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== Calico M955A (as the "M1-L1 triple-pulse rifle") == | == Calico M955A (as the "M1-L1 triple-pulse rifle") == | ||
The weapons brought along by Hanover ([[Wes Studi]]) and his team of | The weapons brought along by Hanover ([[Wes Studi]]) and his team of mercenaries to loot the cruise ship Argonautica are described in the movie as "''[[M1-L1 triple-pulse rifle|Chinese M1-L1 triple-pulse assault rifles]]''", which have "''thousand-round capacities''", rotating barrels, and are "''air-cooled''" and "''water-tight''". In reality, the practical weapons used to build the prop pulse rifles were 9mm [[Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols|Calico M955A]] submachine guns with 100-round magazines. Among the modifications that have been added by the film's armorers are thumbhole stocks, large flashlights and claw mounts fitted with some type of red-dot reflex sight, as well as the rotating barrel assembly. | ||
Notably, the five rotating barrels on each gun do not actually fire; they are actually fitted around the real barrel of the Calico and seem to be driven by a small electric motor connected to the trigger, so that when the guns are fired, the barrels will spin. The enormous muzzle flash of the Calicos (probably generated with full-load blanks) usually obscures this special effects trick, but in several scenes it is possible to see that the muzzle flash is coming from ''between'' the rotating barrels, not through them. Several screenshots seen below illustrate how this was done. | |||
[[Image:CalicoM955A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|[[Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols|Calico M955A]] submachine guns with 100 round helical magazine - 9mm]] | [[Image:CalicoM955A.jpg|thumb|500px|none|[[Calico Series of Rifles and Pistols|Calico M955A]] submachine guns with 100 round helical magazine - 9mm]] | ||
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[[Image:DR-Calico-3.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of Vivo ([[Djimon Hounsou]]) loading his pulse rifle, showing clearly the 100-round Calico magazine. The claw mounts containing the red-dot sights flip up to allow the magazine to be loaded.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-3.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of Vivo ([[Djimon Hounsou]]) loading his pulse rifle, showing clearly the 100-round Calico magazine. The claw mounts containing the red-dot sights flip up to allow the magazine to be loaded.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Vivo and Mason ([[Clifton Powell]]) searching the Argonautica with their pulse rifles.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-7.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Vivo and Mason ([[Clifton Powell]]) searching the Argonautica with their pulse rifles.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of spent brass dropping to the floor as the pirates unload their pulse rifles at the sound of a disturbance. These appear to be shell casings from 5.56x45mm NATO rounds, so there is no way the Calicos used to build the prop M1-L1s could have fired them.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-5.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of spent brass dropping to the floor as the pirates unload their pulse rifles at the sound of a disturbance. These appear to be shell casings from 5.56x45mm NATO rounds, so there is no way the Calicos used to build the prop M1-L1s could have fired them. In fact, in some scenes the pulse rifles can actually be seen ejecting far smaller 9x19mm casings.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-10.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Hanover with his pulse rifle.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-10.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Hanover with his pulse rifle. Note the distinctive sixth hole in the center of the barrels, which is in fact the Calico's barrel and where the prop weapon fires from.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-9.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Finnegan ([[Treat Williams]]) and Joey Pantucci ([[Kevin J. O'Connor]]) with pulse rifles captured from two of the pirates.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-9.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Finnegan ([[Treat Williams]]) and Joey Pantucci ([[Kevin J. O'Connor]]) with pulse rifles captured from two of the pirates.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-11.jpg|thumb|600px|none|One of the pulse rifles lying on the floor of an elevator after being dropped by Joey. This screencap clearly shows the guns' Calico M955A lineage.]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-11.jpg|thumb|600px|none|One of the pulse rifles lying on the floor of an elevator after being dropped by Joey. This screencap clearly shows the guns' Calico M955A lineage.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-16.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of a pulse rifle in the hands of Mulligan ([[Jason Flemyng]]).]] | [[Image:DR-Calico-16.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of a pulse rifle in the hands of Mulligan ([[Jason Flemyng]]).]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-19.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of Mulligan's pulse rifle while firing. Notice that the muzzle flash | [[Image:DR-Calico-19.jpg|thumb|600px|none|A close-up of Mulligan's pulse rifle while firing. Notice that the muzzle flash is coming from the sixth hole in the center of the five rotating barrels, not through them.]] | ||
[[Image:DR-Calico-18.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Trillian ([[Famke Janssen]]) firing a pulse rifle; | [[Image:DR-Calico-18.jpg|thumb|600px|none|Trillian ([[Famke Janssen]]) firing a pulse rifle; again, here we can see the muzzle flash coming from between the rotating barrels, giving away how the prop weapons actually work.]] | ||
==Taurus PT92/PT99== | ==Taurus PT92/PT99== | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 26 August 2014
The following weapons were seen in the movie Deep Rising:
Calico M955A (as the "M1-L1 triple-pulse rifle")
The weapons brought along by Hanover (Wes Studi) and his team of mercenaries to loot the cruise ship Argonautica are described in the movie as "Chinese M1-L1 triple-pulse assault rifles", which have "thousand-round capacities", rotating barrels, and are "air-cooled" and "water-tight". In reality, the practical weapons used to build the prop pulse rifles were 9mm Calico M955A submachine guns with 100-round magazines. Among the modifications that have been added by the film's armorers are thumbhole stocks, large flashlights and claw mounts fitted with some type of red-dot reflex sight, as well as the rotating barrel assembly.
Notably, the five rotating barrels on each gun do not actually fire; they are actually fitted around the real barrel of the Calico and seem to be driven by a small electric motor connected to the trigger, so that when the guns are fired, the barrels will spin. The enormous muzzle flash of the Calicos (probably generated with full-load blanks) usually obscures this special effects trick, but in several scenes it is possible to see that the muzzle flash is coming from between the rotating barrels, not through them. Several screenshots seen below illustrate how this was done.
Taurus PT92/PT99
A pair of Taurus PT92-type 9mm pistols are used frequently throughout the movie.
Hanover (Wes Studi) carries a black PT99, a variant of the PT92 which has adjustable sights, as his sidearm. He's frequently seen using it to threaten people who disagree with him (most notably Mulligan, near the end of the film). For some reason, he is always seen reloading the gun after encounters with the monster's tentacles, even though he never fires it once on screen. In fact, after the group's first encounter with the beast, he is seen reloading the gun THREE times in a row.
Vivo (Djimon Hounsou) carries a stainless PT92 AFS as his sidearm, which winds up changing hands numerous times throughout the movie. When Vivo is killed, this gun is taken by Hanover and is later stolen by Trillian (Famke Janssen), who uses it to dispatch the monster's tentacles in order to save Finnegan (Treat Williams). Later, Vivo's PT92 ends up in the hands of Joey (Kevin J. O'Connor), who gives it back to Hanover when he is in the process of being painfully devoured by the monster (which kills its victims by slowly sucking fluids out of their bodies). Hanover shows his gratitude by firing a round at Joey (who runs off), but when he tries to commit suicide with the gun, the hammer falls on an empty chamber.
An interesting continuity error is that in some scenes, the stainless PT92 becomes a Beretta 92FS Inox, as explained below.
Beretta 92FS Inox
In some scenes of the film, the stainless Taurus PT92 that is wielded by many of the film's characters becomes a Beretta 92FS Inox. For instance, when Finnegan takes the pistol from Trillian before diving into the submerged tunnel, it quite clearly has the slide-mounted safety, which would make it a Beretta 92FS rather than a Taurus PT92, which has the safety mounted on the frame.
Walther PPK (?)
When Finnegan tries to make the pirates stop beating up Joey and hits one of them in the face, two of them, including Mason (Clifton Powell) and T-Ray (Trevor Goddard) draw their sidearms on him. In this scene, T-Ray is shown holding what appears to be an early-model Walther PPK, but it's hard to be sure because the gun is never seen very clearly.
Beretta 92FS
Mason (Clifton Powell) wields a standard blued Beretta 92FS with after-market wood grips in the scene where Finnegan (Treat Williams) confronts the pirates. It is not seen again after this encounter.
Ithaca Model 37 (sawed-off)
Finnegan (Treat Williams) carries a short barreled Ithaca Model 37. Finnegan uses this shotgun most notably in the climax after encountering the massive, ugly head of the monster in the atrium of the Argonautica. When the monster brings one of its huge blue eyes down to look at him, he tells it, "What're you lookin' at?" before drawing his Ithaca and giving it a blast of 12-gauge buckshot in the eye.
Browning M2 Aircraft
The stern of Finnegan's Air-Sea Rescue boat, the Seapan, contains a mounted machine gun of some type. Since the Air-Sea boat is a WWII-era vessel, it's likely that it's a Browning M2, but this is uncertain. The gun is never fired, and can only be seen (barely) in a few shots of the boat.
