Brief notes on film.

Lawrence posted a review of “The Beast” (aka “The Beast of War”) which we watched Saturday night.

I have very little to add to what he said: I liked the movie, and I encourage folks to seek it out. My only two notes are:

1. It was interesting to see George Dzundza in a non-LawnOrder role. (In a curious coincidence, one of the low-rent broadcast channels was re-running those first season episodes that Saturday morning as well, so I got a double shot of George.)

2. I also wanted to link to the Internet Movie Firearms Database entry, which I found quite fascinating. Especially the parts about the AK-47s and the Israeli Blank Firing Adapters and the fake Hind. The tank stuff is interesting, too.

(I remember, back when I was reading Soldier of Fortune, they made a big deal about getting 5.45 rounds and (I think) an AK-74 out of Afghanistan. I wonder, with the benefit of historical perspective, how much of that was true. “The head of the Afghan bureau of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the official intelligence agency of Pakistan, claimed that America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paid $5,000 for the first AK-74 captured by the Afghan mujahideen during the Afghan-Soviet War.”)

(Speaking of SOF, it looks like they’ve been sold to a new publisher. Dare my inner 13-year-old hope for a resurgence?)

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One Response to “Brief notes on film.”

  1. Alan Simpson says:
    September 6, 2022 at 1:10 pm

    I used to read it when I could find it at the Stars and Stripes bookstore. I also read the series of books they produced.