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Predator (1987)

I love this bit in Predator (just as much as I love the rest of the film of course). In this scene, the commandos are moving around in the jungle looking for whatever enemy is lurking between the trees, not knowing the predator is nearby and about to strike. Everyone is treading carefully. Blain, played by Jesse Ventura, is carrying a hefty mini-gun which he used earlier to good effect. Unfortunately, he gets ambushed quite easily by the roaming predator. Mac, played by Bill Duke, runs up first and discovers his dead buddy’s body before unleashing a torrent of bullets into the jungle. When the ammo runs out, he picks up Mac’s awesome mini-gun and uses that up too. The others join in and completely destroy the entire bit of jungle in front of them, and a spooky silence descends on the scene of utter destruction. What a brilliantly played out scene.

It’s worth noting that in the book, it’s mentioned that Mac and Blain served together during the Vietnam War. When Blain is killed and Mac is the first to arrive, Mac becomes a bit unhinged and has a kind of flash back, calling for his old squads Sergeant as if they were being ambushed back in the jungles of Vietnam. As you can see in the movie too, this is why he isn’t quite the same after Blain’s death.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

In my opinion, this was Captain Jack Sparrow’s finest moment. It would have been good if they hadn’t brought him back for the third film but coin coffers need filling so I guess they had no choice.

Johnny Depp, of course, plays the role superbly, and I love the nonchalant way he faces the Kraken in the final scene of Dead Man’s Chest. “Hello beastie!”. Yet, he still manages to pull off a wonderfully grandiose attacking pose as the film goes into slow motion. Excellent scene, topped off nicely by Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) at the end.

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Apocalypse Now (1979)

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning… Smells like victory”

Carrying on the trend of morbidly fascinating war clips, here is the infamous helicopter attack scene from Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.

Not being a war vet, I wouldn’t know how realistic this all really is, but I would imagine it’s pretty close to the mark. Wagner’s ride of the valkyrie’s putting a bizarre bravado twist to it all, but actually the American army did blast out various tunes like that just to confuse and intimidate the people they were attacking.

Suggested by Grumbledook.

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True Romance (1993)

This clip is a long one but then again most scenes featuring Christopher Walken usually are. In this one he plays a Sicilian mafiosa, Vincenzo Coccotti, trying to extract information from retired police officer Clifford Worley (Dennis Hopper) regarding the wherabouts of Worley’s Son, Clarence. Clarence screwed over the mafia by messing up a big cocaine deal and making off with the money and the drugs, but Worley simply won’t tell the mafia where his son is. Worley knows he won’t survive this situation anyway, so decides to make it quick for himself by extremely pissing Coccotti off with an interesting story about the history of Sicilians.

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Blade Runner (1982)

The incredible moment of Roy Batty’s retribution, played wonderfully by Rutger Hauer. Just as you think he is about to finish off the battered and hanging Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), he saves the blade runner’s life and sits down to give a sublime and legendary farewell ode to life. The lines were completely unscripted, and probably weren’t supposed to make much sense, but the words always conjure up magical images for me, mixed with heartfelt pain at the truth of them.

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One of the most touching moments in any war movie… Platoon (1986): Thinking that Sgt. Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe) had already been killed in action, the platoon took off in their choppers with whoever they could manage to rescue in time. As they fly away, numerous enemy soldiers are seen chasing a lone figure, who turns out to be Sgt. Elias. In a rare moment of complete despair, Sgt. Elias reaches for the helicopter as it flies overhead, knowing the bullets riddling his body will never allow him to leave the vietnamese jungle. Sgt. Bob Barnes (Tom Berenger), who had left Sgt. Elias for dead during an earlier personal clash, overlooks the execution with a cold eye.

With Barber’s Adagio for Strings mounting steadily in the background, this one will definitely jerk a few tears.