I saw it when I was about 12 and liked it a lot. I was too young to notice or care about the political aspects of the movie, to me it was a cool action movie. Now that I'm older I still enjoy watching it, but I can now see where the pro war propaganda was a bit over the top. Watched it again last night and noted a couple of things I have questions about.

#1 I noticed in several scenes JW is holding his AR upside down with the carry handle toward the ground. Never seen anyone carry an AR that way. Was that a common way to do so back in the day? You can see an example of this in the photos back on page 1 of this thread.

#2 When looking up the names of actors I noted that Richard Prior had a role in the movie. Must have been a small, non speaking role because I couldn't find him.


Most people don't really want the truth.

They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.