. The only HnK I ever shot was a buddies Usp 45. Great gun. My experience runs with the Sig though obviously.
@@falconb3455 He obviously doesn't know the difference. Typical Anglo. Lol
If you don't rank literally every rifle in the movie "S" tier, I'm going to downvote and unsubscribe. And click the little bell icon, but to turn it off, not on.
No joke. Heat is 2.5 hours of sweet rifle shooting goodness. Can’t wait for the next installment.
Every time I have a really shitty day, I just watch the bank robbery scene, and I feel better. I even built my own AR shorty, because, of course I would.
@@TSpencerWise I want to build a 733 clone so damn bad.
@@TSpencerWise you can get t1 mounts that work with the carry handle. Looks about the same height as a 1.93" mount if you're into that
And here is the FNC, and we're going to give it an Ayyy
*Entire comments section is typing pure unadulterated rage*
I MEAN S, DEFINITELY S
at least James is getting paid to shill glocks now
HE DID IT FOR FREE!! JANNIE JAMES JANNIE JAMES JANNIE JAMES
Wonder when the ammo companies will pay him to shill for 9mm
LOL, before it was just for the obvious erotic value.
Dog thats like being a Hyundai salesman
You didn't mention the J Frame S&W that the armored car guard pulled from his ankle holster. IIRC, it was the awesome Bodyguard model. Come on, show some revolver love!
Whats a re-vol-ver? Like cowboys and Indians? I kid. Good catch.
Pacino said the backstory of his character has him being a literal cokehead, so it was intentional.
It must be the back story in every movie he makes.😃
@@EireGenX exactly 😂👍
Al was good in the 70s then he did Scarface in 83. I think he really sniffed to much of that powder and he has been this way ever since.
@Flannan Reidy ooh shit got eem
So they just make the character around the actor, kind of like with Jack Nicholson? Lol
"The Mexico of Europe ..." Spanish heads explode. LOL.
Lol my head definitely exploded as I have a Spanish(Europe)/Italian background. I guess I’m European Mexican/ Italian now. Damn you James Reeves😆😆😆
Spanish here, can confirm.
Well in terms of delicious food and beautiful beaches, it's a fair comparison.. No need to mention that Spain makes some of the best rifle barrels (Bergara) on the planet.
@@miked2543 LOL. James did not mean it as a compliment. In general the Spanish loath to be lumped with the rest of the Spanish-speaking world.
Or is Mexico the Spain of the America's? Hmmm...
Oh wow i would have never seen that S rating for the Glock coming.
Completely blind sided me... not
haha. At least I'm honest with you b holes about it
The Glock bumper at the beginning of the video didn’t immediately convince you of that?
Yeah anything he says about glock is instantly thrown out the window
Yeah, time to rename this channel The Glock Blog (TGB).
Pacino's character makes SO much more sense after you find out in the initial script his character was on coke. Apparently Pacino never got the memo that part was left out....
😆 no wonder something came put of him when he thought of asses.
Exactly. You could argue it's still implied in the film. I used to feel the same way as James toward Pacino in this movie, but over the past 10-15 years (and many, many rewatches) I now consider it my favorite Pacino role of all time. Looking past those outbursts, or at least in the context of the script, the rest of his performance is on point.
I kinda thought that was the case. Still laughed when he comes back at the end to take the TV.
That's the idea, he's a extreme character and very messed up - *this is not a stable man.*
Even the heist team acknowledge that he's driven and _obsessive,_ their fixer Nate gave McCauley a basic background on Hanna once they'd ID'd the team with their fake Dockyard stakeout.
And during the downtown shootout when civilians are caught in the middle, he keeps pursuing a gunman who _just wants to escape_ - not mow down randoms, though a Plaza with kids ect, and a shopping carpark, and exchanges fire with them.
[Hanna had probably just done a bit of coke before the shootout to give him an edge… it makes perfect sense with the character and the performance, even the mannerisms].
They *knew the identities* of the criminals and could have pursued them later or at least backed off a bit _when civilians were between them._
And they did later with Shiherlis (Kilmer), it's just the cop on the corner either hadn't seen a pic of the suspect or didn't know haircuts were a thing.
James criticisms actually validate Pacino's performance, as he picked up on the cocaine addict aspect without it having to be sledgehammered in, in a scene of Hanna doing lines.
He should have smoked up with his ex-girl and her new boyfriend.....maybe we would have gotten some DP porn star stuntmen with big guns......AHHHHH......LMAO
I really appreciate when movies show the actor "check" that one is in the chamber, instead of racking it EVERY time. In my head - "That shit should've already been ready and you just lost a round!"
What about when in movies an TV shows after every shot of shooting the slide keeps open. Next scene shoots again, and again the gun seems empty!!!! Dude, gets me sick!!!
Cocking the hammer on a striker fired gun or flipping the safety off a handgun with no safety, gets me everytime
@@thegreatbaertino or when they grab a gun and makes mechanical noises. Like crac, thrac. Etc
See also character racking the slide on his shotgun just before going into action. Looks cool, sounds cool, doofus for not having one in the chamber already or dumping a perfectly usable shell.
@@MrWhipple42 FYI, shotguns aren't drop safe !!!
Sad fact: I cited Heat as my favorite film of all time in film school around 2006. The professor asked the class if anyone else had seen it and no one raised their hand... I almost had a Pacino outburst. Glad to see it getting its well-deserved recognition in the 2A community at least. Trivia: the totally-cool USP shot at 1:45 is based on a 1967 painting by James Colville titled "Pacific" that features a Browning Hi-Power. I turned Mann's version back into an oil painting years ago, and it's now on display in my brother's house. It took many tubes of ultramarine...
@Thickwarrior Z Freelance artist and aspiring writer, though I still need the full-time day job. I've been working on a couple novels that I'm "close" to finishing. Storytelling is still my passion, but I've been very disenfranchised with the current film industry over the past 5-10 years.
@Thickwarrior Z Thanks man! At least it sounds like your schooling is necessary. I bought into the college scam for a field that doesn't demand a certified education. You can teach facts and techniques but you can't teach talent or inspiration. At the end of the day, that little piece of paper doesn't prove I can actually make anything. I'd still need a showreel and the right hookups (literally, it seems). That industry is all about whom you know and how much you're willing to sell your soul. The film program at my school was an unintentionally accurate microcosm of that, complete with sycophantic entourages following the professors around as if they were actual directors and producers. What a joke. If those are the same type of people at the top, then count me out. I'll find other ways to do my thing. I still love film, but I don't have what it takes to navigate that industry. I'd rather produce a graphic novel or independent film that isn't stepped on by bigger egos with money and political agendas.
Some friendly advice though if you really are interested in the craft: do it on the side. With TH-cam and the internet, you never know... what starts as a hobby could really take off. Experiment with some short films on days off or between classes. You really don't need film school or a diploma to make it. No one looked at Tarantino and said "Oh, you don't have a film degree? Guess your movies suck."
@Thickwarrior Z If your interest is more technical, I honestly don't know. Unfortunately, I went to film school during a time where technology was rapidly changing. Hardware and software 5 years before and 5 years after are completely different. The camera in my cell phone is better quality than the one I paid $2k for in film school back then, and all the hard work rigging up dolly and crane shots is accomplished now with drones a middle-schooler can buy. The game has really changed, and while it's nice to see more access to technology and thus more opportunity for indie filmmakers and hobbyists, I feel like I've been left in the dust on that front. I'm only 33 but I feel like a f-ing boomer when seeing some of the stuff kids can achieve today with what they have. I do think a film analysis course might help understand the bridge between the technical and artistic, however. Even if you're not concerned so much with narrative, it may help you understand how techniques convey a certain mood or draw the eye. If you can get past the inevitable discourse about how John Wayne's six-shooter is actually a penis... Or maybe even a digital photography class would be more up your alley.
haha typical "millennials"... err... "gen z". Similar note- Also in 2006/7 my community college English comp class- I wrote a paper on The Shield tv show. The prof later told me my paper got him to watch the show, and he was blown away, although disgusted by the violence.
To me, glocks are the white bread of hand guns, you can never go wrong with one and I think there awesome but others are just more interesting too me.
no ones ever said it better than this
Would you make a grilled cheese sandwich with whole wheat or white bread?
I agree. Glocks are like the Toyota Carola of the gun world. Perfectly functional and reliable, but you know the owner is some dry old middle manager who's favorite color is beige.
@@Excalibur01 gotta be white bread with a lot of butter in the pan, I’m here for a good time not a long time
@@SuperSnakecake That's what the Glock is. Grill cheese sandwich.
Megastar should be higher, "Due to the cajones necessary to carry that brick around, I give it C - tier!"
I've never heard of Megastar until this video. Now I really want one in 10mm because that gun is cool.
Pretty sure hop has a video on it on his channel. Literally the antithesis to James 😂
“Well ya know, for me, the action is the juice.”
- Michael Cheritto
love that line. It makes me think that Cheritto died happy with a hostage child and a Galil in his arms.
@@tfbtv 😂😂🤣
Unfortunately shot by a coked out Italian with a wife getting balled by Ralph and a step daughter so fucked up Bc her dad is this large type asshole and a postmodernistic bullshit house 😞
@@tfbtv 💀💀💀
@@philmccracken1392 After he gets home & finds his wife making dinner for Ralph
“ You do not get to watch my fucking television”! Then after he leaves with the tv he comes to a screeching halt at the traffic light then gets pissed off because the tv went up against the dashboard so he leans over & opens the passenger door of the Crown Vic then just sends the tv flying with one swift kick then takes off like a bat outta hell & the passenger door slams itself shut!
FUN FACT: The actor playing the assassin with the TMP plays the same kind of role, with the same gun in the bathroom scene in True Lies. Furthermore the assassin is shot by Arnold's character who is carrying a Ruger KP90.
Dude just can't catch a break.
Can catch bullets, though.
James have to disagree with you on Al Pacino performance, especially the scene yelling at the guy "she got great ass and your head was all the way up it"; that is one best lines in movie history.
I've shown my friends this movie and when I told them to shut the fuck up for that scene, they were awe struck by the magnificence. Some people watch Heat for the shootout, I watch Heat for the "Great ass!" scene.
I say that any time a friend regrets a relationship
SIDDOWN!!
I just watched Heat again last night... like everyone always should.
I would need a time machine to do that
@@ironmonkey1512 Or correct your error tonight and be on the right path tomorrow.
James roasting Al Pacino for his perfect acting in this movie while failing to realize he's wearing a slim fit 5.11 shirt. Tsk, tsk.
Best comment on this video.
what about the tiny bicep flex with the MP9?
Thank you! I thought I was the only one who just about puked when this idiot said all of Pacino’s performances post “The Godfather” sucked. Him and his slim fit v-necks can go to hell.
Heat was written by a Chicago cop and was originally the story line for the TV show Crime Story, starring Dennis Farina who was a Chicago cop with the writer. There is the same “you can sleep with my wife but you won’t watch my TV” scene in Crime Story, but with 50s-60s era props…
Heat is like the holy grail of movies for gun guys
Truth
Come on, heat is awesome but burt gummers gun wall from tremors. Ledgendary
Despite having seen it and enjoyed it a number of times, this consistently remains one of those pictures that I can always pop back on when times are slow and if I'm ever in a position to unexpectedly catch it in the middle like on a hotel TV I find myself watching it all the way through easily. Thanks for showing Heat some love, it's a classic.
Block boy got beat up by a flashlight. Moral, "Never bring a Glock to a flashlight fight"
My father in law has a ruger p89 he purchased back in 1994. He’s used it in many career fields, including law enforcement, private security all over California (believe it or not he did off duty security for the filming set of Heat, having met many of the actors in the movie). He loved the pistol so much he went to go work for Ruger in Prescott, AZ after he retired.
well, my Hi-point is 98 degrees on account it's snuggled up in my flesh folds? I like keepin it warm like a mother hen.
Scruggy has spoketh
TMI
In the scene with the Glock. It looks like the S gun should have been the flashlight.
"The best gun in the movie is the Maglite 4D flashlight. With its overall length of 14 3/4 inches, unlimited ammo capacity and a pleasing heft of 36 ounces, it's the perfect bludgeon with which to subdue a hapless security guard."
Also, “you got your head…all the way up is” is a fantastic line and one of the best tbh.
Also “ You’re looking to rid yourself of your competition” he says to Ton Loc!
The shittiest ranked gun makes the most important kill to conclude the plot and the guy with the top ranked gun gets his ass kicked.
The most important comment of all replies. You.
My *father* (not great-grandfather) used a 1911 (literally, he was issued a 1911, not a 1911A1) to actually storm the beaches, in Africa, Sicily and Normandy, which makes me a *Boomer* who owns 5 1911s (and wants more) We stay around your channel for comic relief.
I do agree with you, that the CCO model is an awesome combination.
The Glock 19 looks like the best gun to have when you get the "S" kicked out of you. Not a good outing for Glock.
Ha! Thanks Gary!
Thanks Gary! From another 1911 fan. "F" rating isn't fair atol, I'll continue to watch these excellent, well done vid's because one day an opinion can change. Can't wait.... Lol
Agree. I was issued a 1911 and a Winchester Model 12 in 1967 as a LRRP in Vietnam. Raise your had if you believe anyone will be carrying Glock's 110 years from now. Me neither.
@@rogerd.miller1095 I ran a Glock for a weekend event and I hated shooting it. It's reliable BUT I couldnt get shots on target at 20yds nearly as well as I could their 1911. Not to mention that 9mm Glock shooting everything from 115g to 147g had double the recoil then the steel framed 1911.
I bet I personally put 500 rounds through both guns in 1.5 days time and intuitively the 1911 was better for me.
@@Seasniffer69 There is still not a better hand gun than the 1911, tutus a bit heavy as an all steel pistol. But because of it's thinness, it its imminently carriage.
How dare you James! That Glock guy got what he deserved. The 92 deserved the S rating.
Nothing surprising coming from the King Daddy Glocksucker, can we all just agree to stop with the "plus one in the chamber" and go with x round magazine?
I've become so conditioned that in a revolver review about a year ago I think I said it had a "5+1" capacity.
@@tfbtv So a single shot would be 0 plus one in the chamber?
Thought the same thing. +1 is done. Put a fork in it.
He called the 1911 unreliable dog shit my feelings are hurt😢
He's just a punk kid... he doesn't know any better.
I've never had one jam
It depends really. Most 1911s no. Kimbers. Yes. I said what i said
Buffalo bill’s 2nd best role.
Followed by The Fast and Furious
The Glock deserves a spot in the S tier right next to the 92. That was a slip. Also The partial shot you included of Val Kilmer in the shootout running dry doing a speed reload is probably my third favorite shot in all the movies I've seen. They showed it to us in boot at MCRD and said "this is how it's done. Do the same"
You watched movies in boot camp? Damn, sounds nice
@@protoman1214 one clip for instructional purposes isn't a movie.
Half a megastar is now a TFB unit of measurement.
Hey Clint Smith, you gonna let Reeves get away with all that 1911 bashing? I see a Thunder Ranch accident in your future James! Lol
Wow, now I feel like a turd. I've seen Heat 30+ times and never noticed the ruger (or that he even had a pistol on his vest at all) from the armored car takedown.
Ruger KP89 was my first pistol purchase. Still have it. Love it.
That does it. I’m going out and buying a Colt New Agent just to spite Captain Short-Shorts’s Glock shilling. 🤪
Just bought the uncut version a week or so ago. Apt timing and holy fuck I love the subtleties of that film. So refreshing when there's no music choking out the climax, let the sound impart the adrenaline.
There's a cut version of Heat?
Great video! HEAT is one of my favorite movies ever!
Also, as I am a Spaniard:
Please don't call Spain the Mexico of Europe!
Then is it okay to call Mexico the Spain of Southern North America?
@@anderson6606 Well you might as well call it the Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, etc... based solely on language hahaha.
I mean, I could say the USA is the England/UK of North America, and that would not be fair in my opinion.
But, on another note, just call it whatever feels right, all be for freedom of expression and not letting TH-cam and BigTech control it or censor it.
It's all in good fun!
"Oh boy, another movie gun tier rating from my favorite TH-cam channel! I wonder what Bootyshorts McGlockshill will have for the S tier?"
"Thou shalt have no other gun before Glock."
- probably James.
"Bootyshorts McGlockshill"....awesome
Watch me now
INHALES*
45 is better than 9mm
Well, if you happen to live in a 10-round-magazine state, might as well have 10 big ones.
"Check out my new 9mm"
Yeah, my wife shoots one of those... wanna see a man's gun?
The video I didn't know I needed at 7 am. Thanks James!
A government model Colt 1911 would be C tier in my book, but F is good for the Officer's model because those suck, and John Browning didn't design it.
Im an enlisted man so I like the full size 1911 or commander.. The Officers model is for those snobby other folks we dont talk about...
B&T the OEM supplier to H&K for parts, doesn’t get much better .. their weapons are also amazing and offer super Swiss manufacturing standards of quality ! JMO
I always attributed Pacino's character to being a product of high -stress work environment.
I know some guys who always operate "on the edge" of a stress induced stroke and they behave the same way. I also think it coincides well with the pacing of the movie. One thing I like about Michael Mann movies (other than the firearms of course) is he truly uses pacing to set a tone to a movie.
In Heat you have frantic action, then slow downtime that kind of crawls along. This highlights the lifestyles of the main characters perfectly. Their life is a slow crawl in-between moments of glorious action and adrenaline. We live in an age where movies now are made to be full-throttle from the get go - or a agonizing drawn out crawl for no reason. Heat's usage of vastly different alternating pacing really adds to the representation of the lifestyle of the characters. Mann did the same thing in Collateral- he separated the frantic violence with dialog based scenes of the taxi rides. I do love the diner scene with Pacino and DeNiro though....
I know I'm responding to old comment but:
I allways thought that this shouty and odd behavior was to confuse interrogatet suspects. In other situations Hanna acts pretty normal.
HEAT is one of the best movies all-around. I was just rewatching it last night again. Amazing. Better every time.
Vincent Hanna is the reason why I have a few compact 1911s…. Full transparency…. I reenacted the airfield scene with every in-boxing. THat said, I never carry one and I still love ya and your channel. Great vid. Can’t wait for the long gun rankings…. Also, the bank shootout scene is how I test all my surround sound and sound bar equipment…
Who would've thought the 1911 would be in F tier and the Glock in S? Totally out of character for noted Glock hater and 1911 simp, James Reeves.
Collateral from Michael Mann also has some amazing gun play, good to check out if you’re more into handguns.
The usp deserves S tier fight me
I can’t fault your ratings as I’ve never owned or fired any of these firearms. I’m from Aus, I live vicariously through TFBTV. American Beauty reference had me laughing very loudly.
That was a stellar reference and I lol'd as well
Get your cat h mate!
Get your license! They impose regulations with the intention of getting people to give up on trying to own firearms, reducing the overall number by generation. Don't let them.
Think the reason Pachino carries a officer’s model is he’s like 5 ft tall 😂
See how that little guy kicks the door off the hinges into orbit tho lol
Glock: So perfect, you've never shot one stock
Both my glocks are stock, and I like them just fine. I've got the model 45 and the 43. I carry one or the other regularly and shoot them as well. Don't get my wrong I like guns in general, I also own a 1911, several revolvers as well. The glocks are my carry guns though. I don't understand the gun tribalism. I don't think the glock is perfection, but they are fantastic guns for the price, highly reliable, and easy to find spare parts/gear for.
Man I remember watching that shit as a kid and thinking even then that it was something different than pretty much all the other action movies I'd seen (not just because there's actual plot). The shots sounded so much more intense than in most other movies, and each one also seemed slightly different from one another.
I'm gonna look for your movie list, because now I want to know what else made it up there.
Spot on with the Colt Officer’s model. I always wanted one and knew better, but I bought one anyway thinking it was one of my Holy Grail Guns. I shot it two separate times and immediately fell out of love with it. I’ve had plenty of full size 1911s throughout my lifetime and I was totally disappointed with Colt’s recent quality issues. After 2 mags, the front sight shifted in it’s dovetail and the thumb safety got so tight I could barely move it. I sold it back to the gun shop I bought it from at a lo$$, but was never happier to get rid of a gun. I was about to go down a rabbit hole of throwing money at it to improve it’s deficiencies, but then came to my senses and just walked away.
I agree that Pacino is overrated, just like the glock
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Harsh!
70s Pacino: Godfather 1&2, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon,
Post 70s Pacino: Scarface .... not too many enjoyable performances after that. In his prime he was S tier. I don’t think you can argue against that.
@@mammerman5678 This ND "also brought to you by P320 gang".
Xander Berkeley who played Ralph in Heat also played Wangrove in LA Takedown. Which isn't surprising he has 243 career acting credits.
There was a Glock ad before the video and during it. As a Glock fanboy I couldn’t be happier.
I thought at one stage I was a troll but James, you are the biggest gun troll on the internet.
I wonder how "Perfect" those Gen 2 Glocks were?
Where the normal A pistols still are in the same configuration as they were in '95. Can't improve on perfection but apparently you can improve on a Glock.
HK USP > sig 220 > Glock perfection
You make me happy James. Wouldn’t change a thing about the list.
Aw. You make me happy too.
How much did he pay you to make that comment, let me guess, a quarter of a Megastar in coke? Sounds about right for that disgusting indirect Glock fanboy comment.
You two need some alone time?
Ah yes, the Ruger P series brings me right back to the 90's when Norinco SKS and MAK 90s were everywhere, and the pronz was still on VHS.
I noticed the Glock ad at the beginning of this video. It features your two favorite things in the world.
Clint Smith and Glock.
Al Pacino's performance in Heat was outstanding.
My dad has a P89 from when he was a police officer. I love it.
Can’t wait for the rifle version, some classics there…
Because of desperado, I have a p85 and p89, both in 9mm, always on the lookout for a kp95, and the fact it scored twice in ranks, makes me happy 🤙🏽
Man, I remember those mid-nineties... when we were being told the "wonder nine" could do everything better than the 45 and 357 because of 'new bullet technologies', and that subsonic nines didn't have any expansion or penetration problems and could blow up you brain and kill you just by the magic of 'hydrostatic shock'... But back then most departments still had the wits to do their own research and they picked up 40s. Though these days it looks like most places are struggling to find anyone who still wants the job and is old enough to shave, let alone pass the psych battery and background checks, so I guess they're having to compromise a lot on physical reqs.
Frank uses a .45 in Thief. Now that is a GREAT movie.
I carry a Glock 21 in God's caliber, and conceal a Glock 30S. I'm hearing you bash 45 pretty hard, but if you've seen things shot with 230 grain HST and 147 grain HST that 45 is bringing something to table that 9mm just isn't. Modern 45 ammunition expands reliably, even out of shorter barrels, and creates a larger wound than the 45 from the days of yore.
I like to compare Glocks to the Honda Civic in the car enthusiast world. It's a reasonably priced, well built, reliable tool. That then gets way too much money thrown at it for sometimes useless upgrades that the owner never will actually utilize the true performance improvement of, because they can't come to terms with their own average level of skill in handling the thing in the first place. But it's still cool as hell to see a well done Gucci'd out build, even if you would never want to spend that much on one yourself.
Finally watched this movie on a 12 hour graveyard shift, at least I had my emotional support M500 with me!
10:50 Wasn't expecting such beautiful poetry from you, James
When I see a man with 'stash game that strong, I know anything he says about the 90s is true.
5:57 American Beauty is a fantastic movie. Great reference.
The only change I'd make to the list depends on if the list is based on today or 1995. If its based on 1995 I'd move the beretta 92 to S tier as well. At the time it fed hollow points more reliably than most other autoloaders.
You should do Face Off next time you do one of these. The duel Springfield armory gold plated 1911s are a true icon of 90s action.
That Pachino impersonation was S tier in my book.
When I turned 21, my first pistol was a Sig P220 - bought because of this movie.
USP: Rank S
Glock 19: Rank A
Eww
The P89 was the first pistol I ever fired back in the 90’s. Excellent firearm.
McCauley to Waingro: Look at me, LOOK AT ME!
The 92 was my first handgun, I love using it whenever I go shooting
Excellent program great review 👍
Need to watch Michael Mann’s Thief, James Caan was given special training for that one
I notice that of all of the folks who bag on the 1911, get very reluctant when I offer to shoot them with one at 100 yards.
I’d be reluctant to let you hit me with a shovel, too, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t better self-defense choices.
@@brad4266 kind of depends on which side of the shovel you are on, now doesn't it?
That MAC smile is timed perfectly.
I just wish James would smile to me like that.....
Except for Vincent's 1911 (cause he was a Marine), do you think Michael Mann put THAT much thought into the handguns his character's used? Maybe....
I would like to think so. He could have just given everyone Beretta 92s and called it a day.
@@tfbtv Yeah, it IS Michael Mann after all.
@@tfbtv Yeah. It IS Michael Mann after all.
Vincent ’s SideArm is a colt 1991a1 I believe.
Miami Vice had excellent gun selections, too. Mann was executive producer of the show. I’m thinking there’s a good correlation here. Or at least Mann used the same gun expert to consult on all of his projects. Meanwhile, Mario Van Peebles was running around cranking out D-List straight-to-VHS action flicks for the back shelves of Blockbuster Video, carrying a Llama 9mm. Shitty guns = shitty movies.
looking forward to the long gun review of Heat. FAL, HKG3, and FNC AWESOME!!!! There was a British SAS guy who wrote alot of books as the weapons and tactics consultant
I’ve carried a Glock for a duty gun for 15 years and counting. First it was a Gen 2 G-21 and now a Gen 5 G-17 with the Federal HST. Always went bang no feeding issues and accurate for gov work. I carry a G-48 off duty. Love that Tactical Tupperware
Another great video as always James, i enjoyed the thread on Arfcom when you revealed your presence to us all!
What a fantastic idea, breaking down the guns from a favorite action film, quite enjoyable!
Thanks. I had to break it into two vids because I was straight up hyperventilating about guns for 40 minutes on camera. Really enjoyed making this one.
@@tfbtv Brilliant concept which I look forward to in your long gun follow up soon!
I loved the obvious trolling. Your obnoxious remarks had me rolling. In the mid nineties I was carrying a Glock model 22 on duty, and a S&W 4566 as an off duty gun. I eventually just carried the Glock off duty as well when I got confidence in the stopping power of the .40 cal ammo we were carrying. I still like the .40, but it was very hard on the model 22s that we had back then. Now that the Model 22 has had an upgrade, it might be time to get one of the new beefier ones. That or just go full caveman and get me a Model 20. Thanks for the laughs, James. You never disappoint, even if you are a professional blood sucker, er, I mean, attorney. :)
what would Taran Butler say if he heard all this 1911 slander, James?
He'd say, here James, take my zev glock 34. Keanu gets my staccato combat master....you two settle the debate.
I've been a Ruger P series guy since 1994 when I bought my first handgun. Blued P89dc. I've owned so many over the years. Absolutely the best budget gun, and add to the fact Ruger PC9/40 series. I still have one stainless P89dc and stainless P94 40SW. I've owned every P series at least twice except P85.
Ruger P series Fabulous first timer training gun. Can still find new mags and used retain the original prices from when new, decades after discontinued.
Weird James does this mere days after I just rewatched🧐
The music from the Glock ad is pure S tier and I want it playing at my wedding when I walk down the isle
Good video. I enjoyed it. Be careful with the booze , it can destroy you. Keep up the good work on your videos.
100% agree about Pacino. He has been a bonkers caricature of himself since Scarface. "GIMME ALL YA GOT!!! GIMME ALL YA GOT!!!" ...Unintentional comedy.
I personally carry a Beretta 84 daily, it is an amazing little conceal carry even today and yes it's 380 but if you train with it (as you should) you can be accurate up to a good 50m away. I believe a C rating for the 84 is slightly unfair. I would say a solid B, very debatable A.
A good friend of mine was a distinguished NRA master. His carry gun was a four and a half inch 1911 with a officer model frame. That's now available from Dan Wesson. It's concealable it's reliable and it's accurate.