[retrodog]

Saw this movie last weekend. It was some British movie about some Peace Terrorists. Anyway, they had a number of scenes with MP5s. Thought that was pretty early to see the MP5 being used. Most of the movies in the early 80s focused on Uzis.

 

[nyeti]

You "just" saw The Final Option.............My God, I am surrounded by heathens. Back in the 80's, that movie was the best thing going. It was based on the SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London.

Heck, I just watched my BluRay of "Who Dares Wins" (name of the original movie in England) the other day. Great flick.

For more gun goodness, "Way of the Gun" is another must see, and one of the best gun handling movies ever done.

 

[Echo2]

Add to your weapon handling training film list: HEAT with De Niro and Pacino. SAS were uncredited technical advisors on it.

 

[Bobby D]

Bad Boys 2 is also a classic.... Love it when Edward Woodward looks at the SAS Chief and says "over to you", great!

 

[Tactical Shooter]

Final Option is a great movie. You really only need to watch the last 30 minutes for the good stuff.

 

[Mattducati]

For more gun goodness, "Way of the Gun" is another must see, and one of the best gun handling movies ever done.

+1 Great movie. One of my favorites

 

[DONUTCHASER]

Ok. Now I know "the other guy" that remembers that movie !!! Fun fact = Margaret Thatcher brought that movie to the US on a visit to Reagan -- showed it in the White House.

Saw this movie last weekend. It was some British movie about some Peace Terrorists. Anyway, they had a number of scenes with MP5s. Thought that was pretty early to see the MP5 being used. Most of the movies in the early 80s focused on Uzis.

 

[LSP 972]

It was based on the SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London.

And that op (Prince's Gate) was what really popularized the MP5. Up until then, it had been a relatively obscure squirt gun.

Phil Singleton, former Training Director for HK here in the states, was on that op. He had his issues, but he knew that gun.

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[LCSO264]

Final Option is a great movie. You really only need to watch the last 30 minutes for the good stuff.

I love this movie. Many years ago I had a VHS copy of the movie, loaned it to a friend and never got it back. I wans't aware it was available on DVD or Blueray for the North American Region (DVD code thingy)? but have to agree, really the last 30 min's are the movie, to me at least...

 

[Gman1967]

Wow I thought I was the only person who saw & enjoyed this flick. I just checked & Amazon has it on BR & DVD:

Amazon.com: the final option: Movies & TV

 

[Raytonium]

I remember watching the last 12 minutes over and over when it first came out on VHS. Just fast forward to the part where the policeman in charge says, "Over to you."

 

[LCSO264]

Yeah, rest of the movie was tough to watch, too slow..

 

[LCSO264]

resurrecting this post in light of the new movie 6 Days coming out.

I wish I still had a copy of this movie..... I had an old VHS copy years ago, I loaned it out and it never made it home....

 

[TahoeNV]

Great movie. It's available for streaming free on Amazon to Prime members. I always thought that Lewis Collins would have made a great James Bond.

 

[LCSO264]

Great movie. It's available for streaming free on Amazon to Prime members. I always thought that Lewis Collins would have made a great James Bond.

Good to know

 

[AGG-closed]

Have not seen this--- may have to check it out!!! :biggrin:

Tony

 

[LCSO264]

Have not seen this--- may have to check it out!!! :biggrin:

Tony

fair warning, it is not a faced paced movie until the end....

 

[AGG-closed]

fair warning, it is not a faced paced movie until the end....

I have not seen it yet--- thanks for the heads up!!! :wink:

Tony

 

[Vegasgunhand]

I joined my SWAT Team in the Army in 1978. After the Army I was a Special Agent for U.S. Customs and was a member and Tactical Supervisor of the U.S. Customs Special Response Teams, their term for SWAT. In 1987, I attended a National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the awards dinner at the end of the conference, they played the last 20 minutes of the Final Option. Even though the equipment and some tactics are now of course a bit dated, it is still considered Operator PORN!!!

 

[Tony617]

I saw this movie in a criminal justice class in college in 1985. Not a bad movie even it is a bit dated now.