LAPD SWAT members including Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) and Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels) keep M1911A1 pistols as their sidearms in the film. Since LAPD SWAT wanted something less limiting then revolvers after the North Hollywood shootout, they chose M1911A1 pistols. These 1911 models varied differently for each user, many of which where handguns originally confiscated from criminals and tricked out by the department "gun cage jockey" who would turn the guns into tactical weapons. These were also the first guns to be fitted with frame mounted flashlights. After deciding to have the department issue these guns so the officers wouldn't have to buy them, they tested several models until they decided upon the Kimber Custom II as their sidearms. Since this film is before the issue of these guns, the 1911s can be any type of model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSpringfield Armory Mil-spec M1911A1 - .45 ACP. This was one of the most commonly seen .45s used by LAPD SWAT before the Kimber Custom II.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJack readies his M1911A1 as Harry opens the elavator hatch.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJack points his M1911A1 at Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) through the hatch in the roof.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJack points his M1911A1 at Payne when he takes Harry hostage.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJack points his M1911A1 at Payne as he holds Harry hostage.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWhen discussing a scenerio in which a terrorist holds a hostage at gunpoint at 100 yards, Jack saids to wound the hostage to slow down the terrorist. Unfortunately for Harry, he shows he truly believes in this method and shoots Harry in the leg (missing his Femoral Artery by millimeters!). Harry curses him for this and he shrugs a "what did you expect" shrug.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJack points his M1911A1 at Payne, who is now without a hostage.Error creating thumbnail: File missingHarry searches Paynes house with his M1911A1 at the ready, keeping a nice two-handed high-grip. This model appears to be a Springfield Armory Mil-Spec.
