Why Guy Ritchie Banned Real Guns in The Covenant - #shorts #short

[JohnBingo-ph]

The entire leadership of Rust were criminally stupid for allowing live ammo on set. Including the armorer.

[Strum]

Starship trooper comicly enough expanded 30, 000 rounds of blank ammunition to make the film. I dont remember hearing anything about people dying on that set

[cytorakdemon]

How to avoid what happened on Rust, hire an armorer for your film who actually knows wtf they're doing.

[radovanprstojevic]

The fact that you've got "Replica" written down the side of your guns...and the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle .5 0"...written on the side of mine...

[griffinbarnesbass]

Or don’t hire an armorer that uses the set guns to shoot live rounds for fun between takes and then forgets that there’s live ammo in them, not disregarding the fact that alec should’ve safety checked the gun he used before handling it. As well as followed through with basic gun safety rules. If a person dies on a movie set from a car accident it’s not like you use fake cars to prevent another accident from
Happening.

[CumeronThomas]

The easiest way to avoid another Rust situation is by not hiring useless nepotism hires that are dumb enough to bring live ammunition onto a film set.
Bonus Fact: Lowtiergod dated a 17 year old when he was 29.

[jonathanlee]

Or just don’t bring ammo on set. A lot of prop guns are real and plugged to cycle the firearm

[zahjav]

The most important safety is between your ears

[professorkatze]

this movie is so weird.
it looks like a cheap direct to video production they filmed somewhere in the hills behind los angeles but its also from guy richi and got some well known actors

[jegsdinogod]

Huh, didnt have this issue on the set of 'heat'.
Maybe the safety hazard was alec baldwin.

[christopheralbano]

And in the movie "Lord of War" they had 1, 000's of real AK47's and had to alert surrounding countries about filming the scene with all the tanks lined up.

[jonthinks]

How about using correct weapons for the period. Having directors and actors with military backgrounds or give training and naturaly no live ammo.

[naclworks]

Yes I did know that.

A lot of them stand out and look like brand new airsoft guns.

[teutonicknight]

I feel like most movies have a distinct safety advantage of not having Alec Baldwin on set

[MileHighShootinLooting]

It’s crazy how the US Army can conduct wargames every year with 18-20yr olds with real rifles and blank fire adapters and not have any incidents like on the Rust set.

[dylansmith]

That’s funny because in lord of war they could manage their sets with no problems maybe just step up or step out

[Israfelsrevenge]

Or crazy idea.... properly train the people responsible for handling them

[MattPeters-kfqd]

That's actually super sad and pathetic since the Rust "accident" required a hammer cock AND a trigger pull to fire AND live ammo was found on set where only blanks should be

[BC-bxkg]

Blanked guns work pretty good as well. They cycle and go bang like the real thing, but can only take specific blanks

[fantasyfan]

The actors involved with firearm scenes should all be examining the firearm and have a competent firearms handler explain to them what to look for and how to look for it.