Thursday, June 20, 2019

The Ultimate SF Flick List

As we make ready for summer and wrap the birthday of Special Forces, here's a list of great Green Beret movies, older classics and newer blockbusters, for checkin' out over the holidays with fam & friends. Good times!

NOTE: Click the titles to see more about the films.

Billy Jack

A Personal Favorite, a Green Beret Half Breed helps out.










12 Strong

A good story of the Green Berets riding on horseback into the war.
(Sadly, the advisers were Seals and it shows).


Operation Dumbo Drop

A true story from a personal friend's A-Camp.










The Deer Hunter

A Green Beret rescues some friends from a POW Camp,
but not Viet Nam.









The Losers

A group of Special Forces go rogue after betrayal.







The Hunted

A story about a Green Beret gone bad.







Triple Frontier

Green Berets turn on the cartel.
(But their training reflects Rangers, not SF).





Apocalypse Now

A classic about a Green Beret Colonel gone rogue.






Farewell the King

A classic about the WW II mission to train Guerrilla Forces.










Walking Tall

A former Green Beret brings law and order with a bat.










For Whom The Bell Tolls

A film version of the classic book by Hemingway about linking up and fighting with partisans.









Rambo: First Blood

A Green Beret Viet Nam vet pushed too far.










Rambo IV

A Green Beret trying to lay low gets dragged into a fight.










Rambo V

A Green Beret trying to quietly retire, isn't allowed to do so.




The Man Who Would Be King

A classic about training guerrillas and raising an army based on Kipling's book.









The Green Berets

The absolute classic on the doctrine of S.F.










The Peacemaker

A Hollywood version of what SF did during the cold war.










The Men Who Stare at Goats

Based on true events during different times and current now.










The A-Team

A fun film remake of the series of renegade Green Berets.
(Altho' the movie went and made them Rangers, the TV series was SF).








Three Kings

A great film demonstrating a moral compass when it counts.










Commando

Green Berets are featured characters.











Predator

(The first one) My Company actually provided the medical support for this film. Everyone knows this film--if not, remedy it, ha!







Dear John

A soupy Green Beret story, but good to watch with your woman.










Bourne Series

Jason Bourne from the film is a former Green Beret in the books.










Lethal Weapon

Mel Gibson's character was a Green Beret.










The Objective

An obscure SciFi film about Green Berets in Afghanistan.










Taken

Great films about a Green Beret rescuing his daughter, et al.
(Sadly, the writer of the story was a total stolen valor fraud).









Merrill's Marauders

Based on the real deal from WWII Jungle Fighters.







Executive Decision

Green Berets are core part of the story, hostage rescue.









The Gunman

A Green Beret from a hit team returns and is targeted.





TV Shows

Persons of Interest, Jack Bauer (24), The Unit, and even the old Knight Rider- Green Berets.

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