I loved working on this movie. My favourite job of my entire stunt career. I stunt doubled Leo,trained cast,extras and stunts and you’ll spot me in the scene where they dig for the diamond. Leo shoots me. Making the movie felt like we lived the story. No CGI. All real props ,explosions and choppers etc. Fantastic video my friend. Dan
@@buncer I arrived and was asked "please train all these extras and stunts to be RUF,Villagers,UN troops etc etc" I had free reign and the director would come up with my boss daily and adjust performance and brief us. The job just got better and better. I did research and worked with such an incredible team. I've met so many of the cast and crew on other projects and we all talk of Blood Diamond. I feel so lucky to be involved. Every day was an adventure. The extras and stunts would sing on the way to set and back.
Sgt. Mike Horvath (played by Tom Sizemore) from the movie Saving Private Ryan. As a plump fellow who can't run for shit, I found this character quite relatable. His interactions with Captain Miller were awesome. Also his collection of dirt, carbine, and helmet toss add to the lore.
I was an infantryman for 8 years (‘06-14). Loved this comment. Sizemore reminded me of real platoon sergeant’s I had over the years. Man, he killed that role. Giovanni Ribisi was spot on as a medic too.
I’m a now-17 year Private Military Contractor working for STTEP, which was the merger between Eeben Barlow’s Executive Outcomes and Simon Mann’s Sandline Int’l (whom my older sister worked for as a War Analyst). Barlow, in 2020, (after my last deployment to Syria in late 2019), went on to resurrect EO due to increased demand from other African countries governments. There’s a good amount of folks who transferred over with him to EO that I worked with and whom served exceptionally well in our contract in Nigeria (2015) to combat Boko Haram. I led a fire team the first time in that offensive and it is a memorable and proud moment for me.
I was born and raised in a town called Swakopmund, which is in Namibia, then called South West Africa and we used to hear the SADF do artillery drills near enough every evening during the Bush War between SADF and SWAPO and the Angolans that supported SWAPO. I remember there used be obligatory 2 year military service for people coming out of high school, but the trade off was you have a better chance of getting into a university.
Really enjoyed this. As a child of the 80's i was fascinated by the whole mercenary genre- largely due to my Vietnam vet brother in law supplying me with his once read SOF magazines.. Add to that The Dogs of War, The Wild Geese (not 2- that was an abomination) and a few other films it became a lifelong obsession (my knowledge of African geography is unnatural for a white boy from Pennsylvania... Keep these kinds of vids coming!
Awesome video man you killed it. Very interesting history that the movie portrays authentically yet leaves understated. One of the best films I've ever seen
I knew a guy who was in the South African defense force and he was at the battle of luso and fought the mplf there, incredible guy and extremely intelligent i believe he was part of 32 batallion
When we were studying the African continent's economy in geography class my teacher got the school to close the small cinema at the local mall so that they could play Blood Diamond for us in the big screen. I don't think that movie influenced anyone there as it influenced me. From the moment Archer shot those 2 guys with the H&K and then shot the other with the AK I was hooked. Interestingly tho, Rhodesia was never mentioned by any geography or history teachers and school books that I had.
4:24 it also had the largest battle to take place since the second world war in Africa, the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, it was the last major battle of the war and had around 60k men duking it out, ultimately ending in a draw, the South Africans wanted to stop the Cubans and allies from moving South while the Cubans wanted the South Africans pinned in one spot and not on the move (confined to defense works in one province, Cuito Cuanavale) this meant that the Cubans and allies attacked the South Africans that hunkered in and defended, ultimately both sides got what they wanted. However only Castro would get something out of the battle, a propoganda victory, cheering on that his military for once (after 23 years of war) had stopped the South Africans and brought things to a standstill/draw. The 32 battalion leo mentions serving in during the border war was made out of whites of Portuguese decent and black angolans that where apart of the Portuguese colonial Angolan army, they fled south and joined the SADF spoke Portuguese often and was remarkable as harden killers by guys like my dad (SADF 1971 - 1981) 12:54 there is a difference between the whites of South Africa/Namibia and the whites of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, in South Africa/Namibia most whites are Afrikaners (Formerly known as the Boer people) we are of Dutch/German/French decent and most of us speak Afrikaans as our first language, while in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe the whites are British (Scotish/Irish/Welsh/English) the British Cape colony governer Cecil Rhodes was concerned that the Boer nation of Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (Dutch for South African Republic, shortened to ZAR - more commonly just called Transvaal) would expand north over the border river, so he got a colony commision from his friend the British PM and settled the colony of Rhodesia whitch would split into north Rhodesia (modern day Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (the Rhodesia whitch declared independence and was later on changed into Zimbabwe), the white South Africans where apart of the Dutch empire first then independent, while Rhodesia was from creation untill independence apart of the British empire, the Southern Rhodesian police would be rouded up and led over the border in what's known as the Jameson Raid, creating sparks to the tinder box that led to the Second Freedom war (1899-1902 - the South African war or the Second Anglo Boer war) 15:45 South African military units would be semi segregated (some special forces and units like 32nd battalion would have mixed battalions) however racial sentiment was way more accepting of other skin colours than the civilian world, it was often remarked (according to my father 1971-1981) that the only place you can find a good black is in the SADF, with him and others looking at the black volunteers in a higher standing than the blacks living in forced native land enclosures - Bantustan (bantu for homeland) areas where the Apartheid government would force non whites to live in and not be allowed to leave if not for work. On a sidenote, following the regime change in 1994, the South African government completely soured on the topic of mercenaries and mercenary companies, nowadays if such a company or person comes to South Africa they stare a length prison sentence in the face, this also includes South Africans, in the eyes of the government the second you join a mercenary company your dead to them (if something happens and your caught they will not try to bargin for your life - that's something your family would have to do) this is why older military guys that turned to mercenary work has never "legally" returned to South Africa, most have just continued to serve accors Africa and in some cases outside of Africa, plenty of talk about older very experianced white South Africans poping up as training instructors in African states at war, last I heard of such a case was right around the time Nigeria had a big victory against their terrorist foe, the men on the ground thanked their white South African mercenary training instructors.
I think there are valid criticisms of the idea of mercenaries, though they're often sort of hypocritical. One of the first ancestors of mine to come to the US was an Irish mercenary who served in France, Prussia, and a few other places. I think it would be fair to say that the places he was in typically weren't better for his presence there. But his view of it was basically this: all these rich monarchs and elites get rich from killing people and they'll do it regardless of whether they pay me or not. I'm good at it, so why shouldn't I cash in and work for the highest bidder? That's kind of hard to argue with.
I love the CAR-15 with that beautiful flash suppressor, that paint job, the 90s red dot, it screams “Yah yah” (pew pews in South African) What light did archer have on his guard? Surefire? And eh bru screw us a loose eh? TIA 🪘🐆🦓🐘🦒🐂🐃
This movie has a place in my heart because when I was going to marry my wife we watched this movie before going ring shopping as she had never seen it it affected her so bad she refused to get a ring with diamonds 😂😂 so this movie saved me so much money
Be careful. The opposite happened for me. She insisted on a ring with a Canadian diamond... much more expensive. I would have preferred a cheaper blood soaked rock 😂
@@fatoni698 lol yeah the jeweler told my wife about those and lab-grown ones but she said that she didn't even want people to think she had none ethical diamonds lol I got lucky I guess girl logic saved me on this one
Some interesting info : Danny Archers character is 'loosely' based on a real life guy, named Cobus Claassens. (Some references online). Helped with the production, and certain technical aspects of the plot as well, having lived most of the stories in there. As for the man himself, a bone fide badass and hardman. Parachute battalion officer, and wasone of the commanders in Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone. Spent a lot of time in Sierra Leone after the conflict ended. Seems like a real colorful man, and he's also been mentioned in some books, including 'My friend the Mercenary - James Brabazon'. (Great book!) Something I thought I'd share, being a fan of the film, and the stories behind each character.
My stepdad fought in Angola for the SADF from 1974-76, he was part of 6SAI (South African infantry battalion) during operation savannah, he moved onto from the basic infantry to go and join the assault pioneering team for 6SAI (equivalent of special forces). He’s the best damn man I could’ve known and has been a father to me my whole life. Thankyou dad 👍🏻
Some interesting info : Danny Archers character is 'loosely' based on a real life guy, named Cobus Claassens. (Some references online). Helped with the production, and certain technical aspects of the plot as well, having lived most of the stories and served with the outfits the movie Archer was in. As for the man himself, a bone fide badass and hardman. Parachute battalion officer, and was one of the commanders in Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone. Spent a lot of time in Sierra Leone after the conflict ended. Seems like a real colorful man, and he's also been mentioned in some books, including 'My friend the Mercenary - James Brabazon'. (Great book!) Something I thought I'd share, being a fan of the film, and the stories behind each character.
You ever see that journeyman tv episode on mercenaries?? That one Russian guy in the chopper shooting one of the on board guns out of a window insisting he was only on holiday
One thing I particularly liked in Blood Diamond was towards the end you see Archer putting spare magazines in his pockets. In too many movies the hero picks up a gun without collecting extra ammo.
I knew a contractor who would stuff an AR mag in his jeans back pocket, pistol mag in a home made tyvek cover in his left front pocket, pistol in an AIWB holster and an AR.
This movie sold me on DiCaprio as an actor. He owns every scene he's in for blood diamond. The movie is great and the writing is great. But Leo's performance makes this one of my favorite movies ever. He's that good at Danny Archer.
his accent is absolutely shit. im afrikaans and it ruins a really nice film for me. Infact I watched it in german dub the other day just to avoid hearing him say "doos" like a real doos.
@@arthurburlington8994 he is not a shit head. He is as we Afrikaanse Mense say, a "Doos". Which as akin to an empty box. It's actually funny he said it and also got it wrong.
My uncle was in the British Army for 16 years through the late 1950`s and 1960`s, he moved to Rhodesia in 1970 and fought the war right until the end, he was eventually chased out and over the border into South Africa in 1980, my family joined him in SA in 1983 and we regularly used to go to their house for a braai (BBQ to the uninitiated) on weekends, there were always guys there that were clearly very hard men that all worked in "Private Security" on the African continent and abroad, a great bunch of guys that would do anything for you if they knew and trusted you... Also, here`s a Nerd Nugget from Blood Diamond...many of the Mercenaries are rocking a camo pattern uniform that was developed just for 32 Battalion during the Border War, that uniform now is worth rather large amounts of money on the collectors market, as is original Rhodesian "Brushstroke" pattern clothing...
As a kid of the eighties and nineties who loved all things military and camouflage, I used to order stuff from a company called U.S. Cavalry. I would drool over their catalogs like it was penthouse magazine. They would commission BDU type uniforms in rare camouflage patterns, such as Rhodesian "Brushstroke". That was probably the first time I had read the word Rhodesia. They had so many things back then that would sell for a pretty penny now. If I'd only known.
@@Trav_Can Yeah, I used to collect too, I had so much now rare and hard to find SA stuff like 32 Battalion, Koevoet, SAP pattern 1 and pattern 2, SAP Railway Police pattern (the trousers had cargo pockets designed to hold magazines for the Uzi) and Bophuthatswana Police "Reed Pattern"...sadly it all had to be sold when I decided to up sticks and get out of SA in 2016...my uncle also gave me a full set of Rhodesian brush stroke that he never wore, that I still have and will NEVER part with!
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 he definitely was that...he was a really tough but kind man..he taught me to shoot, he taught me how to hunt and fish and got me into junior league boxing when I was a kid... Sadly we lost him to cancer in 1995, I miss him dearly...
As a combat Vet and ex smuggler I resonate with no one more than Archer. When I came back from Afghanistan I thought the same thing when I saw how corrupt our government has become “Really? is this it?” And like Danny I wanted to get mine. I have a non violent federal felony charge now and can never touch a firearm for the rest of my life, but I have a family now, with children that love me. So in the end I had found my pink, my diamond. And I think that is what this movie is all about. P.S to people saying expunge, federal felonies and misdemeanors are a lifetime ban on your 2A rights. Frankly, idk how god given rights can be taken away but what do I know.
Last year I got to meet a Rhodesian scout at the SCI convention. He is much older now but it was an honor to meet him. I asked him how he liked AK’s he said they are trash that they could not hit a man behind a tree…and the FAL could absolutely hit a man behind a tree and all you could see “was his legs shaking after he shot the tree” W for the FAL
As a nerd who grew up watching Blood Diamond, I can confirm that I did indeed say "Tee Eye Ayy" randomly to people who had no idea what I was talking about. Fast forward to Afghanistan in 2013, and I told people it stood for "This is Afghanistan" 😂😂
Such a great film. I was early OIF, this film came out while on deployment and my buddies and I watched it on a bootleg DVD. Spent many long nights on OP duty coming up with hair brained schemes to go to Africa after ETS to rob warlords of conflict diamonds. 😂😂😂
Right up until she utters that one woke phrase, "Some women have penises and some men have vaginas." That's when it's all over and it's time to move on.
The analysis not only delves into the character's evolution but also prompts reflection on the ethical dilemmas faced by individuals in such turbulent environments. 'Blood Diamond' remains a powerful portrayal of the impact of the diamond trade on war-torn regions, leaving us with lingering thoughts about the choices we make in the pursuit of our interests, even in the face of moral ambiguity."
If you haven't heard of him, you should read up about Neall Ellis. He's an ex SAAF pilot that flew in many conflicts such as the SA Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, the Balkan War, the war in Sierra Leone and even the war in Afghanistan. He flew Alouette 3s, Mi-8s and even Mi-24s. He's an absolute legend and I'm sure you'll enjoy reading about him. I'd recommend reading Gunship Ace as it is an incredible book about everything he did
There's a video on UA-cam called 'the mercenaries profiting from sierra leones civil war' that shows Ellis flying a mi24 in combat against the ruf Sierra Leone 2000.
I showed Blood Diamond to a friend of mine last year. As soon as we got to the scene where Archer sees the Colonel in full battle rattle, he paused the movie and checked his kit out in awe and admiration, as well as actually starting to work on a clone-ish rifle of the carbine.
"People used to travel to Rhodesia to see the ruins of Zimbabwe. Now people travel to Zimbabwe to see the ruins of Rhodesia". Books I like - Red Zambezi by Joe E. Hale (Fiction?) and Fireforce: One Man's War in The Rhodesian Light Infantry by Chris Cocks (non-Fiction), Pamwe Chete: The Legend of the Selous Scouts by Lt. Col. R. F. Reid-Daly (non-Fiction) and finally - The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith (non-Fiction). All the books will give you a very good overview of the Rhodesia Bush War.
My uncle was born in Rhodesia in 1958, moved to England from South Africa in 82. Ive asked him about his youth in Rhodesia and he won’t talk about it, not because he’s got PTSD or anything like that but because he’s so pissed off at the state of the place now.
@@LastAphelionhe's talking about the sissification and politicization of the justice system, combined with hostility towards its own citizens while bending over backwards for the migrant stab and grape gangs. Trying to turn it into the same lawless, openly anti-white hellhole that is SA We're very much moving in the same direction in the states. We just have more local autonomy to push back
Funny that the west put sanctions on Rhodesia and South Africa to change the system, and look at both places now. Still living in SA, but just returned from European holiday, you guys have BIG problems coming.
Around 1974 two other Marine officers saw VN winding down so they served out their obligations and accepted commissions in the Rhodesian military. I believe one of them, one who’d attended the Army CI school with me, ended up in the Selous Scouts. The other I completely lost track of. These were the heydays of SOF magazine and Col. RK Brown showing up pretty much everywhere, so these guys did something cool and romantic. I stayed USMC longer and spent much of that time in CI in Asia, cleaning up POI leftovers from the VN war. Then I demobbed…
There was that English guy who sort of did that in reverse, Rick Rescorla. Went from British paratrooper to Rhodesian policeman, then joined the US Army just in time to fight at Ia Drang with the air cavalry. Died on 9/11/2001, last seen going back up the fucking stairs to look for more people needing help during the WTC attacks after he'd evacuated thousands of Morgan Stanley staff. There were some serious people around in the 60s and 70s.
Definitely a departure from your normal content, but it's fun hearing you talk about that movie and why it resonates with you. Haven't seen it yet, but it seems like a solid plot, and it's good that they had nuance in the characters, not just "Rhodie bad!" talking points.
For anyone interested in Rhodesian history I highly recommend the channel of Five Romeo Romeo - he has a great series of history videos full of interesting facts and he's also a former member of the Rhodesia Regiment. Highly recommended for no-frills, down to earth story telling.
5-R-R is great! John van Zyl is another one (hosted by Hannes Wessels). They've had a lot of the guys being interviewed from various books on the conflict
Your channel got me to rewatch Blood Diamond about a year ago. I'd forgotten how good it was. As someone who loves history and despises super hero BS, I wish we had more films like this one.
Nowadays you get Hollywood Crap a la Captain America and Avenger Crap all Day long......the Times of good Movies are over....especially if they are from Hollywood, the Child Abuser Area Nr 1 inside the US of A.
1:32 So I can't call people who simp over Rhodesia (the country that even apartheid South Africa got sick of defending) white nationalists, despite many of them openly admitting to it, because the country at one point fought Nazi Germany? You dont have to touch the political aspect at all, why bother if you're just going to be a dolt about it?
Im a 22 year old South African. My grandfather was a paratrooper or "Parabat" and served in Zimbanwe or Rhodesia (depending on whos asking) and the Border War (Grensoorlog) in Angola. Love to see this covered as we did not receive much education on the matter even in South African public schools. Loved this video, keep up the great entertainment/youtube education👍🏻
I’m a South African and was at a boys only school in SA. In our final year of high school Archer became a mascot of sorts. Everyone was obsessed with quoting the movie. We set up a massive picture of him behind a the curtain in the our main hall and suddenly pulled back the curtains in front of the headmaster and then everyone starts shouting “Huh, huh”
I'm liking the direction of this channel. I started to notice in the second half of 2023 that your videos were giving a vibe that felt like "Today I'm reviewing this gun for a paycheck" but videos like these feel so much more genuine and more like this is what you want to do, not what you need to do. Or maybe I'm just an idiot that completely misread the vibes.
I grew up overseas and learned about the SADF through South African friends who had served. I also love this movie! I was fortunate to encounter "The Colonel" when I worked at Golds Gym in Venice, Ca. He was bigger than life then as well, but I see that trait in many Rhodesians/South Africans. They are like a real version of bigger than life fearless super heroes. Excellent video, looking forward to more.
@@jasonleerjason5001 A good friend of mine is Portuguese, his grandfather fought in Guinea Bissau and saw heavy fighting, it was still under Portuguese control as well as Angola and Mozambique. Before the Rhodesian Bush War/ SA Border War, there was the Portuguese Overseas War which the Portuguese called the Ultramar War (1961-1974). He was in the Cacadores Especiais (Special Hunters) in Portuguese which is equivalent to our US Army Rangers. He returned back to Portugal in turbulent times because in a couple of years the Carnation Revolution happened. Personally he wasn't a huge fan of the Estado Novo regime (especially after Salazar's death), but he despised the leftists more in his country which were everywhere during the Carnation Revolution. He remembered vividly a fellow veteran of his was being harassed by leftist agitators in the streets and he stepped in by using his pistol firing a few shots to scare them off.
@@americancaesar4715 Hi there, the Portuguese were good soldiers, just badly equipped and trained in the early stages of the war, with training from SA and Rhodesia they did well, there are many Portuguese in SA that are children and grandchildren of the citizens that left in 74, especially from Angola, SA hasn't much of an army now which is just as well as we'll be fighting them for our survival in the near future 🤔👊
@@jasonleerjason5001 Oh yes I recall that from 1961-1963 the Portuguese were using inadequate gear and helmets (which helmets are useless in a counterinsurgency) but once they got better tactics and training from SA, Rhodesia, and PIDE, Lizard Camouflage, HK G3s, Gazelles and Puma Helicopters, and even AR 10s (which their Paras used) they showed they were just as good as the Rhodesians and South Africans. If I recall correctly the Portuguese had their own version of 32 Battalion called Flechas, they were specially trained by PIDE (Portugal's Secret Police) and recruited friendly tribes in Eastern Angola that were harassed and bullied by the MPLA and UNITA.
Djimon Hounsou's performance was an ABSOLUTE BREAKOUT. "DO YOU SEE THE DIE-A-MON??!!" The look of pure rage when he was shoveling the general's brains out. Pleading his son to be his boy again. I'm so glad I got to see it in theaters.
I found out my wife was pregnant the day after i watched this movie. Today, I've got a 15 year old son named Daniel Archer. Its just got a nice ring to it.
You go brother. I can only watch so many guys laying in the dirt or standing at a picnic table shooting targets. You do make it way more than that. Bur even this can get repetitive. I like this.
I know there is no movie involved but a video like this about MAC V SOG would be pretty cool. You could talk about the weapons tactics and even get some LARP time in with the uniforms they wore. You said post some ideas in the comments so here ya go!!!
That helicopter reference must be Rhodesian because in South Africa the slang for Helicopter is Chopper... You should come visit and see the gun culture over here...
I failed the America education system technically but I can build an FAL probably... We'll see when the parts get here. Kruger was awesome. One of my favorite movie villains of all time.
Thoughtful video. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe IS a very interesting country with a wild history. Ian Smith was a murderous, white supremacist and so on, but he's also a fascinating, vivid character. And Blood Diamond was a good movie and Archer was cool.
I met a man in maderia (portugal) who was in the rhodesian SAS during the war, after a long while I learned he was a mercenary working for a organization full of ex german ss in africa. He gave me all of his gear and other memorabilia.
@@rafaelalodio5116 yep his kid had zero interest. I got a parachute, medals from ww2, pouches. Cartridges from Mauser. Man the guy was so3m hardliners now I think of it. He was half german half rhodesian. He gave me so much stuff from ss Das Reich.
I have a friend from South Africa, he was a spec ops, I forgot the division (it's actually a famous one, but my memory...) He told me he used to run recon missions and save kidnapped African kids that Cuban communists used to abduct in African countries. Cuba essentially was a satellite state for Russia, and pushed their own communist ideology across Africa, and did gruesome things to African populus. Cubans look black (obviously), but spoke Spanish, and that was pretty much an only way they could be distinguished from many natives. He would go with a local tracker, and they would find these camps in duo. When I say tracker, I mean real tracker, who could see footsteps and know a lot of stuff that normal person will never see. Cubans would force these kids to be soldiers for Cuba, by indoctrinating them to communist ideas. It's disgusting, but South African special ops did good things for those neighboring countries, he was in Angola on those missions, as far as I know. Russia pushed communism extremely hard, and even now we have huge issues because of it, this time with China pushing out to Taiwan, and Russian invasion of Ukraine. Good to hear this video to give me better understanding what my friend did, as I try not to dig into his past out of respect.
This was one of my deployment movies in Afghanistan 06-07. So freakin good. It became one of those movies where it would be playing on my laptop in a common area, and I turn around and there are 40 dudes trying to watch it also. Damn good times.
This was amazing. I loved this format. This would be a great format to do one a month or so. I'm sure you will come up great ideas for other movies to do this format on.
The summary of Rhodesia was comical. "This is Rhodesia, theydidsomeevilstuff and "the left" criticize them for it, but they fight nazi so how can they be bad?"
That was just a point he raised that he found interesting. The )summary’ was actually expanded on quite a bit. He should have mentioned that Rhodesia was such a successful country that it exported food to, and fed the rest of Africa. Then the locals won the war, and violently took over the farms and food production. Rhodesia ceased being the food bowl of Africa. Within three years the country was in famine, and the people starved by tens of thousands.
My uncle was in 32 battalion although he never talked about it. Fun fact: most locals don't like DiCaprio's accent. I think he did a decent job with extra points for calling that guard a "doos"(box)
My best mates father served with the 32 battalion serving an anti aircraft gun mounted to the back of a truck. There is a photo on google of them standing around the wreckage of a MIG they shot down and you can see him in it. His stories are beyond interesting and he tells them incredibly well
5:49 they did fight along side black soldiers but if you look up interviews of black Rhodesian soldiers you'll easily realize that most of them were being forced to fight for Rhodesia. Thousands of 14+ year old boys were sentenced to years of imprisoned for crimes such as loitering and were offered a relatively short military contract as an alternative to imprisonment
As a son of a rhodesian family living in SA this is amazing. I don't agree with what was done in the nation, but it was certainly one of the nation's of all time.
This was a excellent review. I never heard the theory about Aids and Archer before. While being a little off topic the reason that the RLI Fireforce jumped into combat so frequently is that they didn't have the Helicopters needed for that roll. So if you want to move a large number of troops but your few Helicopters are to valuable to risk your best option is to kick those needed troops out of a old DC3
This was actually one of my favorite episodes you have posted. I think of a lot of your episodes as just gun porn (no offense) and pointless shooting. This was cool. Really like the movie too. I simp over the Brandon Fraser movie “The Mummy” the first one. Great gun movie and rick o’connel is a fantastic character
The anti communist campaigns in Africa are fascinating. 'Four Ball One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone' by Roelf van Heerden is an interesting book on EO's involvement prior to the British intervention (Operation Palliser). Well worth a look.
Great episode. I read Robert Young Pelton's book "License to Kill : Hired guns in the war on terror" years ago and it was a good read. If I remember correctly there was a bit of the book devoted to Executive Outcomes and some of their....exploits.
I loved working on this movie. My favourite job of my entire stunt career. I stunt doubled Leo,trained cast,extras and stunts and you’ll spot me in the scene where they dig for the diamond. Leo shoots me. Making the movie felt like we lived the story. No CGI. All real props ,explosions and choppers etc. Fantastic video my friend. Dan
Y’all really made a classic. And also brought some idea of Africa’s history to folks who wouldn’t have probably known about it.
@@buncer I arrived and was asked "please train all these extras and stunts to be RUF,Villagers,UN troops etc etc" I had free reign and the director would come up with my boss daily and adjust performance and brief us. The job just got better and better. I did research and worked with such an incredible team. I've met so many of the cast and crew on other projects and we all talk of Blood Diamond. I feel so lucky to be involved. Every day was an adventure. The extras and stunts would sing on the way to set and back.
Larry Fishbourne voice: "Somebody PLEASE get this man in an Admin vid!"
Yes. Get him in the admin video
That's awesome man.
Sgt. Mike Horvath (played by Tom Sizemore) from the movie Saving Private Ryan. As a plump fellow who can't run for shit, I found this character quite relatable. His interactions with Captain Miller were awesome. Also his collection of dirt, carbine, and helmet toss add to the lore.
Don’t forget his line “We’re in business”
@@juiced0202 Or "Just got the wind knocked outta me" after being shot like 6 times. Loved that character.
Horvath means "Croatian" and that spelling indicates he might've from modern-day Hungary.
"One man's ah waste of ammo, five men's ah juicy opportunity." Sgt. Horvath briefing the fellas in route to Omaha Beach lol.
I was an infantryman for 8 years (‘06-14). Loved this comment. Sizemore reminded me of real platoon sergeant’s I had over the years. Man, he killed that role. Giovanni Ribisi was spot on as a medic too.
I’m a now-17 year Private Military Contractor working for STTEP, which was the merger between Eeben Barlow’s Executive Outcomes and Simon Mann’s Sandline Int’l (whom my older sister worked for as a War Analyst).
Barlow, in 2020, (after my last deployment to Syria in late 2019), went on to resurrect EO due to increased demand from other African countries governments.
There’s a good amount of folks who transferred over with him to EO that I worked with and whom served exceptionally well in our contract in Nigeria (2015) to combat Boko Haram.
I led a fire team the first time in that offensive and it is a memorable and proud moment for me.
I was born and raised in a town called Swakopmund, which is in Namibia, then called South West Africa and we used to hear the SADF do artillery drills near enough every evening during the Bush War between SADF and SWAPO and the Angolans that supported SWAPO. I remember there used be obligatory 2 year military service for people coming out of high school, but the trade off was you have a better chance of getting into a university.
Really enjoyed this.
As a child of the 80's i was fascinated by the whole mercenary genre- largely due to my Vietnam vet brother in law supplying me with his once read SOF magazines..
Add to that The Dogs of War, The Wild Geese (not 2- that was an abomination) and a few other films it became a lifelong obsession (my knowledge of African geography is unnatural for a white boy from Pennsylvania...
Keep these kinds of vids coming!
I’ve got a DVD of The Wild Geese. Love that movie
Damn wasn't expecting this kind of content. Keep it coming bru
Awesome video man you killed it. Very interesting history that the movie portrays authentically yet leaves understated. One of the best films I've ever seen
This video you made is better than the palm wine I drank as a boy .. outback A.J. Walmart
You can’t unhear the Danny Archer fan theory.
Bit odd with admin going “what is a more masculine dream” getting into Lucas Botkin territory
I knew a guy who was in the South African defense force and he was at the battle of luso and fought the mplf there, incredible guy and extremely intelligent i believe he was part of 32 batallion
Great video dude, could have been an hour and I would've watched it.
Fantastic video, man. Completely engaging.
When we were studying the African continent's economy in geography class my teacher got the school to close the small cinema at the local mall so that they could play Blood Diamond for us in the big screen. I don't think that movie influenced anyone there as it influenced me. From the moment Archer shot those 2 guys with the H&K and then shot the other with the AK I was hooked.
Interestingly tho, Rhodesia was never mentioned by any geography or history teachers and school books that I had.
4:24 it also had the largest battle to take place since the second world war in Africa, the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, it was the last major battle of the war and had around 60k men duking it out, ultimately ending in a draw, the South Africans wanted to stop the Cubans and allies from moving South while the Cubans wanted the South Africans pinned in one spot and not on the move (confined to defense works in one province, Cuito Cuanavale) this meant that the Cubans and allies attacked the South Africans that hunkered in and defended, ultimately both sides got what they wanted. However only Castro would get something out of the battle, a propoganda victory, cheering on that his military for once (after 23 years of war) had stopped the South Africans and brought things to a standstill/draw.
The 32 battalion leo mentions serving in during the border war was made out of whites of Portuguese decent and black angolans that where apart of the Portuguese colonial Angolan army, they fled south and joined the SADF spoke Portuguese often and was remarkable as harden killers by guys like my dad (SADF 1971 - 1981)
12:54 there is a difference between the whites of South Africa/Namibia and the whites of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, in South Africa/Namibia most whites are Afrikaners (Formerly known as the Boer people) we are of Dutch/German/French decent and most of us speak Afrikaans as our first language, while in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe the whites are British (Scotish/Irish/Welsh/English) the British Cape colony governer Cecil Rhodes was concerned that the Boer nation of Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (Dutch for South African Republic, shortened to ZAR - more commonly just called Transvaal) would expand north over the border river, so he got a colony commision from his friend the British PM and settled the colony of Rhodesia whitch would split into north Rhodesia (modern day Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (the Rhodesia whitch declared independence and was later on changed into Zimbabwe), the white South Africans where apart of the Dutch empire first then independent, while Rhodesia was from creation untill independence apart of the British empire, the Southern Rhodesian police would be rouded up and led over the border in what's known as the Jameson Raid, creating sparks to the tinder box that led to the Second Freedom war (1899-1902 - the South African war or the Second Anglo Boer war)
15:45 South African military units would be semi segregated (some special forces and units like 32nd battalion would have mixed battalions) however racial sentiment was way more accepting of other skin colours than the civilian world, it was often remarked (according to my father 1971-1981) that the only place you can find a good black is in the SADF, with him and others looking at the black volunteers in a higher standing than the blacks living in forced native land enclosures - Bantustan (bantu for homeland) areas where the Apartheid government would force non whites to live in and not be allowed to leave if not for work.
On a sidenote, following the regime change in 1994, the South African government completely soured on the topic of mercenaries and mercenary companies, nowadays if such a company or person comes to South Africa they stare a length prison sentence in the face, this also includes South Africans, in the eyes of the government the second you join a mercenary company your dead to them (if something happens and your caught they will not try to bargin for your life - that's something your family would have to do) this is why older military guys that turned to mercenary work has never "legally" returned to South Africa, most have just continued to serve accors Africa and in some cases outside of Africa, plenty of talk about older very experianced white South Africans poping up as training instructors in African states at war, last I heard of such a case was right around the time Nigeria had a big victory against their terrorist foe, the men on the ground thanked their white South African mercenary training instructors.
“Body of Lies” might make for another DiCaprio/guns/competent man of integrity and action review.
Thank you, Admin.
@AdministrativeResults_.. Reported, get in the bin.
I think there are valid criticisms of the idea of mercenaries, though they're often sort of hypocritical. One of the first ancestors of mine to come to the US was an Irish mercenary who served in France, Prussia, and a few other places. I think it would be fair to say that the places he was in typically weren't better for his presence there. But his view of it was basically this: all these rich monarchs and elites get rich from killing people and they'll do it regardless of whether they pay me or not. I'm good at it, so why shouldn't I cash in and work for the highest bidder?
That's kind of hard to argue with.
I love the CAR-15 with that beautiful flash suppressor, that paint job, the 90s red dot, it screams “Yah yah” (pew pews in South African)
What light did archer have on his guard? Surefire?
And eh bru screw us a loose eh?
TIA 🪘🐆🦓🐘🦒🐂🐃
This movie has a place in my heart because when I was going to marry my wife we watched this movie before going ring shopping as she had never seen it it affected her so bad she refused to get a ring with diamonds 😂😂 so this movie saved me so much money
Oh my goodness
😂😂 good idea, I’m going to do the same
@@AdministrativeResults blood diamond is for the boys confirmed I spent the surplus cash I saved on ammo and a glock
Be careful. The opposite happened for me. She insisted on a ring with a Canadian diamond... much more expensive. I would have preferred a cheaper blood soaked rock 😂
@@fatoni698 lol yeah the jeweler told my wife about those and lab-grown ones but she said that she didn't even want people to think she had none ethical diamonds lol I got lucky I guess girl logic saved me on this one
Bro, this is dope. Such a cool concept to breakdown movie action dudes.
@DonutOperator hey
Yeah I think he's just found his neche 😂 PS good choice on the watch mate.
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Some interesting info : Danny Archers character is 'loosely' based on a real life guy, named Cobus Claassens. (Some references online). Helped with the production, and certain technical aspects of the plot as well, having lived most of the stories in there.
As for the man himself, a bone fide badass and hardman. Parachute battalion officer, and wasone of the commanders in Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone. Spent a lot of time in Sierra Leone after the conflict ended. Seems like a real colorful man, and he's also been mentioned in some books, including 'My friend the Mercenary - James Brabazon'. (Great book!)
Something I thought I'd share, being a fan of the film, and the stories behind each character.
My stepdad fought in Angola for the SADF from 1974-76, he was part of 6SAI (South African infantry battalion) during operation savannah, he moved onto from the basic infantry to go and join the assault pioneering team for 6SAI (equivalent of special forces). He’s the best damn man I could’ve known and has been a father to me my whole life. Thankyou dad 👍🏻
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Some interesting info : Danny Archers character is 'loosely' based on a real life guy, named Cobus Claassens. (Some references online). Helped with the production, and certain technical aspects of the plot as well, having lived most of the stories and served with the outfits the movie Archer was in.
As for the man himself, a bone fide badass and hardman. Parachute battalion officer, and was one of the commanders in Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone. Spent a lot of time in Sierra Leone after the conflict ended. Seems like a real colorful man, and he's also been mentioned in some books, including 'My friend the Mercenary - James Brabazon'. (Great book!)
Something I thought I'd share, being a fan of the film, and the stories behind each character.
Executive outcomes doing what the un takes years to do in months
Un love there forever wars .
You ever see that journeyman tv episode on mercenaries?? That one Russian guy in the chopper shooting one of the on board guns out of a window insisting he was only on holiday
@@ComradeCommissarYuri yeah and the ex brit army dude new Zealand or other
@@ComradeCommissarYuri This? ua-cam.com/video/59_o5MCCjV4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JourneymanPictures
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One thing I particularly liked in Blood Diamond was towards the end you see Archer putting spare magazines in his pockets. In too many movies the hero picks up a gun without collecting extra ammo.
or shooting 60-80 rounds from a mag of 30rnds...lol...cartoon Holyvood heroes
@@graphosencrenoir4006 Or they fire on full auto forever without running out of bullets. Plus every time a gun is moved it makes that chk chk noise.
Or the movies where the protagonist uses a pistol to kill bad guys armed with rifles, and doesn’t pick up their weapons or ammo.
Or chucking away empty magazines that cost the rest of us up to $50 a pop.
I knew a contractor who would stuff an AR mag in his jeans back pocket, pistol mag in a home made tyvek cover in his left front pocket, pistol in an AIWB holster and an AR.
This was rad and a fun change of pace. A breakdown of Heat and the actual bank robber De Niro's character was based on would be cool.
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Heat would be amazing!
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This movie sold me on DiCaprio as an actor. He owns every scene he's in for blood diamond. The movie is great and the writing is great. But Leo's performance makes this one of my favorite movies ever. He's that good at Danny Archer.
his accent is absolutely shit. im afrikaans and it ruins a really nice film for me. Infact I watched it in german dub the other day just to avoid hearing him say "doos" like a real doos.
Leo is a shihead but he has been a force of nature since the Dinero movie when he was 10 til 2day.check out his first movie its amazing
@@arthurburlington8994 he is not a shit head. He is as we Afrikaanse Mense say, a "Doos". Which as akin to an empty box. It's actually funny he said it and also got it wrong.
@@ZanderSwart no he is. Don't be silly
You think he gives a fuck about u the planet or anything but Leo? And I'm fine with it I'm the same. Amazing actor
Wow, loved it!
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W Polenar moment
My uncle was in the British Army for 16 years through the late 1950`s and 1960`s, he moved to Rhodesia in 1970 and fought the war right until the end, he was eventually chased out and over the border into South Africa in 1980, my family joined him in SA in 1983 and we regularly used to go to their house for a braai (BBQ to the uninitiated) on weekends, there were always guys there that were clearly very hard men that all worked in "Private Security" on the African continent and abroad, a great bunch of guys that would do anything for you if they knew and trusted you...
Also, here`s a Nerd Nugget from Blood Diamond...many of the Mercenaries are rocking a camo pattern uniform that was developed just for 32 Battalion during the Border War, that uniform now is worth rather large amounts of money on the collectors market, as is original Rhodesian "Brushstroke" pattern clothing...
Your uncle sounds like an interesting guy to have a couple beers with.
As a kid of the eighties and nineties who loved all things military and camouflage, I used to order stuff from a company called U.S. Cavalry. I would drool over their catalogs like it was penthouse magazine. They would commission BDU type uniforms in rare camouflage patterns, such as Rhodesian "Brushstroke". That was probably the first time I had read the word Rhodesia. They had so many things back then that would sell for a pretty penny now. If I'd only known.
@@Trav_Can Yeah, I used to collect too, I had so much now rare and hard to find SA stuff like 32 Battalion, Koevoet, SAP pattern 1 and pattern 2, SAP Railway Police pattern (the trousers had cargo pockets designed to hold magazines for the Uzi) and Bophuthatswana Police "Reed Pattern"...sadly it all had to be sold when I decided to up sticks and get out of SA in 2016...my uncle also gave me a full set of Rhodesian brush stroke that he never wore, that I still have and will NEVER part with!
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 he definitely was that...he was a really tough but kind man..he taught me to shoot, he taught me how to hunt and fish and got me into junior league boxing when I was a kid...
Sadly we lost him to cancer in 1995, I miss him dearly...
I also fortunately got to have many Braai's with former Rhodesians.
Administrative Results: full-time UA-camr, part time history teacher, goon hobbyist. A man of culture.
And one hell of a 'stache
Also a fuck’n cop
Lol. Admins goons 😂
A true renaissance man....
Goon hobbyist
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As a combat Vet and ex smuggler I resonate with no one more than Archer. When I came back from Afghanistan I thought the same thing when I saw how corrupt our government has become “Really? is this it?” And like Danny I wanted to get mine. I have a non violent federal felony charge now and can never touch a firearm for the rest of my life, but I have a family now, with children that love me. So in the end I had found my pink, my diamond. And I think that is what this movie is all about.
P.S to people saying expunge, federal felonies and misdemeanors are a lifetime ban on your 2A rights. Frankly, idk how god given rights can be taken away but what do I know.
Right on
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thank me for your service
Damn, you managed to find a girl even with a felony charge.
@@mannydiz291 lmao good one
Last year I got to meet a Rhodesian scout at the SCI convention. He is much older now but it was an honor to meet him. I asked him how he liked AK’s he said they are trash that they could not hit a man behind a tree…and the FAL could absolutely hit a man behind a tree and all you could see “was his legs shaking after he shot the tree” W for the FAL
Then this guy knows nothing, you can even hit someone behind a brickwall
@@danielmart3846very few brick walls out in the wild of Africa
A battle rifle with full power cartridge penetrating more than an assault rifle with intermediate cartridge, should be obvious
wouldnt the 7.62x39 penetrate just as well as the 7.62x51 nato?@@Archer89201
Bricks will shatter where wood contracts and expands and could easily have much more resistance than a brick@@danielmart3846
As a nerd who grew up watching Blood Diamond, I can confirm that I did indeed say "Tee Eye Ayy" randomly to people who had no idea what I was talking about.
Fast forward to Afghanistan in 2013, and I told people it stood for "This is Afghanistan" 😂😂
I literally have a tattoo I got in Afg that says “TIA” after this movie, but told people the same
T I A......once was living there, sometimes missing the "old Times",....but can´t go back there again........to much Problems over there.
Such a great film. I was early OIF, this film came out while on deployment and my buddies and I watched it on a bootleg DVD. Spent many long nights on OP duty coming up with hair brained schemes to go to Africa after ETS to rob warlords of conflict diamonds. 😂😂😂
"Having a beautiful woman in your life really just adds to your overall existence as a man."
I agree wholeheartedly!
Unless you are Will Smith in I am Legend and she gets you killed.
I'm hoping I can find that out someday 🫤
Remember: For every beautiful woman out there, there's at least 1 guy who's completely sick and tired of dealing with her bs.
Right up until she utters that one woke phrase, "Some women have penises and some men have vaginas." That's when it's all over and it's time to move on.
I don't know about that. The story of Samson and Delilah comes to mind
Thanks for this kind of content, bru. I like your gun videos, but it's nice to have a change of pace every once in a while.
I KNEW this channel was named after Executive Outcomes!!!
The analysis not only delves into the character's evolution but also prompts reflection on the ethical dilemmas faced by individuals in such turbulent environments. 'Blood Diamond' remains a powerful portrayal of the impact of the diamond trade on war-torn regions, leaving us with lingering thoughts about the choices we make in the pursuit of our interests, even in the face of moral ambiguity."
This comment sounds like it was written by an AI
Thanks Siskel.
Totally AI.
These sorts of videos are calming for some unknown reason. It's like a movie version of forgotten weapons.
If you haven't heard of him, you should read up about Neall Ellis. He's an ex SAAF pilot that flew in many conflicts such as the SA Border War, Rhodesian Bush War, the Balkan War, the war in Sierra Leone and even the war in Afghanistan. He flew Alouette 3s, Mi-8s and even Mi-24s. He's an absolute legend and I'm sure you'll enjoy reading about him. I'd recommend reading Gunship Ace as it is an incredible book about everything he did
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Agreed, very good book & documentation of those events
-godspeed to you
@@stopsniffingglue Godspeed to you too brother
Has a great interview on John Van Zyl UA-cam channel. Called "Fighting Men of Rhodesia"
There's a video on UA-cam called 'the mercenaries profiting from sierra leones civil war' that shows Ellis flying a mi24 in combat against the ruf Sierra Leone 2000.
I showed Blood Diamond to a friend of mine last year. As soon as we got to the scene where Archer sees the Colonel in full battle rattle, he paused the movie and checked his kit out in awe and admiration, as well as actually starting to work on a clone-ish rifle of the carbine.
"People used to travel to Rhodesia to see the ruins of Zimbabwe. Now people travel to Zimbabwe to see the ruins of Rhodesia". Books I like - Red Zambezi by Joe E. Hale (Fiction?) and Fireforce: One Man's War in The Rhodesian Light Infantry by Chris Cocks (non-Fiction), Pamwe Chete: The Legend of the Selous Scouts by Lt. Col. R. F. Reid-Daly (non-Fiction) and finally - The Great Betrayal: The Memoirs of Ian Douglas Smith (non-Fiction). All the books will give you a very good overview of the Rhodesia Bush War.
My uncle was born in Rhodesia in 1958, moved to England from South Africa in 82. Ive asked him about his youth in Rhodesia and he won’t talk about it, not because he’s got PTSD or anything like that but because he’s so pissed off at the state of the place now.
England is heading in the same direction unfortunately
@@earlturner6023 at an alarming rate of knots too!
@@earlturner6023 What do you mean? (I have no idea what's going on in either place)
@@LastAphelionhe's talking about the sissification and politicization of the justice system, combined with hostility towards its own citizens while bending over backwards for the migrant stab and grape gangs. Trying to turn it into the same lawless, openly anti-white hellhole that is SA
We're very much moving in the same direction in the states. We just have more local autonomy to push back
Funny that the west put sanctions on Rhodesia and South Africa to change the system, and look at both places now. Still living in SA, but just returned from European holiday, you guys have BIG problems coming.
Around 1974 two other Marine officers saw VN winding down so they served out their obligations and accepted commissions in the Rhodesian military. I believe one of them, one who’d attended the Army CI school with me, ended up in the Selous Scouts. The other I completely lost track of. These were the heydays of SOF magazine and Col. RK Brown showing up pretty much everywhere, so these guys did something cool and romantic. I stayed USMC longer and spent much of that time in CI in Asia, cleaning up POI leftovers from the VN war. Then I demobbed…
The guy who invented the Holloway rifle served in Vietnam and Rhodesia. Is he similar?
From jarhead to rhodesian soldier
There was that English guy who sort of did that in reverse, Rick Rescorla.
Went from British paratrooper to Rhodesian policeman, then joined the US Army just in time to fight at Ia Drang with the air cavalry. Died on 9/11/2001, last seen going back up the fucking stairs to look for more people needing help during the WTC attacks after he'd evacuated thousands of Morgan Stanley staff.
There were some serious people around in the 60s and 70s.
Definitely a departure from your normal content, but it's fun hearing you talk about that movie and why it resonates with you.
Haven't seen it yet, but it seems like a solid plot, and it's good that they had nuance in the characters, not just "Rhodie bad!" talking points.
“Executive outcome” and “Administrative Results” is a perfect play on words. Lol
For anyone interested in Rhodesian history I highly recommend the channel of Five Romeo Romeo - he has a great series of history videos full of interesting facts and he's also a former member of the Rhodesia Regiment. Highly recommended for no-frills, down to earth story telling.
5-R-R is great! John van Zyl is another one (hosted by Hannes Wessels). They've had a lot of the guys being interviewed from various books on the conflict
💯 he is a great story teller with so much first hand knowledge
Your channel got me to rewatch Blood Diamond about a year ago. I'd forgotten how good it was. As someone who loves history and despises super hero BS, I wish we had more films like this one.
Great point
I saw it for the first time a couple months ago because of this channel. No regrets.
Know any good free movie websites?
I had to rewatch it too!
There was a documentary that came out around the same time called Blood Diamonds. Ever seen it?
Nowadays you get Hollywood Crap a la Captain America and Avenger Crap all Day long......the Times of good Movies are over....especially if they are from Hollywood, the Child Abuser Area Nr 1 inside the US of A.
1:32 So I can't call people who simp over Rhodesia (the country that even apartheid South Africa got sick of defending) white nationalists, despite many of them openly admitting to it, because the country at one point fought Nazi Germany?
You dont have to touch the political aspect at all, why bother if you're just going to be a dolt about it?
1:02 Reminds me of the line in Sahara, “Don’t worry. It’s Africa. Nobody cares about Africa.”
Im a 22 year old South African. My grandfather was a paratrooper or "Parabat" and served in Zimbanwe or Rhodesia (depending on whos asking) and the Border War (Grensoorlog) in Angola. Love to see this covered as we did not receive much education on the matter even in South African public schools. Loved this video, keep up the great entertainment/youtube education👍🏻
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I’m a South African and was at a boys only school in SA. In our final year of high school Archer became a mascot of sorts. Everyone was obsessed with quoting the movie. We set up a massive picture of him behind a the curtain in the our main hall and suddenly pulled back the curtains in front of the headmaster and then everyone starts shouting “Huh, huh”
Did that happen though
@@ViktoriousDead I can believe it
I'm liking the direction of this channel. I started to notice in the second half of 2023 that your videos were giving a vibe that felt like "Today I'm reviewing this gun for a paycheck" but videos like these feel so much more genuine and more like this is what you want to do, not what you need to do.
Or maybe I'm just an idiot that completely misread the vibes.
That was actually really good. You should do more stuff like this.
I grew up overseas and learned about the SADF through South African friends who had served. I also love this movie! I was fortunate to encounter "The Colonel" when I worked at Golds Gym in Venice, Ca. He was bigger than life then as well, but I see that trait in many Rhodesians/South Africans. They are like a real version of bigger than life fearless super heroes. Excellent video, looking forward to more.
Thanks mate, from a South African Marine veteran ❤
@@jasonleerjason5001 A good friend of mine is Portuguese, his grandfather fought in Guinea Bissau and saw heavy fighting, it was still under Portuguese control as well as Angola and Mozambique. Before the Rhodesian Bush War/ SA Border War, there was the Portuguese Overseas War which the Portuguese called the Ultramar War (1961-1974). He was in the Cacadores Especiais (Special Hunters) in Portuguese which is equivalent to our US Army Rangers. He returned back to Portugal in turbulent times because in a couple of years the Carnation Revolution happened. Personally he wasn't a huge fan of the Estado Novo regime (especially after Salazar's death), but he despised the leftists more in his country which were everywhere during the Carnation Revolution. He remembered vividly a fellow veteran of his was being harassed by leftist agitators in the streets and he stepped in by using his pistol firing a few shots to scare them off.
@@americancaesar4715 Hi there, the Portuguese were good soldiers, just badly equipped and trained in the early stages of the war, with training from SA and Rhodesia they did well, there are many Portuguese in SA that are children and grandchildren of the citizens that left in 74, especially from Angola, SA hasn't much of an army now which is just as well as we'll be fighting them for our survival in the near future 🤔👊
@@jasonleerjason5001 Oh yes I recall that from 1961-1963 the Portuguese were using inadequate gear and helmets (which helmets are useless in a counterinsurgency) but once they got better tactics and training from SA, Rhodesia, and PIDE, Lizard Camouflage, HK G3s, Gazelles and Puma Helicopters, and even AR 10s (which their Paras used) they showed they were just as good as the Rhodesians and South Africans. If I recall correctly the Portuguese had their own version of 32 Battalion called Flechas, they were specially trained by PIDE (Portugal's Secret Police) and recruited friendly tribes in Eastern Angola that were harassed and bullied by the MPLA and UNITA.
I am a massive military history nut. The Rhodesian Bush War is fascinating. It's one of the reasons I have several FALs.
Djimon Hounsou's performance was an ABSOLUTE BREAKOUT. "DO YOU SEE THE DIE-A-MON??!!" The look of pure rage when he was shoveling the general's brains out. Pleading his son to be his boy again. I'm so glad I got to see it in theaters.
I found out my wife was pregnant the day after i watched this movie. Today, I've got a 15 year old son named Daniel Archer. Its just got a nice ring to it.
You go brother. I can only watch so many guys laying in the dirt or standing at a picnic table shooting targets. You do make it way more than that. Bur even this can get repetitive. I like this.
Blood diamond is a badass movie. Time for a rewatch, so thanks for that.
Blood Diamond made me like Leo.
Good stuff. More obscure military history please.
Admin nerding out is great because we are all nerds as well
Don't categorize me as a nerd. YOU DON'T KNOW ME!! lol
We call it Rhodesia here, sir.
Same with South West Africa. I've known people from there, South Africa, Angola and Rhodesia.
But I haven't seen this movie but now I will.
I know there is no movie involved but a video like this about MAC V SOG would be pretty cool. You could talk about the weapons tactics and even get some LARP time in with the uniforms they wore. You said post some ideas in the comments so here ya go!!!
Guess he didn't like my idea 😢
That helicopter reference must be Rhodesian because in South Africa the slang for Helicopter is Chopper... You should come visit and see the gun culture over here...
History, cinema, and guns. Love this!
I mean, this is literally the best role of DiCaprio. Lik, totally. Almost unbelievable.
@@Anoneemus_NoenaymeNo.
I failed the America education system technically but I can build an FAL probably... We'll see when the parts get here. Kruger was awesome. One of my favorite movie villains of all time.
Agreed. Kruger and his crew were the best part of that movie. And the Chemrail.
Greetings from South Africa :-). Recommend watching the Movie The Wild Geese and also the book "Fireforce" by Chris Cocks.
Thoughtful video. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe IS a very interesting country with a wild history. Ian Smith was a murderous, white supremacist and so on, but he's also a fascinating, vivid character. And Blood Diamond was a good movie and Archer was cool.
Ah yes, the world's greatest spy.
Oh wait, wrong Archer.
I met a man in maderia (portugal) who was in the rhodesian SAS during the war, after a long while I learned he was a mercenary working for a organization full of ex german ss in africa. He gave me all of his gear and other memorabilia.
Idk how I'd feel being amongst former SS dudes.
And he just gave you his stuff?
That’s crazy, my paternal family is from Madeira. But they came to the US in early 1900s.
@@rafaelalodio5116 yep his kid had zero interest. I got a parachute, medals from ww2, pouches. Cartridges from Mauser. Man the guy was so3m hardliners now I think of it. He was half german half rhodesian. He gave me so much stuff from ss Das Reich.
@@Overlord99762 It'd be awesome, quit being a loser
I have a friend from South Africa, he was a spec ops, I forgot the division (it's actually a famous one, but my memory...)
He told me he used to run recon missions and save kidnapped African kids that Cuban communists used to abduct in African countries. Cuba essentially was a satellite state for Russia, and pushed their own communist ideology across Africa, and did gruesome things to African populus.
Cubans look black (obviously), but spoke Spanish, and that was pretty much an only way they could be distinguished from many natives.
He would go with a local tracker, and they would find these camps in duo. When I say tracker, I mean real tracker, who could see footsteps and know a lot of stuff that normal person will never see.
Cubans would force these kids to be soldiers for Cuba, by indoctrinating them to communist ideas.
It's disgusting, but South African special ops did good things for those neighboring countries, he was in Angola on those missions, as far as I know.
Russia pushed communism extremely hard, and even now we have huge issues because of it, this time with China pushing out to Taiwan, and Russian invasion of Ukraine. Good to hear this video to give me better understanding what my friend did, as I try not to dig into his past out of respect.
This was one of my deployment movies in Afghanistan 06-07. So freakin good. It became one of those movies where it would be playing on my laptop in a common area, and I turn around and there are 40 dudes trying to watch it also. Damn good times.
This was amazing. I loved this format. This would be a great format to do one a month or so. I'm sure you will come up great ideas for other movies to do this format on.
The summary of Rhodesia was comical. "This is Rhodesia, theydidsomeevilstuff and "the left" criticize them for it, but they fight nazi so how can they be bad?"
Love most of admins content but the dude ist most deffo a closeted racist.
That was just a point he raised that he found interesting. The )summary’ was actually expanded on quite a bit. He should have mentioned that Rhodesia was such a successful country that it exported food to, and fed the rest of Africa. Then the locals won the war, and violently took over the farms and food production. Rhodesia ceased being the food bowl of Africa. Within three years the country was in famine, and the people starved by tens of thousands.
My uncle was in 32 battalion although he never talked about it. Fun fact: most locals don't like DiCaprio's accent. I think he did a decent job with extra points for calling that guard a "doos"(box)
Btw a very nice touch by whoever made the decision is that when Archer goes to meet Coetzee, the dog you see there is a Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Admin this is great, would love to see more content like this. Black hawk down next?
Please more of these style of videos Admin , way of the gun , collateral, personal favorite movie of mine: Siege of Jadotville.
My best mates father served with the 32 battalion serving an anti aircraft gun mounted to the back of a truck. There is a photo on google of them standing around the wreckage of a MIG they shot down and you can see him in it. His stories are beyond interesting and he tells them incredibly well
5:49 they did fight along side black soldiers but if you look up interviews of black Rhodesian soldiers you'll easily realize that most of them were being forced to fight for Rhodesia. Thousands of 14+ year old boys were sentenced to years of imprisoned for crimes such as loitering and were offered a relatively short military contract as an alternative to imprisonment
I completely agree that final scene with him having the rifle was classic....loved the look of it. Also movies are seldom this good anymore :(.
As a son of a rhodesian family living in SA this is amazing. I don't agree with what was done in the nation, but it was certainly one of the nation's of all time.
Lol
This is brilliant. Taking our favorite action heros and explaining the lore behind them.
I wonder who runs the international diamond trade.
"People did evil crimes under the flag of Rhodesia." Rhodesians did evil crimes under the flag of Rhodesia 😂
This was a excellent review. I never heard the theory about Aids and Archer before. While being a little off topic the reason that the RLI Fireforce jumped into combat so frequently is that they didn't have the Helicopters needed for that roll. So if you want to move a large number of troops but your few Helicopters are to valuable to risk your best option is to kick those needed troops out of a old DC3
Enjoyed this new style of video, would love to hear you talk about Evil Tom Cruise in Collateral!!!
I enjoyed consuming this content.
You should review the mercenary 2020 the star of the movie was a French Foreign Legion sniper in the 2 Rep
This was actually one of my favorite episodes you have posted. I think of a lot of your episodes as just gun porn (no offense) and pointless shooting. This was cool. Really like the movie too. I simp over the Brandon Fraser movie “The Mummy” the first one. Great gun movie and rick o’connel is a fantastic character
As a South African, I'd like to thank you for doing your homework. Good video
18:03 this brings me so much joy. This man has turned his passion into a career through sheer determination and hard work.
" WE GET TO RIDE MOTORCYCLES INTO BATTLE? "
" YES "
" AND WEAR SHORT SHORTS?"
" YES"
" WHERE DO I SIGN ?"
Can we get more videos about random stuff that interest you? Sporadicallyy included with your other content?
The anti communist campaigns in Africa are fascinating. 'Four Ball One Tracer: Commanding Executive Outcomes in Angola and Sierra Leone' by Roelf van Heerden is an interesting book on EO's involvement prior to the British intervention (Operation Palliser). Well worth a look.
Great episode. I read Robert Young Pelton's book "License to Kill : Hired guns in the war on terror" years ago and it was a good read. If I remember correctly there was a bit of the book devoted to Executive Outcomes and some of their....exploits.
Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia again because Rhodesia had food and water and infrastructure
Please do a video on the South African border war its a fucking fantastic pieces of history