The Good, the Bad, the WeirdThe Good, the Bad, the Weird - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Good, the Bad, the Weird is a Korean "western" inspired by Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. A "kimchi western" as director Kim Ji-woon described it, it was released in South Korea in 2008, and in limited release in the United States in 2010. It stars Jung Woo-sung as Park Do-won (The Good, a bounty hunter) Lee Byung-hun as Park Chang-yi (The Bad, a hitman) and Song Kang-ho as Yoon Tae-goo (The Weird, a thief) as they and other interested parties chase buried treasure (and each other) across Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the 1930's.
The following guns were used in the movie The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Bad is seen most with a Webley Mk IV revolver. It appears that he also carries one as a backup. (The movie poster above shows The Bad holding the Webley in his bare left hand. Anyone who has seen the movie knows this is a goof.)
Kim Pan-joo pulls out what appears to be a Colt Detective Special before confronting an intruder.
Colt Detective Special 1st Gen - .38 SpecialError creating thumbnail: File missingKim Pan-joo pulling a Colt Detective Special out of his desk when he suspects there is an intruder. (Not a clear picture, but it was the best available)Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe intruder turns out to be The Bad. (Not a clear picture, but it appears that the cylinder holds six rounds)
Submachine Guns
Lanchester Mk. I
One of the Bad's henchmen briefly fires a British Lanchester Mk. I submachine gun during the fight at the Ghost Market. The Bad later uses one as well.
The Bad uses a Model 1908 Mauser to try to snipe the Weird. The vast majority of the henchmen in the film are either armed with Mausers, Mosin Nagant rifles, or Arisaka rifles. A Mauser 1908 with a scope later shows up.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingLee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British. This was the main battle rifle of British and Commonwealth forces during the First World War, introduced in 1907 it has seen action throughout the 20th century.Error creating thumbnail: File missingByeong-choon, with the leader of the Manchurian bandits.
Marlin Model 1894
The Good's primary weapons is an anachronistic Marlin Model 1894C lever action rifle standing in for the historically plausible Marlin Model 1894. He uses it even when a pistol would make more sense. He also spin-cocks it several times during the chase in the end.
Marlin Model 1894 - .44 Magnum. The version used in the film is the .357 magnum "C" version of this carbine. The .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum versions of this rifle had slight cosmetic differences from the original rifle and also were not introduced until the 1960s.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe Good during the gunfight at the Ghost MarketError creating thumbnail: File missingThe Good waiting for the Weird
Machine Guns
Type 11 Light Machine Gun
During the long chase in the end, the Imperial Japanese Army opens fire with a Type 11 Light Machine Gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFor a brief moment, when the horses were spooked by the Japanese shelling, the rifles slung on the mounted bandits switched from Mausers to rubber rifles, possibly K98Ks. The next shot, they were switched back.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAs the gunfight in the Ghost Market comes to a close, one of the Weird's P38's misfires, setting the top of the pistol ablaze. The Weird then frantically blows it out.
