Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Atomic Blonde: Difference between revisions

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
mNo edit summary
 
(36 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{nowshowing}}
{{Infobox Movie
{{Infobox Movie
|name = Atomic Blonde
|name = Atomic Blonde
|picture = AtomicB poster1.jpg
|picture = AtomicB poster1.jpg
|caption = ''Poster''
|caption = Film Poster
|country = America
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States
|director = David Leitch
|director = [[David Leitch]]
|date= 2017
|date = July 28, 2017
|language = English
|language = English<br>German<br>Russian
|studio = Sierra/Affinity<br>Denver and Delilah Productions<br>Closed on Mondays Entertainment<br>TGIM Films<br>87Eleven Productions
|distributor = Focus Features
|character1=Lorraine Broughton
|character1=Lorraine Broughton
|actor1=[[Charlize Theron ]]
|actor1=[[Charlize Theron]]
|character2=David Percival
|character2=David Percival
|actor2=[[James McAvoy]]  
|actor2=[[James McAvoy]]
|character3=Delphine Lasalle
|character3=Delphine Lasalle
|actor3=[[Sofia Boutella]]
|actor3=[[Sofia Boutella]]
|character4=Emmett Kurzfeld
|character4=Emmett Kurzfeld
|actor4=[[John Goodman]]
|actor4=[[John Goodman]]
|character5= Eric Gray
|character5=Eric Gray
|actor5=[[Toby Jones]]
|actor5=[[Toby Jones]]
|character6=Spyglass
|actor6=[[Eddie Marsan]]
|character7=Aleksander Bremovych
|actor7=[[Roland Møller]]
|character8=Watchmaker
|actor8=[[Til Schweiger]]
|character9=James Gascoigne
|actor9=[[Sam Hargrave]]
|character10=Yuri Bakhtin
|actor10=Jóhannes Jóhannesson
}}
}}


'''''Atomic Blonde''''' is a 2017 spy thriller set in 1989 Berlin just prior to the collapse of the Wall and starring [[Charlize Theron]] as Lorraine, an MI-6 operative sent to retrieve a list of agents. Based on the graphic novel ''The Coldest City'', the movie was directed by David Leitch, the former stunt performer and co-director of ''[[John Wick]]'', and the cast includes [[James McAvoy]], [[Sofia Boutella]], and [[John Goodman]].  
'''''Atomic Blonde''''' is a 2017 American spy thriller set in 1989 Berlin just prior to the collapse of the Wall and starring [[Charlize Theron]] as Lorraine Broughton, an MI6 operative sent to retrieve a list of agents. Based on the graphic novel ''The Coldest City'', the film was directed by [[David Leitch]], the former stunt performer and co-director of ''[[John Wick]]''. The cast includes [[James McAvoy]], [[Sofia Boutella]], [[John Goodman]], and [[Toby Jones]].


{{Film Title}}


{{Film Title}}
__TOC__<br clear=all>
__TOC__<br clear=all>


=Handguns=
=Handguns=
==Stechkin APS==
==Stechkin APS==
A [[Stechkin APS]] is used to kill James Gasciogne, setting the plot into motion. Oddly, characters claim that a 7.62 Soviet round was recovered from the body, despite the APS being chambered in the 9x18mm round.
A [[Stechkin APS]] is used by Yuri Bakhtin (Jóhannes Jóhannesson) to kill James Gascoigne ([[Sam Hargrave]]), setting the plot into motion. Oddly, characters claim that a Soviet 7.62mm round was recovered from the body, despite the APS being chambered in the 9x18mm Makarov.
[[Image:Pistol Russian Stechkin 9x18mm Makarov machine pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov]]
[[File:Pistol Russian Stechkin 9x18mm Makarov machine pistol 2.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov]]
[[File:AtomicB 206.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A [[Stechkin APS]] is used to kill James Gasciogne.]]
[[File:AtomicB 206.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Sticks and Stones, Jimmy.''"<br>The business end of the Stechkin APS.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Stechkin1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Bakhtin's Stechkin seen lying on a table.]]
 
==Browning Hi-Power==
Lorraine Broughton ([[Charlize Theron]]) owns a [[Browning Hi-Power]] that is very briefly seen as she prepares herself to go to the meeting with their superiors. Judging from the external extractor and old-style ring hammer, it appears to be a highly desirable 1960s "T" Series Browning Hi-Power.
[[File:BrowningHiPowerPistol9mm.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Commercial Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[File:At_FN.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine takes her Browning Hi-Power to put it in her handbag.]]


==Makarov PM==
==Makarov PM==
The [[Makarov PM]] is used heavily by all characters, including Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]), KGB agents, and East German ''Volkspolizei''. Several suppressed PMs are seen in the climactic stairwell brawl.
The [[Makarov PM]], presumably both East German and Russian models, is used by various characters, including Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]), KGB agents, and East German ''Volkspolizei''. Several suppressed Makarov pistols are seen in the climax.
[[Image:MakarovPM.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Russian '''Makarov PM''' - 9x18mm Makarov]]
[[File:MakarovPMblack.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Makarov PM with black grips - 9x18mm Makarov]]
[[File:AtomicB 200.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Makarov PM]] is taken from the ice container.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Makarov1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|With a brief glance at the Makarov's grip, Lorraine is beginning to realize that she got into the wrong car.]]
[[File:AtomicB 205.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The suppressed Makarov is used by Lorraine.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Makarov2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Where the fuck were you?!''"<br>She greeted Percival with her just acquired Makarov after a turbulent car ride.]]
[[File:AtomicB 211.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine chambers the Makarov.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Makarov3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Later, Lorraine has an idea how to surprise the coming down KGB agents.]]
[[File:AtomicB 211.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine chambers the Makarov. Note the excellent trigger discipline; while the trigger discipline technique existed in the 1980s, it can be considered to have been a rare occurrence back then and its depiction rather reflects the trend of 2010s media to depict the modern strict trigger discipline in rather historically anachronistic contexts.]]
[[File:AtomicB 214.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Shortly after, she starts her flanking maneuver with the Makarov at the ready as the apartment brawl begins.]]
[[File:Makarov PM silenced.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Suppressed Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Makarov4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Driver screws on a suppressor to his Makarov.]]
[[File:AtomicB 200.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine herself takes a suppressed Makarov from an ice container.]]
[[File:AtomicB 205.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The suppressed Makarov is used by Lorraine in the final fight.]]
[[File:AtomicB 221.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine wields a different suppressed Makarov after her first gun runs dry.]]
 
==Tokarev TT-33==
KGB agents and Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]) both use suppressed [[Tokarev TT-33]] pistols.
[[File:TT-33-Wartime.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-TT1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Driver (Declan Hannigan) brings his Tokarev into the back seat fight.]]
[[File:TT-33 with suppressor.jpg|thumb|none|400px|WE TT-33 air gun with fake suppressor.]]
[[File:At_tk.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The KGB spotter (Greg Rementer) sneaks his way to the elevator with a suppressed Tokarev.]]
[[File:At_tk2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|After the stairwell brawl, Lorraine holds the Tokarev TT-33 at a ''Volkspolizist''.]]


==SIG-Sauer P226==
==SIG-Sauer P226==
Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]) uses a [[SIG-Sauer P226]] several times, most notably to kill "Satchel".
West-German police officers are armed with [[SIG-Sauer P226]].  Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]) also uses a P226 several times, most notably to kill "Satchel".
[[Image:SigP226.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Factory black (K-Kote) SIG-Sauer P226 pistol - 9x19mm. This is a real movie gun and has appeared in several motion pictures.]]
[[File:SigP226.jpg|thumb|none|300px|SIG-Sauer P226 - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[File:AtomicB 210.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pistol on the floor.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SIG1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two West-German Police officers getting surprised by Lorraine.]]
[[File:AtomicB 210.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A P226 of one ''Polizist'' on the floor after Lorraine disarmed him.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SIG2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another two officers hearing the fight noises and starting to check it out.]]
[[File:AtomicB_sig1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A police officer joining the fight fires at Lorraine as she makes her way out.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SIG3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the left rear part while discovering a note.]]
[[File:At_SIG.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"Satchel" confronted by Lorraine has reached the end of the line.]]
 
==Manurhin MR-73==
Delphine Lasalle ([[Sofia Boutella]]) carries a snub-nose revolver that appears to be a [[Manurhin MR-73|Manurhin MR-73 Defense]].
[[File:Manurhin mr-73.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Manurhin MR-73 Defense with 2.5" barrel - .357 Magnum]]
[[File:AtomicB 222.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Why the gun?''"<br>The Manurhin MR-73 Defense is pointed at Delphine Lasalle ([[Sofia Boutella]]).]]
 
==CZ 75==
Lorraine ([[Charlize Theron]]) is seen using a [[CZ 75 "Pre-B"]] taken from a KGB agent during the apartment fight.
[[File:Cz75.jpg|thumb|none|300px|"Pre-B" CZ 75 - 9x19mm Parabellum]]
[[File:At_cz.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine takes aim with a captured "Pre-B" CZ 75.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-CZ1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reaching a dead end, she checks the magazine.]]
[[File:Atomiccz75.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine awaiting an incoming KGB agent with the CZ 75.]]
[[File:At_cz2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lorraine pinned down by the remaining KGB agent clings to the gun.]]
 
=Submachine Guns=
 
==Heckler & Koch MP5A3==
A British policeman carries a [[Heckler & Koch MP5A3]] submachine gun with a Navy trigger group. The Navy trigger group is not an anachronism as the first Navy-style trigger groups were made in 1982.
[[File:Hk-mp5n.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Heckler & Koch MP5-N - 9x19mm]]
[[File:At_MP5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A British policeman holds a Heckler & Koch MP5A3.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-MP5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same policeman in the right background with his MP5.]]


=Rifles=
=Rifles=
== SVD Dragunov ==
 
A KGB agent uses a suppressed [[SVD Dragunov]] in the attempted assassination of Spyglass ([[Eddie Marsan]])
==AKMS==
[[Image:SVD Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|500px|SVD Dragunov sniper rifle - 7.62x54mm R]]
East German ''Grenztruppen'' border guards are seen with AK rifles with folding stocks, that appear to be [[AKMS]] rifles.
[[File:AtomicB 209.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The suppressed sniper rifle is seen.]]
[[File:AKMS.jpg|none|thumb|none|450px|AKMS - 7.62x39mm]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-AK1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Border guards open fire at a burning ''Wartburg'' car of the ''Volkspolizei'' crashing into the wall.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-AK2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two border guards searching the area for the troublemaker.]]
[[File:AtomicB_ak1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same border guards hold their AKMS startled by an explosion.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Dshk.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A border guard in the background with his AKMS over his back which offers a view of the folded stock.]]
 
==SVD Dragunov==
A KGB sniper (Daniel Hargrave) prepares a suppressed [[SVD Dragunov]] with black or black-painted furniture in the attempted assassination of Spyglass ([[Eddie Marsan]]).
[[File:Izhmash Tiger.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Izhmash Tiger with a wooden stock, synthetic fore-end, short barrel, long flash hider, and bayonet lug - 7.62x54mm R]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVD1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper inserts the magazine...]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVD2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|... and sets his Dragunov into position.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVD3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Waiting the moment to strike.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVD4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close-up of the scope.]]
[[File:AtomicB 209.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The sniper peeking through the window with the suppressed SVD.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVDL1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In search of ammunition or another usable weapon, Lorraine discovers the disassembled Dragunov.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-SVDL2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|When there is no more ammunition you have to improvise.]]
 
==M16A2==
U.S. Army soldiers carry [[M16A2]] assault rifles.
[[File:M16A2.jpg|thumb|450px|none|Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm]]
[[File:At_sol2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|U.S. soldiers on the western border crossing have M16A2 rifles.]]
[[File:At_sol.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Several soldiers stand in line with M16A2 rifles.]]
 
=Machine Guns=
 
==DShKM==
An East-German UAZ-469 jeep is seen with a top-mounted [[DShK heavy machine gun]] at the border crossing.
[[File:DShK HMG.jpg|none|thumb|none|400px|DShKM - 12.7x108mm]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Dshk.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The DShkM manned by a border guard on the left.]]
[[File:AtomicBlonde-Dshk2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The same jeep in the background behind the border barrier.]]


[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Action]]
[[Category:Action Movie]]
[[Category:Action Movie]]
[[Category:Thriller]]
[[Category:Thriller]]
[[Category:Espionage]]
[[Category:Espionage]]
[[Category:David Leitch]]

Latest revision as of 12:56, 19 August 2023


Atomic Blonde
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Film Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing United States
Directed by David Leitch
Release Date July 28, 2017
Language English
German
Russian
Studio Sierra/Affinity
Denver and Delilah Productions
Closed on Mondays Entertainment
TGIM Films
87Eleven Productions
Distributor Focus Features
Main Cast
Character Actor
Lorraine Broughton Charlize Theron
David Percival James McAvoy
Delphine Lasalle Sofia Boutella
Emmett Kurzfeld John Goodman
Eric Gray Toby Jones
Spyglass Eddie Marsan
Aleksander Bremovych Roland Møller
Watchmaker Til Schweiger
James Gascoigne Sam Hargrave
Yuri Bakhtin Jóhannes Jóhannesson


Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American spy thriller set in 1989 Berlin just prior to the collapse of the Wall and starring Charlize Theron as Lorraine Broughton, an MI6 operative sent to retrieve a list of agents. Based on the graphic novel The Coldest City, the film was directed by David Leitch, the former stunt performer and co-director of John Wick. The cast includes James McAvoy, Sofia Boutella, John Goodman, and Toby Jones.


The following weapons were used in the film Atomic Blonde:


Handguns

Stechkin APS

A Stechkin APS is used by Yuri Bakhtin (Jóhannes Jóhannesson) to kill James Gascoigne (Sam Hargrave), setting the plot into motion. Oddly, characters claim that a Soviet 7.62mm round was recovered from the body, despite the APS being chambered in the 9x18mm Makarov.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Stechkin APS - 9x18mm Makarov
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
"Sticks and Stones, Jimmy."
The business end of the Stechkin APS.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Bakhtin's Stechkin seen lying on a table.

Browning Hi-Power

Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) owns a Browning Hi-Power that is very briefly seen as she prepares herself to go to the meeting with their superiors. Judging from the external extractor and old-style ring hammer, it appears to be a highly desirable 1960s "T" Series Browning Hi-Power.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Commercial Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm Parabellum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine takes her Browning Hi-Power to put it in her handbag.

Makarov PM

The Makarov PM, presumably both East German and Russian models, is used by various characters, including Lorraine (Charlize Theron), KGB agents, and East German Volkspolizei. Several suppressed Makarov pistols are seen in the climax.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Makarov PM with black grips - 9x18mm Makarov
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
With a brief glance at the Makarov's grip, Lorraine is beginning to realize that she got into the wrong car.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
"Where the fuck were you?!"
She greeted Percival with her just acquired Makarov after a turbulent car ride.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Later, Lorraine has an idea how to surprise the coming down KGB agents.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine chambers the Makarov. Note the excellent trigger discipline; while the trigger discipline technique existed in the 1980s, it can be considered to have been a rare occurrence back then and its depiction rather reflects the trend of 2010s media to depict the modern strict trigger discipline in rather historically anachronistic contexts.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shortly after, she starts her flanking maneuver with the Makarov at the ready as the apartment brawl begins.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Suppressed Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Driver screws on a suppressor to his Makarov.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine herself takes a suppressed Makarov from an ice container.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The suppressed Makarov is used by Lorraine in the final fight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine wields a different suppressed Makarov after her first gun runs dry.

Tokarev TT-33

KGB agents and Lorraine (Charlize Theron) both use suppressed Tokarev TT-33 pistols.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Driver (Declan Hannigan) brings his Tokarev into the back seat fight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
WE TT-33 air gun with fake suppressor.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The KGB spotter (Greg Rementer) sneaks his way to the elevator with a suppressed Tokarev.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
After the stairwell brawl, Lorraine holds the Tokarev TT-33 at a Volkspolizist.

SIG-Sauer P226

West-German police officers are armed with SIG-Sauer P226. Lorraine (Charlize Theron) also uses a P226 several times, most notably to kill "Satchel".

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
SIG-Sauer P226 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Two West-German Police officers getting surprised by Lorraine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A P226 of one Polizist on the floor after Lorraine disarmed him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Another two officers hearing the fight noises and starting to check it out.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A police officer joining the fight fires at Lorraine as she makes her way out.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Close-up of the left rear part while discovering a note.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
"Satchel" confronted by Lorraine has reached the end of the line.

Manurhin MR-73

Delphine Lasalle (Sofia Boutella) carries a snub-nose revolver that appears to be a Manurhin MR-73 Defense.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Manurhin MR-73 Defense with 2.5" barrel - .357 Magnum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
"Why the gun?"
The Manurhin MR-73 Defense is pointed at Delphine Lasalle (Sofia Boutella).

CZ 75

Lorraine (Charlize Theron) is seen using a CZ 75 "Pre-B" taken from a KGB agent during the apartment fight.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
"Pre-B" CZ 75 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine takes aim with a captured "Pre-B" CZ 75.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Reaching a dead end, she checks the magazine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine awaiting an incoming KGB agent with the CZ 75.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lorraine pinned down by the remaining KGB agent clings to the gun.

Submachine Guns

Heckler & Koch MP5A3

A British policeman carries a Heckler & Koch MP5A3 submachine gun with a Navy trigger group. The Navy trigger group is not an anachronism as the first Navy-style trigger groups were made in 1982.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Heckler & Koch MP5-N - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A British policeman holds a Heckler & Koch MP5A3.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The same policeman in the right background with his MP5.

Rifles

AKMS

East German Grenztruppen border guards are seen with AK rifles with folding stocks, that appear to be AKMS rifles.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
AKMS - 7.62x39mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Border guards open fire at a burning Wartburg car of the Volkspolizei crashing into the wall.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Two border guards searching the area for the troublemaker.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The same border guards hold their AKMS startled by an explosion.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A border guard in the background with his AKMS over his back which offers a view of the folded stock.

SVD Dragunov

A KGB sniper (Daniel Hargrave) prepares a suppressed SVD Dragunov with black or black-painted furniture in the attempted assassination of Spyglass (Eddie Marsan).

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Izhmash Tiger with a wooden stock, synthetic fore-end, short barrel, long flash hider, and bayonet lug - 7.62x54mm R
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The sniper inserts the magazine...
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
... and sets his Dragunov into position.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Waiting the moment to strike.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Close-up of the scope.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The sniper peeking through the window with the suppressed SVD.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
In search of ammunition or another usable weapon, Lorraine discovers the disassembled Dragunov.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
When there is no more ammunition you have to improvise.

M16A2

U.S. Army soldiers carry M16A2 assault rifles.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
U.S. soldiers on the western border crossing have M16A2 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Several soldiers stand in line with M16A2 rifles.

Machine Guns

DShKM

An East-German UAZ-469 jeep is seen with a top-mounted DShK heavy machine gun at the border crossing.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
DShKM - 12.7x108mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The DShkM manned by a border guard on the left.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The same jeep in the background behind the border barrier.