Mercenary for Justice is a 2006 direct-to-DVD action film directed by Don E. FauntLeRoy and starring Steven Seagal as John Seeger, who commands a squad of mercenaries hired by the CIA to carry out a coup d'état on a fictional island in Southern Africa. After his mercenaries are defeated due to the appearance of French regular troops, Seeger finds that his CIA employers are dissatisfied and now have a nearly suicidal mission for him and his men. Some of the battle scenes were filmed partially in Bulgaria (all scenes with T-72 tanks and other armored vehicles) while others were filmed 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.
Cape Town police officers can be seen carrying what appears to be 12 gauge pump shotgun. As this film was produced in South Africa, the shotgun is likely a 12 Gauge Musler, a South African-manufactured shotgun similar in appearance to the Mossberg 500. The same weapon can be seen in other movies, filmed in South Africa, such as Doomsday.
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).
In the opening scene one of the mercenaries on the truck can be seen with a FEG AK-63 F, without the slanted muzzle brake.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingCivillian version of AMM called SA-85M when imported to the U.S. in semi-auto form. - 7.62x39mmError creating thumbnail: File missingMercenary to the right appear to be carrying a Hungarian AK-63 F, whoutout the slanted muzzle brake. A barrel of PPSh-41 is seen in hands of a mercenary in the background.
AKMS
One of the mercenaries on the truck can be seen a Bulgarian manufactured AKM, without slanted muzzle brake.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingAKMS, stamped steel receiver w/ slant muzzle brake and under-folding stock - 7.62x39mmError creating thumbnail: File missingMercenary to the left appears to have a Bulgarian manufactured AKMS, without the slanted muzzle brake. Other mercenary, to the right, appears to have a FEG AK-63 D.
AK-63 D
Another mercenary on the truck can be seen with what appears to be a FEG AK-63 D, without the slanted muzzle brake.
Several French commandos are armed with assault rifles that resembles the SIG SG 550 but appear to be airsoft replicas. More specifically it appears to be a Spring JP Air Sports Combat 912A, as noted by the shape of the handguard with a bracket for the bipod, and the shape of the magazine. This same replica can be seen in other Bulgarian filmes movies, such as Infestation.
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.
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