Hollywood Weapons: Fact or Fiction?
Each episode our hosts take a scene from a TV show or Movie where a weapon is used, and test that weapon using real world conditions to see if it's Fact or Fiction.
Genre: Documentary, Action, Adventure
Cast:Terry Schappert , Larry Zanoff , Pompeyo Cepeda , Andre G. Ellingson , Tom Seymour , Liz Ramm , J.D. Streett , Michael G. Welch , Vince Cecere , Daniel Craig , Bill Duke , Marybeth Ritkouski , Richard O. Helmer , Richard Ferguson , Tom Selleck , Gary Sinise , Nick Searcy , Daniel Henney
S1.E1 ∙ Terry's Criminal Mind
A murderer tries to kill his final victim as the car they are in slowly sinks to the bottom of a lake. The only way to save the victim is to rescue her as the car continues to sink. We test fire multiple handguns underwater to see if you can actually penetrate a car windshield and save the victim. -
S1.E2 ∙ Shark Go Boom!
In this iconic scene, Chief Brody hangs on to his sinking boat as a giant shark approaches him with a scuba tank lodged in its mouth. We construct a giant shark on a motorized platform to test if you can hit, and explode, the tank with an M1 Garand rifle while perched in a precarious position.
S1.E3 ∙ The Good the Bad and Terry
In this classic western, Clint Eastwood - aka "Blondie" - saves Eli Wallach from the hangman's noose three separate times by shooting and severing the rope that he hangs from. We recreate each scene and test the reality of these shots with the weapons that were used.
S1.E4 ∙ Dying Hard
John McLain (Bruce Willis) finds himself dangling from the side of a building. The only way to save himself is to shoot through the glass window and break through to safety. Using the same Beretta 92 handgun, we reconstruct the office glass and see if our host can break through.
S1.E5 ∙ Schapbo
John Rambo's ability to decimate enemies all by himself has created some of the most incredible weapon stunts in Hollywood history. We test the reality surrounding these iconic scenes from this blockbuster franchise.
S1.E6 ∙ Terry and the Minigun
Can you really fire a GE Minigun handheld with ammunition held in a backpack (also seen on Predator (1987). Additionally, for one of our larger tests - can you actually chop down a jungle forest with a Minigun? Actor Bill Duke - who co-starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film and who's character performed this weapon stunt - joins us to find out. But first, we have to build a jungle.
S1.E7 ∙ Scoreless
Using a unique method to crack a safe, Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) uses a blowtorch to cut through a safe, fill it with water, and blow the door off using a small explosive device. We test this, along with the effects of a 20mm antitank rifle on a safe from the movie Thuderbolt and Lightfoot.
S1.E8 ∙ Terry Vs Gorn
Terry and Larry test out Star Trek on the set of Star Trek Original Series set tours in Upstate NY Terry and Larry find them selves on board the USS Enterprise and they test the theory that Kirk could have made a cannon from a Bamboo tube Magnesium Powder and Stone Knives and BareSkins It worked on Star Trek but would it really work ? Lets Find out.
