Nice site, thanks for the link.

There was also a Makarov PM used in "Munich" by Ciarán Hinds' character, Carl.

jm

 

I believe there was at least one long thread on the old boards on this subject. Don't know if anybody brought it over or not.

In Hunt for Red October there was a scene in the Russian sub where they're handing out pistols from a locker, and they all looked like Maks. And I'm sure there were many more.

 

Last night there were a few on the History Channel's 'Human Weapon' show. They were covering Russian *****.

 

Makarov's in TV series "Lost"

Jehzsa, is this a site you can update when you see a particular gun used in a movie or show? On the series Lost, 2nd season, the character Desmond shot, and held a Makarov, I'm sure it was a Russian PM , to Kate's head keeping Jack at bay in the stand off. I don't know rifles, but it seemed the gun room was stocked with AK's and 1911's as well. I will have to get the CD with that episode to look at them again.

 

Yes, it can be updated by anyone registered. Just click on the edit tab at the top and follow directions.

There seems to be a bunch of Mak sightings that are not reported there. Btw, click on "gun" at the bottom of the article to see different makes and models.

 

One I remember that's not listed there is in "K-19 The Widowmaker", when the crew gets ready to mutiny there's a very clear shot of a Mak being removed from a weapons locker and then a few shots after that.

 

I believe it was K-19 I was thinking of, not Red October as I posted earlier. There may have been a Mak in Red October too, though - I don't remember what the bad guy in the missile room used to shoot at Jack Ryan, but it probably OUGHT to have been a Mak.

 

Also in the Bond film, Goldeneye...

 

RED DAWN, at the end when the 2 brothers are tearing up the train station, there's a Russian with one. He gets nailed by the back-blast from an RPG....

 

Mirror Wars. It's a bad movie, so bad it's not even a "B" movie. More of a "D" or "F". Several scenes show maks in use. It was 'made in Russia' movie and it shows...

 

Snowman

Hello all. I've seen several Maks in movies. Most of them are just glimpses though. There's a couple of scenes with them in the Movie "Fair Game" with Cindy Crawford and one of the Baldwins. The movie "The Beast" has a scene with one where a Muj leader shoots a fallen comrade. In the same movie the Tank commander actually has what looks like a CZ82. You have to look close though. In "Bat 21" an NVA soldier executes an American with one. There's one in "The World Is not Enough." Bond mentions the "Type 59." Goldeneye also has a few. There are a few more but they've probably been mentioned.

 

Chinese triad members in Lethal Weapon 4

I knew it.
-S

 

Last week's episode of "The Unit" on CBS had a rescued kidnapped journalist holding a PM.

 

I added Red Heat and K19 (loves the mak parts of k19)

 

In the movie "City of Ghosts" Matt Damon buys one in Cambodia for protection. Seller says: "It's Chinese, M59 Mak." Also, at the end, the the character that double crosses Damon gets 'hit' while drinking in a bar by a Russian mobster w/ Mak.

 

"Hit man"

My wife has been seeing an advertisement about a movie called "Hit man", I think, and she asked if any other guns had a Red grip like the Makarov, because it had a red grip . I will check it out.

 

What I thought was an odd place to find one, in the new Balttlestar Galactica series.

 

The point is for this site to grow and become popular is to actually put these references into it and then if you ever wonder again just go look at it.

 

Diehard 2

The "Bad Guys" pistols are mostly Maks.

 

COPS episode I forget what city they were in. But, the police raided a drug house, lifted up a mattress on a bed near a window the drug dealers were using to sell drugs from. And there laid a fully loaded Mak.

 

The Clint Eastwood Movie, "Firefox", looks like a couple of Maks when Clint steals the plane from the hangar.

Steve

 

"Berlin Tunnel 21"

Another Mak sighting! I saw a movie this morning called "Berlin Tunnel 21". I made my kids sit through it just to see if by chance one would pop up. It was based on a plot to liberate some families from East to West Germany. Finally, in a scene where the actor Richard Thomas, from the TV show "The Walton's", kidnapped a spy from East Germany, I saw a shiny blued East German w\black EG grip. The spy was eventually killed by it. Later I saw another gun, but not a real good look. It had a red Bakelite,(?), grip, but appeared a bit larger than a PM, but I noticed my TV was in 16:9 wide screen which may have distorted it some if it were. The movie was made in 1981. There were lots of Vopo Police mentioned and seen in the film. Thomas was an ex-East German soldier. I saw my East German Volkspolizei hat too. I'm sure it was the exact same hat. The kids are sure glad that movie is over, they too feel they have been liberated.

 

Wrangler5, found the post

Wrangler5, I found this old post you started:
(Copied from old forum)...


#1

09-13-2007, 12:38 AM
wrangler5

Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Missouri
Posts: 111

Makarov in the Movies - Archived Post
Makarov in the Movies

Topic author: JackedLobster
Subject: Makarov in the Movies
Posted on: 10/18/2006 10:14:02 PM
Message:

I searched for this but couldn't find if it's been pointed out before. I was watching this movie on HBO the other day called The Island. I guess it came out in 2005 and it remindes me ALOT of an old movie... well.. older than me that is, called Logan's Run. At some point in it a man grabs a small handgun out of a moulded padded case and i saw the destinct shape of a makarov and a star imprint where the grip was. There was also a NAA Guardian i believe in it. Sure enough, a few minutes later in the movie he was waving around a nickel plated Makarov. Since this takes place in the mid 21st century, I can report to you that we might have some home in finding 9x18 for years and years to come... Unless of course it was a .380.

Sorry i cant provide a picture to prove it!

Replies:


Reply author: The Flincher
Replied on: 10/19/2006 01:31:54 AM
Message:

I saw "The Island" last night and it reminded me of "Logans' Run" also. I also saw the Mak. and was surprised about it being in the future. At least in this movies reality of the future private citizens are still able to own guns.


Reply author: lavric
Replied on: 10/19/2006 01:46:00 AM
Message:

The Jackal.


Reply author: grimjaw
Replied on: 10/19/2006 02:46:47 AM
Message:

The character Carl from the movie "Munich" uses a Makarov. One of the other characters might as well, but I didn't notice.

jm


Reply author: autoloader
Replied on: 10/19/2006 11:27:36 AM
Message:

I was interested to see P-38's in play in Munich, as well.


Reply author: Timbo
Replied on: 10/19/2006 4:45:49 PM
Message:

Yeah J.L. It made the forums 'movie Mak sightings'. Last season on the weekly show "Lost", a character named "Desmond" held a Mak to the head of another characters, "Jack", head. Lots of others guns, but it was good to see the Mak.


Reply author: legion3
Replied on: 10/19/2006 6:41:53 PM
Message:

Battlestar Gallactica, Dana Delany's terrorist character is using a makarov...
you can even see writing on it...

Also Die Hard three, the East German badguy "simon" uses a makarov, unfortunately if you slow down the tape you can see its a version which has a bill board on it or is a model 59...

I mean come on... a former EG soldier...a billboard ...I don't think so


Reply author: grimjaw
Replied on: 10/19/2006 11:38:12 PM
Message:

Given the number and variety of weapons in Firefly/Serenity, I wouldn't be surprised if there was one in there somewhere, but I haven't seen it yet.

jm


Reply author: Outlaw_VT
Replied on: 10/20/2006 6:46:14 PM
Message:

never saw a makarov in firefly unsure if theres a tokarev in one episode...

Its been said before but K19 had a weapons locker with several very nice looking maks, anyone notice they were loaded with 5 (6 at the most) rounds?

Also Goldeneye (been said in other threads)
One makes a small appearance in anime Cowboy Bebop

​

wrangler5View Public ProfileSend a private message to wrangler5Find all posts by wrangler5Add wrangler5 to Your Buddy List

#2

09-13-2007, 08:53 AM
wintermute

Member
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 41

Spotted one on History channel last night, in the series "Shootout". The Episode is "Afghanistan's deadliest snipers". While a soldier recalls dispatching a certain sniper, he says they found a radio, cell phone, other communication equipment on him... They show a still photo of a pair of Binocs, A handheld radio, some chapstick, and a Makarov with a half full magazine beside it. It was a good quality photo, so I'm not certain if it was a "stock" photo of gear, or the actual items they pulled off this guy.

This is also the episode where a special forces soldier firing from a hill can't figure out how the enemy are targeting his group so quickly.... then he drops his mag and realizes...oh, I have tracers .
__________________
"The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea." --John Adams

​

wintermuteView Public ProfileSend a private message to wintermuteSend email to wintermuteFind all posts by wintermuteAdd wintermute to Your Buddy List


​

#3

09-19-2007, 09:51 AM
k98k792

Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Tampico
Posts: 160

Fair Game had quite a bit of Makarov use in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game
__________________
administrator www.militaryfirearm.com

Huckabee for President!

​

k98k792View Public ProfileSend a private message to k98k792Send email to k98k792Find all posts by k98k792Add k98k792 to Your Buddy List


​

​

 

Not quite cinema, but today (12-dec-07) the BBC did a segment on the Russian closing of British Consulate offices there, ostensibly in retaliation for British expulsion of 3 Russian diplomats over the Litvinenko issue. They showed video of Litvinenko while talking of the implied connection, and the video clip showed Litvinenko with a Makarov emptying two magazines worth in rapid fire at a shooting range.

I'm going to look harder for a range or place to do rapid fire practice. Big as TX is, there should be space for that.

 

Makarov on TV

Again, not a film, but --- A gal that is a flaming liberal has a comedy/parady show on the Entertainment Cable Channel. I can't recall her name, but she usually has a small person on her show named "Chewy." One evening this week I surfed through and they were doing a parady of training at a shooting range (anti-gun hyperbole). When they went to pick weapons off a table, there was a black gripped IJ-70 on the lower left hand corner of the table. The skit showed them actually fireing a buckmaster type .22, and then "sync" firing, as in like "lip syncing", some larger caliber guns, including shot guns and AR rifles. All, of course, with an anti-gun slant.

 

The show is Chelsea Handler. I didn't see the Makarov but I was trying to figure out what range and training company she was using.