It's not. But *was*. I'm not trying to pedantic. The pistol had a very unique look to a lot of people in the 80s and 90s, a time where most Western auto-loaders bore a resemblance to either a 1911, a Hi-Power, or Walther in some capacity or another, with Eastern ones resembling vaguely again Walthers or Tokarevs.
Any semi-auto pistol that broke from convention generally got some distinction in film in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. You saw it with Sigs, the odd CZ, Auto-Mags, and eventually Glock. By the late 90s/2000s, Glocks, Sigs, Berettas, and 1911s seem to have won out in being go-to semi-autos of choice for Hollywood (for more than a few reasons)..
For Hong Kong cinema it was because you had a big cool gun with a deep magazine for its time. Having a guy in full frame magdump 15 rounds looked cool as frick.
doesn't money just typically use whatever gun the military is using at the time? during the 1980 and 1990s the beretta was just adapted so it's the hot new thing.
Balance of old and new. Not as old and with such an obsolete cartridge, but not as new as more modern handguns that still have some controversy in the minds of large parts of the more aged populace. It's a gun that can and still does bridge the gap of multiple generations in the way most any other gun cannot.
>What makes the Beretta 92 the ultimate movie gun?
It cycles blanks flawlessly and it is incredibly cheap compared to anything else remotely as big and intimidating. Plus if you want to make a small actor look bigger you give the big guy a 92 and the smaller one a Beretta Cheetah.
And if you're John Travolta you make friends with the armorer who has five Beretta 93R mockup conversions and use it as your signature gun in half-a-dozen films
aesthetic
big, so it is easily picked up on camera
popular through pop culture, even gun grabbers could probably recognize it
used by the military for decades and some LEO departments
probably just as iconic as the 1911 by now, and more pretty looking than a block of plastic
>heavy enough for actors to comfortably chew through blanks >15/17 round magazines + good cinematography = unending fire >large enough to play the part of the "I mean business" gun >easily recognizable shape and features lets it carry an ethos between films >John Woo was born and spent his life making action films
it was the latest and greatest thing in the late 1980s and early 1990s when action movies still used technical effects instead of CGI, and now everything is greenscreen and gay.
>01 am >just finished watching The Killer for the second time in my life >first time was 15 years ago >never ever watched another movie with this actor my whole life >didnt watched any movie whatsoever for almost last 2 years because lack time and children and stuff >so why tonight of all nights ? no idea >go to bed, tired as frick >well let's browse /k/ for a minut before sleeping >fricking Chow Yun-Fat is here, in the middle of the catalog >myfacewhenwtf.jpg
If it's not a divine sign I have to buy a Beretta 92 asap, I don't know what it is. Fricking weird. Sorry for blogspot.
Also, the exposed/fixed barrel means it's really easy to cosmetically mod a Beretta. If you stick extra shit on a 1911 or a Hi-Power you have to tweak the springs or hide the slide, which breaks up the silhouette and makes the gun super-clunky looking.
With a Beretta? As long as the slide weighs about the same and it's free to run, you can do all sorts of stupid shit to it. This applies to everything from a Bobcat to a Cheetah to the much more impressive 92s and 93s/mockups of 93s.
>Featured in every American action movie of the 80s and 90s >Featured heavily in every John Woo movie and everything he inspired so basically a ton of action movies from Hong Kong in the 80s and 90s and American action movies going into the 00s, as well as a number of anime including Black Lagoon >Distinctive silhouette >Large >If you're a boomer, Beretta is still making whichever one you like, if you want a more modern pistol guess what, you can get it with rails, red dot cuts, better triggers, etc. >Probably one of the biggest aftermarkets after Glock, easily customizeable.
Looks slick I guess.
Yeah.
aesthetic.
its the pistol.
like usa is the ar.
and everyone else is the ak.
big, distinctive silhouette. same reason you see desert eagles disproportionately often.
Isn’t that a taurus?
That’s a FAMAS
It's not. But *was*. I'm not trying to pedantic. The pistol had a very unique look to a lot of people in the 80s and 90s, a time where most Western auto-loaders bore a resemblance to either a 1911, a Hi-Power, or Walther in some capacity or another, with Eastern ones resembling vaguely again Walthers or Tokarevs.
Any semi-auto pistol that broke from convention generally got some distinction in film in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. You saw it with Sigs, the odd CZ, Auto-Mags, and eventually Glock. By the late 90s/2000s, Glocks, Sigs, Berettas, and 1911s seem to have won out in being go-to semi-autos of choice for Hollywood (for more than a few reasons)..
Because there stupid easy to convert to fire blanks.
For Hong Kong cinema it was because you had a big cool gun with a deep magazine for its time. Having a guy in full frame magdump 15 rounds looked cool as frick.
AND ON TOP OF THAT FRICKING DUAL WIELD IT.
Something about the exposed barrel.
Cool gun
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looksss hard
doesn't money just typically use whatever gun the military is using at the time? during the 1980 and 1990s the beretta was just adapted so it's the hot new thing.
>WHACK 'IM
easy to blank convert
Balance of old and new. Not as old and with such an obsolete cartridge, but not as new as more modern handguns that still have some controversy in the minds of large parts of the more aged populace. It's a gun that can and still does bridge the gap of multiple generations in the way most any other gun cannot.
>What makes the Beretta 92 the ultimate movie gun?
It cycles blanks flawlessly and it is incredibly cheap compared to anything else remotely as big and intimidating. Plus if you want to make a small actor look bigger you give the big guy a 92 and the smaller one a Beretta Cheetah.
And if you're John Travolta you make friends with the armorer who has five Beretta 93R mockup conversions and use it as your signature gun in half-a-dozen films
Why Chow Yun-Fat is so cool ?
>Chow Yun-Fat is 67yo now
jesus
Wow.
Woo's best kino. Best ending too, absolute fricking kino.
is hard boiled the best action movie ever?
for me, its The Killer
you got my attention. I will write this movie to my backlog and watch it soon.
best job ever
How do I become a chinese ballet teacher/pimp?
High levels of kino
aesthetic
big, so it is easily picked up on camera
popular through pop culture, even gun grabbers could probably recognize it
used by the military for decades and some LEO departments
probably just as iconic as the 1911 by now, and more pretty looking than a block of plastic
it’s the best looking service gun there is
The fact that it was the standard issue of US military (who will gladly lend your film anything in exchange for a few seconds of favorable portrayal)
Movie?
A Beretta Tomorrow
idk, it's beretta, spas-12 and uzi for me. they have that right aesthetics.
Modern guns are just cheap plastic which looks awful on camera
Bruce Willis
Because of the plethora of replicas on the market and one of the easiest gun to convert to blanks.
I’m trans, by the way
>heavy enough for actors to comfortably chew through blanks
>15/17 round magazines + good cinematography = unending fire
>large enough to play the part of the "I mean business" gun
>easily recognizable shape and features lets it carry an ethos between films
>John Woo was born and spent his life making action films
it always looks good with a suppressor on it
Looks cool, all black, lots of cool lines and corners and shit.
it was the latest and greatest thing in the late 1980s and early 1990s when action movies still used technical effects instead of CGI, and now everything is greenscreen and gay.
>01 am
>just finished watching The Killer for the second time in my life
>first time was 15 years ago
>never ever watched another movie with this actor my whole life
>didnt watched any movie whatsoever for almost last 2 years because lack time and children and stuff
>so why tonight of all nights ? no idea
>go to bed, tired as frick
>well let's browse /k/ for a minut before sleeping
>fricking Chow Yun-Fat is here, in the middle of the catalog
>myfacewhenwtf.jpg
If it's not a divine sign I have to buy a Beretta 92 asap, I don't know what it is. Fricking weird. Sorry for blogspot.
Also, the exposed/fixed barrel means it's really easy to cosmetically mod a Beretta. If you stick extra shit on a 1911 or a Hi-Power you have to tweak the springs or hide the slide, which breaks up the silhouette and makes the gun super-clunky looking.
With a Beretta? As long as the slide weighs about the same and it's free to run, you can do all sorts of stupid shit to it. This applies to everything from a Bobcat to a Cheetah to the much more impressive 92s and 93s/mockups of 93s.
>Featured in every American action movie of the 80s and 90s
>Featured heavily in every John Woo movie and everything he inspired so basically a ton of action movies from Hong Kong in the 80s and 90s and American action movies going into the 00s, as well as a number of anime including Black Lagoon
>Distinctive silhouette
>Large
>If you're a boomer, Beretta is still making whichever one you like, if you want a more modern pistol guess what, you can get it with rails, red dot cuts, better triggers, etc.
>Probably one of the biggest aftermarkets after Glock, easily customizeable.
Unironically the Taurus version is better. Frame mounted safety. Will eat anything you put in it. Accurate af. PT92 all day.
It was the service pistol in most of europes police forces too which means it is the only gun most noguns have actually seen in real life.