Whereas real land mines are designed to detonate on compression, land mines in the movies often allow for a dramatic situation to unfold while an actor’s foot is on the device. More often than not, protagonists are able to move objects similar to their body weight onto the device, giving them just enough time to…
Category: War Movies
Rainbow Coalition
Representatives of various ethnic minorities come together to fight for a common cause and in the process they learn that the prejudices they began with were wrong.
Arm Wounds? No Problem
Soldiers who are shot in the arm and shoulder are able to use the arm to continue fighting. This is especially true of a heroes, who are only temporarily bothered by what should be life-threatening wounds.
Killer Photos
If a character reveals a photo of his girlfriend or wife in the first half of the movie, he will definitely die in the end.