V.I.P. was a comedy action show by Sony Pictures Television that ran for four seasons on the UPN Network and was syndicated all over the United States. The show was intentionally campy and broad farce and captured the spirit of the 1990s with splashy colors and 'lightweight' villains (one of the last shows to elicit that "pre-9/11" feel). One thing the show had tons of was .... (no not girls in skimpy attire, which was the case) ... guns. And only on V.I.P. could Vallery's team have a full auto shoot out with bandits in the street and no vehicles or buildings are damaged. It was a low budgeted series and it showed, but the filmmakers kept up the light feel by not taking the show seriously at all.
The following guns were seen on the television show V.I.P.:
Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand" used by Colt Arrow (Bryan Cranston) and a Diamond Thief.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingWashed up 'action hero' Colt Arrow (Bryan Cranston) shows off his S&W Model 686 Revolver - .357 Magnum. Bryan Cranston is more well known as the father in the show "Malcolm in the Middle" and currently "Breaking Bad"Error creating thumbnail: File missingDiamond thief falls backwards on the deck of a yacht, but still manages to aim his Beretta 92FS and his Smith & Wesson Model 686.
Seen in Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand", A Ruger MK II with integral Suppressor is the primary sidearm of Tasha Dexter (Molly Culver) - .22 LR.
Season 1 - Episode 2 "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead" in the hands of one of Viktor Baleks' henchmen in a factory folding stock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingStainless Steel Ruger Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock") - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingOne of Viktor Baleks' henchmen holds a regular Stainless Ruger Mini-14 in a factory folding stock - 5.56mm. It isn't a Ruger GB nor a Ruger AC556 and in the sequence the henchman only fires semi automatic.
Ruger AC556
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRuger AC556 Carbine - 5.56x45mm. This is the full automatic version of the Mini 14 with a distinctive Barrel and bayonet lug. Ruger also offers the Mini-14 GB ("Government Barrel" Model) which is a semi automatic only version of the AC556 for Law Enforcement and (some) civilian sales. The Full Auto AC556 has a distinctive Auto Selector Switch on the back of the receiver that the Semi Auto Ruger Mini 14 does not.
Glock 17
The standard sidearm of Quick Williams (Shaun Baker) - 9mm.
Season 1 - Episode 2 "What to Do with Vallery When You're Dead", Cyberjournalist Arnie Feign (Wayne Pére) takes a Remington 742 Semiautomatic deer rifle with a scope out a locker and uses it to attempt to scare off Vallery Irons.
Used by two female assassins in Season 1 - Episode 11 "Good Val Hunting".
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFemale assassin pursuing Val Irons with a MAC-11 - .380 ACPError creating thumbnail: File missingSecond female assassin with a MAC-11 - .380 ACP. Note that both actresses fire left handed, probably because they are right handed and their strong hand is being used to pilot the ATV.
C96 Broomhandle Mauser
Seen in Season 1 - Episode 11 "Good Val Hunting", used by Eric Collier (John D'Aquino). Collier's C96 is nickel plated.
Seeing as this pistol looks very shiny and almost brand-new, I'd assume it's a Chinese-made imitation. Real "Broomhandles" are relatively rare.
Beretta 92SB
Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn Season 1 - Episode 2, Vallery Irons (Pamela Anderson) drops her nickel plated Beretta 92SB - 9mm. This handgun is erroneously referred to by Tasha Dexter as a Beretta 92S.
In Season 1 - Episode 1, diamond thieves use an unusual CAR-15 variant with a bayonet lug attached to the elongated flash hider. This is also used to mount a CM203 37mm launcher during some scenes.
In Season 1 - Episode 1 "Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand", "Militia Leader" Jackson Lasarr (Dean Norris) uses an M136 AT4 Launcher with a Night Vision scope mounted against the VIP team. Militia leader Lasarr is the head of the fictional "Texas Mad Dog Militia". In the 1990s the favorite and only politically correct 'bogeyman' of Hollywood was the "White Christian Male Militia Member". But to be fair to V.I.P., wide shots of Lasarr's "anti Government" fringe group seem to have Hispanic, Asian and African American members as well, so they are an Equal opportunity fringe group.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing"Militia Leader" Jackson Lasarr (Dean Norris) carries a spent AT-4 84mm launcher with a night vision scope attached, after firing it from inside a cramped stairwell (not a recommended usage).
It actually looks a bit like a CZ-82 with a suppressor. I see now the hammer isn't a ring like I thought, so this gun matches it more now. - Gunmaster45
