Also called the FN LAR (Light Automatic Rifle), a name ascribed to the FN FAL in Europe. The fact that there are so many variants, made by different countries and different names for the same models, causes a lot of confusion regarding what particular FAL is in what movie. For the most part, only the major variants of the gun will have been seen in movies with wide distribution, (the original Belgian version, U.S. versions, the Israeli Versions and British/Commonwealth Version).

Specifications

(1953 - Present)

Type: Battle Rifle, Assault Rifle

Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO, 5.56x45mm NATO (Argentine FALMP III and Brazilian IMBEL variants)

Capacity: 20, 30-round box magazine. (Argentine FALMP III Type 2 variant uses Steyr AUG magazines)

Fire Modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto; Safe/Semi-Auto on inch-pattern FALs.

The FN FAL and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies:

Title	Actor	Character	Date
Varg Veum, begravde hunder(buried dogs)		Gangster	2008
The Kingdom		Saudi police officers	2007
The Wild Geese	Richard Burton	Col. Allen Faulkner	1978
The Wild Geese		Mercenaries	1978

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ultimate Force		Columbian soldier	With telescopic sight and FN FAL flash-hider	2006
The Unit	Dennis Haysbert	CSM Jonas Blane		2006 - 2009

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Book of Eli	Ray Stevenson	Redridge	Paratrooper model	2010
District 9		Mercenaries	50.00 and 50.61 models, with & without scope	2009
Che Part Two: Guerrilla		Guerrilla	"G"-Series FAL	2009
Che Part One: Argentine	Vladimir Cruz	Ramiro	"G"-Series FAL	2009
The Bodyguard 2		Mercenary	With scope	2007
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)		BOPE officers	Imbel M964 model	2007
Babel		Moroccan Police		2006
Catch a Fire		South African Police		2006
The Aura		Security guard		2005
Blessed by Fire	Pablo Riva	Pvt. Vargas		2005
	Gastón Pauls	Pvt. Leguizamón
		Argentinian soldiers
The Lost City		Cuban soldiers		2005
Hotel Rwanda		Belgian paratroopers	50.63 Paratrooper	2004
Tears of the Sun		Nigerian soldiers	Seen only in archival footage	2003
Stander		South African Police		2003
A Man Apart		Mercenaries	50.63 Paratrooper	2003
The Replacement Killers	Danny Trejo	Collins	50.61 Paratrooper with laser sight	1998
The Replacement Killers	Michael Rooker	Stan "Zeedo" Zedkov	50.61 Paratrooper	1998
The Postman		Holnist soldier	With M203 grenade launcher	1997
Escape from L.A.		United States Police Force guards	With Cobray 37mm launchers	1996
Romeo + Juliet		Verona Beach SWAT officer		1996
Heat	Tom Sizemore	Michael Cheritto	50.61 Paratrooper	1995
Congo	Ernie Hudson	Cpt. Munro Kelly	50.61 Paratrooper	1995
Street Fighter		AN soldier		1994
The Last Boy Scout	Taylor Negron	Milo	50.63 Paratrooper	1991
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren	Nikolai Rachenko	Mocked up as AO-63	1989
Red Scorpion	Carmen Argenziano	Colonel Zayas	Mocked up as AO-63	1989
Missing In Action 2: The Beginning				1985
Romancing the Stone		Henchman		1984
Red Dawn		Cuban & Nicaraguan soldiers		1984
Scarface		Hitman		1983
Under Fire	Ed Harris	Oates		1983
		Nicaraguan soldiers	50.50 & 50.63 models
		FSLN rebels	50.50 & 50.63 models
The Gods Must Be Crazy		Soldiers		1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy		Police		1980
The Man on the Roof	Ingvar Hirdwall	Gunman	Mocked up as M1941 Johnson machine gun	1976
When Eight Bells Toll	Anthony Hopkins	Philip Calvert	With bayonet and L1A1 muzzle brake	1971
When Eight Bells Toll		Hijacker	With L1A1 muzzle brake	1971

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Air Date
Angel in Green			1987
Tumbledown		Argentine soldiers	1988
Route 9			1998
Ultimate Force		Columbian soldiers	2006
Strike Back	Richard Armitage	John Porter	2010-Present

Title	Character	Date
Spriggan	ARCAM Soldier	1998
Flag		2006
Golgo 13	A Mercenary	2008 - 2009

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
An Ungentlemanly Act		Argentinian Naval Commandos	With & without AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope	1992
Power Play		Soldiers	Canadian C2A1 variant	1978

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The Beast of War		Afghan Mujahideen		1988
Red Scorpion	Dolph Lundgren	Nikolai Rachenko	With M203 grenade launcher	1989
Red Scorpion	Al White	Kallunda Kintash	With M203 grenade launcher	1989
Munich	Eric Bana	Avner Kaufman	With scope	2005
Munich	Daniel Craig	Steve	With scope	2005

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Ultimate Force	Ross Kemp	SSgt. Henry "Henno" Garvie	Fitted with FN LAR flash-hider	2002 - 2006
	Matthew Earley	Guggenheim
	Simon Kassianides	Juan

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Killer Elite		SAS troopers		2011
Inception	Tohoru Masamune	Japanese guard	C1A1 with wooden handguard	2010
The Bank Job		Trinidad & Tobago Regiment soldiers		2008
Max Payne		Thug	With black handguards	2008
Hot Fuzz	Simon Pegg	Sgt. Nicholas Angel	With wooden handguards	2007
Sahara	Steve Zahn	Al Giordano	With scope	2005
Lord of War		Liberian soldiers		2005
Tears of the Sun		Cameroonian border guard		2003
Without a Paddle	Abraham Benrubi	Dennis		2003
Reign of Fire	Gerard Butler	Creedy		2002
Bloody Sunday		British soldiers	With wooden handguards	2002
Hulk		guerrillas		2002
Spy Game		Lebanese fighters	With scope	2001
Rules of Engagement		Yemeni sniper	With scope	2000
Outbreak		Mercenaries		1994
Clear and Present Danger		Colombian mercenaries		1994
Blown Away		British soldiers		1994
In the Name of the Father		British soldiers		1993
An Ungentlemanly Act		British Royal Marines and Falkland Islands Defence Force		1992
The Fourth Protocol		SAS operatives		1987
Maximum Overdrive	Frankie Faison	Handy		1986
My Lucky Stars		British soldiers		1985
Threads		British soldiers		1984
Escape 2000	Gus Mercurio	Red	With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel	1982
Escape 2000	Bill Young	Griff	With scope, extended magazine and sawn-off barrel	1982
An American Werewolf in London		British Police Tactical Response Unit		1981
The Dogs of War		Zangaran soldiers	Australian model	1981
The Odd Angry Shot		SASR troopers	Australian model	1979
Power Play		Soldiers	C1A1 variant	1978
The Wild Geese		Mercenaries		1978
Deathcheaters			Australian model	1976
No Blade Of Grass	Nigel Davenport	John Custance		1970
No Blade Of Grass		Soldiers		1970
Dark of the Sun		Congolese soldiers		1968
The War Game		British soldiers		1965
Help!		British soldiers		1965
Dr. No		Guard		1962

Show Title / Episode	Character	Air Date
Police Rescue	NSW Officers	1991
Water Rats	NSW Officers	1996 - 2001
Ultimate Force	Columbian Soldiers & Rebels	2006
Ashes to Ashes	Kevin Hales	2009
Falling Skies	A resistance fighter	2011

Game Title	Appears as	Note	Release Date
Global Operations	"FAL"		2002
Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice‎			2006
Operation 7			2006
7.62 High Calibre		w/ various attachments	2008
vietcong 2			2005

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Sinners and Saints	Bas Rutten	Dekker	with Eotech holosight and Sure Fire M900A Vertical Foregrip WeaponLight	2010
The Town	Ben Affleck	Doug MacRay	With two magazines taped "jungle-style"	2010
Terminator Salvation	Terry Crews	Captain Jericho	With Surefire Universal weaponlight	2009
Terminator Salvation		Resistance fighter		2009
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia	Yancey Arias	Alvaro Cardona	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope	2009
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia		Rogue unit member	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope	2009
Rambo	Reynaldo A. Gallegos	Diaz	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope	2008
Hancock		Criminal		2008
Bad Boys II	Kiko Ellsworth	"Blondie Dreads"		2003
Bad Boys II		US Marine		2003
Hollywood Homicide		Drive-by shooter		2003
The Hunted		Black ops commando	With M68 Aimpoint red dot scope	2003

Game Title	Note	Release Date
Rainbow Six: Lockdown		2005
Operation 7		2006
7.62 High Calibre	w/ various attachments	2008

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Elite Squad 2	Andre Ramiro	Cpt. Andre Matias		2010
Elite Squad 2		BOPE officers		2010
End of Days	Derrick O'Connor	Thomas Aquinas	With scope	1999

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