Mercenary for Justice is a 2006 direct-to-DVD action movie directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy and starring Steven Seagal as a mercenary John Seeger. In the opening scene Seeger commands a squad of mercenaries who carried out the coup d'état on a fictional island in Southern Africa but were defeated due to the appearance of French regular troops. Seeger's employers from CIA are dissatisfied and now they have a nearly suicidal mission for him and his men. In order to make the mercenary leader to agree on this work, they kidnap two persons dearest to Seeger. And this was a grave mistake...
The war scene was filmed partially in Bulgaria (all scenes with T-72 tanks and other armoured vehicles) and partially in South Africa, resulting in numerous continuity errors.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Mercenary for Justice:
As in many other movies, Steven Seagal's character John Seeger carries a custom M1911A1. In the final scene this pistol is used with a sound suppressor. Seagal himself is a great fan of 1911s and has a collection of customized versions of this gun. One of Chapel's henchmen is also armed with an M1911A1.
Kruger (Langley Kirkwood) carries a suppressed Armscor BXP submachine gun during the attack on the villa of the French ambassador in the opening scene. One of Chapel's henchmen is armed with a BPX during the shootout in the lighthouse.
PPSh-41 submachine gun with a 71 round drum magazine is seen in hands of a mercenary in the opening scene. Many PPSh-41 were captured by South African army during the border conflicts with Angola and Mozambique, so it's not surprising to see PPSh in South African filmed movie.
One of the mercenaries carries a Mossberg 500 shotgun during the attack on the villa of the French ambassador in the opening scene. Mossberg 500s are also seen in hands of Cape Town police.
Vektor R5 assault rifles are the most widely used guns in this movie. They are seen in hands of mercenaries, French commandos, Cape Town police officers, and Chapel's henchmen. Some of these R5 can be LM5, semi-automatic civilian version of this assault rifle.
Many R5s are visually modified to resemble the AK-47 assault rifles. They are fitted with the wooden furniture and AK-style compensators but still can be identified by their angled receivers and Galil-style 5.56mm magazines. Most mercenaries are armed with such rifles.
Fake AK-47
The first version of fake AK has a longer barrel and wooden buttstock and resembles AK-47.
The second version has the original R5 barrel and folding stock and is fitted only with wooden stock and grip. It distantly resembles AKS-74U or AKMSU.
Genuine AK-47s can also be seen in the movie. They are probably from Bulgarian arsenals (the Bulgarian army used 7.62mm AKs for the longest time of all Eastern Europe states).
Mercenaries on the track can be seen also with Bulgarian AK-47s. These assault rifles are of late variant which got stamped receivers and ribbed receiver covers but smooth front handguards.
Several French commandos are armed with assault rifles that resembles SIG SG 551 but looks more like airsoft version of this rifle. The scene in which these rifles are seen was filmed in Bulgaria.
Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifles are seen in hands of Greek soldiers during the scene in the house of Ahmet Dasan (Peter Butler) in Athens. These guns can be airsoft ones because this scene was also filmed in South Africa where real G3s weren't used.
Colt M4 carbines are seen several times in hands of the guards of the villa of the French ambassador in the opening scene. They immediately switches to Vektor R5 rifles in a continuity error. As a guess they are airsoft guns.
A machine gun is briefly seen in hands of a French soldier in the opening scene. This scene was filmed in Bulgaria.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA soldier with his machine gun. At the left a three-barrelled Gatling gun mounted on MT-LB armoured tracked vehicle is seen.
Three-Barrelled Gatling Gun
A three-barrelled Gatling gun is mounted on MT-LB armoured tracked vehicle. It distantly resembles General Dynamics GAU-19/A. The scene in which this gun appeares was filmed in Bulgaria.
Many mercenaries carry M26 hand grenades. Due to the bright green color and clear "M26" markings on them the grenades are supposed to be training ones.
A stun grenade is carried by John Seeger (Steven Seagal) though he never used it in action. Later, in the scene in Cape Town bank Seeger takes a stun grenade from SWAT officer and uses it.
An unidentified grenade are also carried by John Seeger.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingSeeger carries a grenade which is painted black with red strip. His other grenade is a stun one (black with "STUN" on it).
Other Weapons
RPG-7
RPG-7 rocket launchers are used by mercenaries in the opening scene.
A flare gun based on SPSh Flare Pistol with a long large-caliber tube fitted to the barrel is used by the mercenaries during the mission in Cape Town. This gun produces a large muzzle flame, and its cinematic effect is compared with a field cannon. Kruger (Langley Kirkwood) uses this weapon to destroy a police car.
A rocket launcher is used by a prison guard against the mercenaries during the mission in Cape Town.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingA prison guard with a rocket launcher on the rooftop.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA prison guard aims a rocket launcher at the armoured car.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA closer view at a part of launcher. The red-orange armored car is a former Soviet BRDM-2 armoured patrol car. Such vehicles were exported to Angola and Mozambique and some of them were captured by South African forces during the border conflicts.
Mortar
A mortar (due to its size it can be 120mm) is used by mercenaries in the opening scene.
