Reign of Fire: Difference between revisions
Reign of Fire: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Reign of Fire: Difference between revisions
Quinn Abercromby (Christian Bale) keeps an Ulriks Mauser Tyrannosaurus Rex or T-Rex rifle in the massive .577 Nitro cartridge and is seen with it several times in the film, most notably when he faces the Male Bull Dragon and fires at it. Like the .600 Nitro double rifle in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, this gun is an expensive, rare gun customly crafted by expert gunsmiths. The gun is said to have such vicious recoil and overkilling firepower, even hunters in Africa only keep it as a back-up gun in case of a charging animal. Even with such immense firepower, the rifle mananages to do little more than make the dragon mad. When looking closely at the front sight, it appears they used more than one rifle in the film as the front sight changes in some shots.
Denton Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) uses a pistol gripped Mossberg 500 with a super-short barrel and a finger-grooved foregrip on the pump as his main weapon throughout the film, keeping it slung at his hip like an over-sized sidearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMossberg 500 shorty with pistol grip and MP5K foregrip (foregrip in film is "Tommy Gun" style) - 12 gauge.Error creating thumbnail: File missingVan Zan loads up his shorty Mossberg 500.Error creating thumbnail: File missingVan Zan awaits a dragon attack with his shorty Mossberg 500 at the ready. Note the pistol grip.Error creating thumbnail: File missingVan Zan fires his shorty Mossberg 500 at the dragon.Error creating thumbnail: File missingVan Zan pumps his Shorty 500.Error creating thumbnail: File missingVan Zan dives backwards from the dragon's fire, firing his Shorty 500 which appears like a post-production edit. It looks like he is holding a rubber prop gun, which lacks the foregrip of the actual, because using a real gun in a stunt can damage it. If you look closely the pistol grip is in his left hand and actually detaches/breaks off as he fires.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Van Zan enters the construction shaft in London, the shot appears to be reversed based on how the ejection port is on the other side of the Shorty 500.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA clear shot of Van Zan's Shorty 500 is finally shown when the three search the construction shaft.
Magnesium Arrow Tipped C4 Crossbow
While bows aren't usually considered firearms, bows with Magnesium Phosphate C4 arrow tips are a different story. Van Zan and Quinn both use these crossbows when facing the Bull Dragon at the film's climax. Van Zan tells Quinn that the only way to kill it is to wait when it breaths fire, because only then does it expose its chest. Van Zan almost hits the Bull while standing on a tower, but it breaths fire and the arrow only manages to ignite its flame early, damaging its mouth and causing it to breath smoke. When Quinn faces it, he loses his arrows whilst doing a Judo roll away from the dragon as it strikes. He manages to grab one of the arrows and right before the Bull torches him, he fires it into the dragons mouth, blowing up its napalm valve and severing its head.
When killing the first dragon, Van Zan mans a large vehicle mounted Harpoon Gun and fires it just as the dragon flies over the hill, killing it with a harpoon to the chest.
Many of the Americans can be seen armed with Ultimax 100 Mk. 2 machine guns fitted with 30 round magazines. Van Zan keeps one slung over his back along with his Shorty Mossberg 500. When facing the Bull dragon during the film's climax, Alex Jensen (Izabella Scorupco) uses one to distract it long enough for Quinn to ready his Crossbow.
The machine gun mounted on Van Zan's tank is a Browning M2 visually mocked up to resemble the DShK heavy machine gun although close inspection of the reciever and belt box, as well as some other small feattures reveals it is an M2.
When searching the construction shaft in London, Van Zan uses a Flare Launcher to fire flares ahead of the tunnel. The weapon itself is a Defence Technology L8 Single Shot 37mm Launcher with an extended barrel.
