FAL movie sighting: The Harder They Come

geojap · April 28, 2004, 09:05

I watched The Harder They Come last night with some of my buddies. It's a B-movie from Jamaica, made in 1973. Jimmy Cliff, the reggae superstar, is the leading actor.

It's the story of a non-comformist wanna-be-rock-n-roll-star who fights the system to live his life and pursue his reggae-star dreams. Eventually he gets on the bad side of the local authorities (record label owners, police, etc) and they all have to hunt him down and get rid of him, of course.

The soldiers/police who hunt him down in the last 1/3 of the movie all have what look like Aussie L1A1's. You get some great shots of the L1A1's for maybe 30 minutes in the movie.

It's funny because they speak English in Jamaica, but my friends and I couldn't understand a word they were saying. I had to turn the sub-titles on. There is a guest appearance by Toots and the Maytals singing Sweet and Dandy in the studio. It's a cool movie if you like Reggae, Jamaica or FALs!

FAL4EVER · April 28, 2004, 12:36

Cool! If you go to the Magnum Research website, they have a whole section about the appearance of Desert Eagles in movies. It's a huge list. I don't know how much Hollywood likes the FAL, but why don't we start a list here?
So far I've only seen a FAL in "Heat".

masman · April 28, 2004, 16:11

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Originally posted by FAL4EVER
. I don't know how much Hollywood likes the FAL, but why don't we start a list here?

lets not. try checking this out

April 28, 2004, 09:05	#1
geojap Registered FALaholic #: 6148 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TX Posts: 120	FAL movie sighting: The Harder They Come I watched The Harder They Come last night with some of my buddies. It's a B-movie from Jamaica, made in 1973. Jimmy Cliff, the reggae superstar, is the leading actor. It's the story of a non-comformist wanna-be-rock-n-roll-star who fights the system to live his life and pursue his reggae-star dreams. Eventually he gets on the bad side of the local authorities (record label owners, police, etc) and they all have to hunt him down and get rid of him, of course. The soldiers/police who hunt him down in the last 1/3 of the movie all have what look like Aussie L1A1's. You get some great shots of the L1A1's for maybe 30 minutes in the movie. It's funny because they speak English in Jamaica, but my friends and I couldn't understand a word they were saying. I had to turn the sub-titles on. There is a guest appearance by Toots and the Maytals singing Sweet and Dandy in the studio. It's a cool movie if you like Reggae, Jamaica or FALs!

April 28, 2004, 12:36	#2
FAL4EVER Registered FALaholic #: 13671 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 294	Re: Cool! If you go to the Magnum Research website, they have a whole section about the appearance of Desert Eagles in movies. It's a huge list. I don't know how much Hollywood likes the FAL, but why don't we start a list here? So far I've only seen a FAL in "Heat".

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