Most ridiculous missile sequence in a movie - ever

KatanaDV20 · 6 Mar 2010 at 01:56

So I just watched Behind Enemy Lines - the movie about an American pilot shot down over Bosnia and how he evades the baddies etc.

Anyways the shoot-down sequence was the most RIDICULOUS thing I have EVER seen in a movie. I know the point of a movie is to entertain but in this kinda movie surely they could have gotten the realism right?

Two SAMs (surface to air missiles) are launched at the F-18, all good for the first 15 secs or so....and then things start getting silly. The missiles go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.....not ballistically either - their motors keep burning nonstop! If pointed stright up they would go to the moon, loop around it and come back again, go to Tescos, do shopping, put it all in your fridge and then fly around some more.

It gets better. The F-18 jock decides to go for a head-on pass in an effort to lose the missile so he turns right towards it. Plane & missile headed towards each other and missile rips through the planes wing damaging it.

You thought this was over. Umm. No.

The missile (having just hit the plane w/out exploding) now does a 180 and comes BACK and finally takes out the jet.

By this time I was on the floor in a coma.

It was an absolute bullcrap scene which ruined whats kinda a decent action flick. Sure it has other flaws but this was just glaring....and even a non-mil goof like me can see that.

Can you imagine the scene in the movie hall full of fighter jocks when this movie was first released! Man they must have got a kick out of it

Ok Im off to get some coffee....

Squink · 6 Mar 2010 at 01:59

That film was on in the background earlier tonight, and even with me paying it only 5% attention it was so utterly over-the-top, bring the boys home patriotic that I actually felt embarrassed.

KatanaDV20 · 6 Mar 2010 at 02:02

mulpsmebeauty said:
That film was on in the background earlier tonight, and even with me paying it only 5% attention it was so utterly over-the-top, bring the boys home patriotic that I actually felt embarrassed.

Yea I hear ya...it felt that way totally!

PermaBanned · 6 Mar 2010 at 02:02

I'm gunna need the model number of these SAMs, could have been Magrathean

dante6491 · 6 Mar 2010 at 02:02

I quite liked it

KatanaDV20 · 6 Mar 2010 at 02:14

dante6491 said:
I quite liked it

It does have its good moments. The camerawork was great I thought...specially when hes struggling to get the beacon working on the seat and the camera does this very fast panning thing around him....felt like an FPS hee hee.

And the mean enemy soldiers look convincingly badass! Specially that one dude in the black bandana!

avec · 6 Mar 2010 at 04:12

I thought it was a great scene personally.

Good film too, besides the hollywood ending.

Tweaker · 6 Mar 2010 at 04:20

KatanaDV20 said:
By this time I was on the floor in a coma.

lol, made me chuckle.

Viper² · 6 Mar 2010 at 04:27

It's a good movie. Very American though.

Mark A · 6 Mar 2010 at 04:32

Me and my brother both burst out laughing when he runs back for the flight recording and slides along the ground with a pistol and takes out 2 of the soldiers :eek:

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.Simon · 6 Mar 2010 at 04:41

If this put you into a coma then Behind Enemy Lines 2 will lead to certain death.

molinari · 6 Mar 2010 at 05:41

When I read the title I thought straight away you were talking about the missile sequence at the end of G.I Joe. That was aweful, and one of the worst films I've ever seen. If you haven't watched it, don't (except perhaps to see the missle bit at the end in comparison to the one mentioned here)!!

mrk · 6 Mar 2010 at 05:46

You're crying over spilt milk, THIS is something to cringe at:

Scroll to 1:20.

manoz · 6 Mar 2010 at 06:36

I remember watching it in the cinema and then sneaking in to Black Hawk Down which was conveniently showing on the screen next door as Behind Enemy Lines finished. Cookie to the one who can guess which one I enjoyed more.

Cosimo · 6 Mar 2010 at 08:33

KatanaDV20 said:
You thought this was over. Umm. No.

The missile (having just hit the plane w/out exploding) now does a 180 and comes BACK and finally takes out the jet.

By this time I was on the floor in a coma.

So you missed the end of the film.

I watch films to enjoy them not analyse the technicalities of avoiding Sam missiles. Let’s consider car chases.....

dalin80 · 6 Mar 2010 at 08:34

Good old MS vs GO.

fire stern torpedo!

[torpedo shoots out of front of sub]

And a fighter jet that switched between a f-18, a f-22 and a sr-71 with in a 12 second clip.

Locke · 6 Mar 2010 at 08:46

Khaaan! said:
You're crying over spilt milk, THIS is something to cringe at:

Scroll to 1:20.

Best movie ever, I've actually got it for lolz.

antijoke · 6 Mar 2010 at 09:00

Khaaan! said:
You're crying over spilt milk, THIS is something to cringe at:

Scroll to 1:20.

Hahahaha, that movie is so bad it could actually be classed as good.

Delvis · 6 Mar 2010 at 09:04

Viper² said:
It's a good movie. Very American though.

Sums it up, lol

Gerard · 6 Mar 2010 at 09:36

Khaaan! said:
You're crying over spilt milk, THIS is something to cringe at:

Scroll to 1:20.

Its suprising that crap like that actually finds someone braindead enough to finance it. Though going by the effects the entire budget can't have been more than a fiver tops.

Have to love the muzzle flashes on the battleship, talk about a wet fart.