A Time to Kill is the 1996 feature film adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson as a black father who takes revenge on the two white men responsible for his daughter's rape, and subsequently hires a young white attorney (Matthew McConaughey) to defend him. The film's cast also includes Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, and Kiefer Sutherland. The film also was the second John Grisham novel to be adapted by director Joel Schumacher (the first being 1994's The Client).
The following weapons were used in the film A Time to Kill:
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) uses an M16A1 to take revenge on the men who raped his daughter. In the book, it was explained that Hailey acquired the M16 from a friend who had served in Vietnam and smuggled the rifle illegally back to America after his tour ended. However, this background info was not included in the film.
While the rifle that Hailey uses in the shooting is an M16A1, the rifle shown by District Attorney Rufus Buckley (Kevin Spacey) in his closing argument is actually an original M16 (SP1).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM16 (AR-15 SP1) with A1 flash hider and 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingD.A. Rufus Buckley (Kevin Spacey) holds the M16 SP1 rifle during his closing argument (the rifle actually seen used by Carl Lee was an M16A1, as shown above). Note the 'slickside' upper receiver devoid of forward assist and the 'slab-side' lower receiver devoid of magazine fencing, characteristic of an SP1.
M16A2
National Guardsmen are seen holding M16A2s as they guard the courthouse.
