Newsmakers (Goryachie Novosti)Newsmakers (Goryachie Novosti) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesNewsmakers (Goryachie Novosti)
Newsmakers (Russian Title:Goryachie Novosti/Горячие новости) is a 2009 Russian remake of the 2004 Hong Kong film Breaking News. Directed by Anders Banke, the film is about a group of criminals who are holed up in a Moscow apartment building after a shootout with the police, and the efforts of law enforcement to turn the situation to their advantage after they were humiliated on television by the criminals.
Beretta 92FS is used by Kolyan in the opening shootout. Near the end of the film, in apartment, Kolyan used his Beretta 92FS & Kley's Beretta 92FS Inox to kill soldiers before he died. Valery (Artyom Semakin) also used suppressed Beretta 92FS to kill Smirnov's team & soldiers.
A Beretta 92FS Inox is used by Kley (Maxim Konvalov), one of the criminals, to shoot a traffic police officer and later when the criminals take over the apartment of Yura (Grigory Baranov) and hold his family hostage. He incorrectly described it as 16-round while showing it to Yura's son. Kolyan is seen using his Beretta 92FS & Kley's Beretta 92FS Inox to kill soldiers before he died near the end of the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAmerican made Beretta 92FS Inox, note the black controls (slide release, thumb safety, safety switch, hammer, magazine release button, rear sight, trigger), magazine bottom plate, grip and Allen/hex grip screws distinguishing it from the Italian 92FS Inox - 9x19mm.Error creating thumbnail: File missingKley threatens Yura's son with the Beretta 92FS Inox. (This may sound cliched, but he's not going to do much damage with the safety on.)
Glock 19
A Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Spetznaz soldier is briefly shown with a Glock 19 pistol when some of the criminals make an escape attempt. At the beginning of the film, Kon is seen cleaning a Glock 19 but he never fired in shootout. Valery (Artyom Semakin) carried Glock 19 as his backup weapon, pointing it at Orda who went in the apartment during standoff.
The Makarov PM is the standard sidearm for all Moscow Militsiya officers, including detective Smirnov (Andrey Merzlikin) and his team. Makarov PMs are also used by some MVD soldiers when they raid the apartment building, and is briefly used by detective Katya Verbitskaya (Maria Mashkova) when she searches for Herman (Yevgeni Tsyganov), the criminal ringleader.
A Stechkin APS is used by the Killer (Sergei Garmash), an assassin who along with his partner Valery, become trapped with the criminal gang in the apartment building. The Killer uses the Stechkin to shoot at Smirnov as he and Herman attempt to escape from the building.
Orda (Aleksei Frandetti) uses a Browning BDA to shoot at the police officers during the opening gunfight, and when Smirnov's team surprises him outside of the criminal gang's hideout.
A 12 gauge sawed off shotgun, likely a Russian-made Baikal, is seized from a crackhead by Smirnov and used by him as he attempts to track down Herman and the killer.
Kedr PP-91 submachine guns with 30 round magazines were used by soldiers throughout the movie, first by OMON officers during the opening shootout, and later by MVD Spetznaz soldiers at the apartment building. Orda & Kley also used their captured PP-91 during their attempt to escape the police cordon.
The criminals and police both make frequent use of the AKS-74 rifle, most prominently during the opening shootout. Orda uses an AKS-74 fed from a PKM belt box. Such a combination does not exist in real life as the two weapons systems are incompatible calibers and feed systems.
As MVD and OMON units surround the apartment building, a MVD Spetznaz soldier can be seen aiming an AK-103 rifle, distinguished by its curved 7.62x39mm magazine, AK-74-style muzzle brake and black plastic furniture.
