That wasn't a model when they blew up the bridge @3:34...that was the old US 1 bridge that was there before they built the existing one. They were going to demolish a section anyway so that boats could navigate the channel, so they blew it up as part of the movie.

Ahnold doesn't care what the harrier was or was not designed to do. IT DOES WHAT AHNOLD WANTS.

I worked on the set of True Lies in Nov 1993 during the Florida Keys filming. They had built a 42' model of the old 7 mile bridge on the ocean side of Sugarloaf Key in shallow water about 3 feet deep. What you see blown up by missiles is a model. To harriers did make live attack runs on the old seven Mile Bridge but when they cut to the bridge it was a model. They had to wait for a day when the wind was light so that the waves or water around the bridge was proportional. Otherwise it would've been easy to see the mismatch the wave size and the model. It cost millions to build that Bridge Model. The scene where the limo goes down the old seven Mile Bridge, it took three days to film the limo pulling Jamie Lee out the top. It wasn't actually Jamie Lee Curtis it was a stunt double. From a distance you couldn't tell the difference and even pretty close you couldn't tell the difference. Jamie Lee was so nice and funny on set btw. The helicopters were flying sideways about 70 miles an hour down the bridge- they dropped the stunt double who was dangling below the helicopter on a harness through the sunroof and pulled her out. Yes, it took three days to get that one shot because the timing was critical. No way with her going to let Jamie Lee do that. The limo didn't go over the side of the bridge, it stopped short. A barge was sunk with bridge rubble on it to make it look like the old bridge had blown up - it was full of blasting cap rope with lots of cameras. Like I said that shot took three days because we had to get everything set up and one camera would run out of film so we have to pause while somebody went over in a boat to reload. I have a picture of the explosion on the sunken barge with the bridge rubble. There was a full scale model of a Harrier jet built for that shot on the marathon side of the 3 mile bridge in the parking lot-5he one Arnold gets into. You could not tell the difference between the model and the real thing it was that good. That little parking lot to walk out on the old seven Mile Bridge, it was resurfaced with special harden concrete to withstand a hairier landing. That's right at least one of the carriers scorched a palm tree coming in and landed right there it was pretty cool. I have a lot more memories of this film because I spent so many hours on set. It's amazing how much people get wrong with this movie. The safety coordinator Was the only one besides James Cameron that could all stop the filming. One time the safety coordinator saw a problem with a harness attached to the helicopter that was going to lift a stunt double. He got on the radio and Gave the code for all stop. Remember Brandon Lee was killed by a blank that wasn't really a blank so the safety guy was a very important job And had the final say so if something doesn't look safe. We had I think three helicopters that started up every morning at 3:30am went to the Marathon airport fueled up he got into position to film the day's shots. At the end of Marathon there's a place or was a place called Knights Key homeplace was rented for the movie set. That's where the food truck was too. It was awesome and made the best food I've ever tasted. It drove all the way from California as did the water truck that put the fires out. Many memories of that movie . . .

One of the two “pilots” on the harrier bridge scene is my uncle in law. He said he met all the main actors, got photos, and took a personal picture with Arnold. Cool that I have some relation with him.

This movie is such a classic. Really captures 90s action movies. You didn't ruin this, I think I want to watch it again now. ha

I saw this film at the AAFES theater in Kitzingen, Germany in 1994. The line you can JUST barely hear at 7:20 here, when the Marine pilot said "you have to sign for that" got the biggest cheer in the whole movie because it was the most accurate military depiction ever committed to film!

Hollywood needs to learn BRRRT.

Let's see a breakdown of "Hot Shots!"

You can’t really ruin True Lies, it was silly in a fun way. Doubt anyone took it seriously! It was nice of them to give the Harrier some love! Also yay Final Countdown!!!

I remember seeing the Harrier scene in my uncle's house when I was like 9 and oh god the you're fired scene made us all roar with laughter. I still remember it to this day. I never get tired of seeing it.

Ahh, the Harrier. Such a beautiful piece of English design work...

Very surprised that the Stinger failed to lock-on given that the Harrier has an IR signature the size of Texas. Also, "these things are loud!" As someone who saw one doing a demonstration at an Airshow... Hell yeah they are.

Also, the most amazing part of True Lies is how they made Tom Arnold so competent.

Yeah - the most memorable Harrier scene. When there had been no F35B yet. And Tia Carrera at her best.

True Lies is probably one of the best American remakes. Being bigger, over the top and starring Arnold works really well within this story.

That limo to helo transition is still one of the greatest stunts in history

It was worth it just to see the above shot of Jamie Lee in that little black dress.

True Lies is my all-time favourite action-comedy.... It has right amount of laugh out loud moments with jaw-dropping action sequences.

I remember hearing when it came to Harriers they got every detail right in it's looks. That even the Marines had to look at the tail numbers to make sure that they were the fake ones. That's how good of a job they production crew did.

Oh Yes Final Countdown. What a great movie. The Tomcat scenes rule.

Firefox (1982), Clint Eastwood.

Anyway that's a classic action movie and let's be completely honest - we all love it.

Jamie Lee Curtis was "in her prime" for abour 35 years.

The Air Force was heavily-involved with Stargate SG-1, at least.

Still one of the funnest action movies you can watch. As a federal agent, the part where he pulled a surveillance team off a target to watch his wife had me rolling We had an ASAC once who basically did the same thing.

Best scene is when Jamie drops the UZI and kills all the bad guys...

You're FIRED! Best line ever!

I've been to an airshow at Andrews AFB that featured a Harrier that went into hover a few hundred yards from the viewing area and it was possibly the single loudest sound I have ever heard. Everyone on the bridge when the Harrier was taking off is now deaf lol.

I can confirm certain parts of this scene. Yes there was 2 harriers there, yes they did blow up the OLD key west bridge. No missles. They digitally removed the new bridge at the time.

Haha, "That'll buff out." This is one of my favorite action movies of all time, I saw it in the theater when I was in high school. No ruining here! It's still a classic.

Q: Why doesn't the Air Force help with any movies? A: Iron Eagle II

I want him to Ruin "Hot shots" just to see his reactions.

I'd STILL love to see Mover "ruin" Flight of the Intruder. Much good stuff in that movie.

It never ceases to amaze me how they nailed the shot at 1:40 .. have Arnold and ...Arnold speaking their lines just as the 2 Harriers zoom by all in one shot

We NEED a review of "Con Air!"

You should be a consultant for the next Hollywood fighter jet movie

Best part of this movie not aircraft related is where he plays that tape on the phone 😂😂😂

I haven't even gotten 1 minute in yet - but how DARE you sir, this movie is classic. On the other hand, I love your content haha.

Finally, a movie that demands a full evaluation by a military aviator of the part played by Jamie Lee Curtiss.

Broken Arrow is my recommendation for a Movie Ruin.

You have to admit. The use of the Harrier was more entertaining in the movie theater than it's use in Battlefield Earth... No need to have a Mover Ruins Movies on that one... It pretty much ruined itself. Thanks for all the great videos! And thanks so much for your service!!!

I saw a RAF harrier at an air show in the Netherlands back in 2002. Vertical takeoff on a grass air strip. Dirt and grass flying everywhere. The noise was unbelievable! I've never see a piece of machinery make so many kids cry. It was deffening and awesome!

12:46 “Jump! Daddy will catch you!” How is that not one of his famous quotes. Lol

How about reacting to Flight of the Intruder

“That’ll buff out...” I’m so dead...

The end aim-9 shot at the end can't be ruined for me. It's one of the most hilariously silly things I've ever seen in a film and I love it! When I first saw it with my brother a long time ago we went into a hysterical laughing fit which got us in a bit of trouble. Also it's a film that has a horse v motorcycle chase.

"Thats a Textbook Tasker Take Off!"

thinking about it when you breakdown each scene, i dont realise how much effort goes into it........ only when you talk about stuff they had to do with the plane and that it makes u think what a good film it was :D

FWIW, I work with the guy who was the sound engineer on this movie. We didn't talk about the gun sound, but we did discuss the engine sound of the Harrier. He said that when recorded to audio, the Harrier just sounds like a vacuum cleaner, so the movie sound has to be enhanced. This is true for a lot of sounds taken from real life - when recorded they just don't have the same impact or what your mind thinks they sound like, so they need to be pumped up a bit :)

Your helicopter bits were super insightful that I'd never even think to ask

When I was in the British military is was stationed at RAF Gutersloh West Germany, until its closer due to the Russians quitting, which had 2 Harrier GR-5 squadrons. My on base accomodation block was close by where they liked to hover. It was really annoying when I took local leave as the noise, even through the double glazed windows, was enough to drown out my TV on full volume. And for the record the GR-5 can hover for a really long time, made even more annoying as they operated in a flight of three and when one was done with his hover it'd move off and be replaced by the second, and then the third. After a week of head aches I signed out some camping gear and set up in a field away from base for my second week.

Everytime I watch the movie on DVD, I comeback to this amusing video.

"Jihadis have air support" 😂

Terrorists have feelings too. And I want to touch every nerve ending in their body & mind... all at once. Thanks CW for an entertaining review once again.

Love your comments during this movie review!!!! Thank you Mover, and have a safe 2020 Thanksgiving Day!!!

I saw a pair of Harriers at Osh Kosh a few years ago and they were by FAR the loudest things I'd heard there. No conversations 2 feet above the cockpit at all.

"Flaming Dragon." ROFL! "Aww, that'll buff out." LMFAO! Loved it all.

Mover, man, this movie is a classic and one of my favorites! Who doesn't like Arnold! cheers :)

No matter what had been said, Lemoine enjoy it. He really didn't throw out too many punch here. Thank true lie really put a smile on your face.

I really love the mover ruins movies videos, it’s really cool to find out what they did right and wrong with the various planes and such, while still respecting that it’s a movie at the end of the day.

You have to ruin "American Made" with Tom Cruise. It's a really good movie.

"Oh, that'll buff out..." Haha. Great video, man. Thanks for the upload!

While working at MCAS Cherry Point, my Dad helped build the Harrier Seat for ARNOLD. Pretty cool!!

You better not shit on this movie! It's one of my favorites as a kid and it made the harrier one of my favorite aircraft.

Intro Music sounds like that from Escape Plan with Schwarzenegger and Stallone - Great Movie. True Lies was a great movie and Jamie Lee was in nice form. Thanks CW

"There's nothing in the rocket pods..." That moment of realization when you notice that the other guy's wheelgun is totally empty.

7:04 i was waiting for the funny "ok bye", but ya left it out.

.....you're fired. Still one of the best one liners.

Hilarious! Thanks Mover, as always you made my day. Never let the spinny thing on the top stop unless you're on the ground. Peace brother!

Glad you are sharing about how Hollywood uses fake physics. The girl who plays Dana was in the movie Bring It On.

Where is that aviation scene with Jamie Lee Curtis doing that....uh...dance? LOL :)

Although cheesy just like most 90's action movies, it was one of my most memorable movies growing up. It inspired me to start liking home theater stuff as a hobby and ultimately wanting to become an Engineer as a career.

Right at the beginning where Arnie swims under the ice, he dry suit he’s wearing starts as a rear entry which you need help to open the zip then magically turns into a front entry

Thank you for the reminder of young jamie lee curtis' rack and Eliza Dushku.

"Jamie Lee Curtis"... Yum Yum and Yum. Her acting was Honest and Genuine.. That's why a lot of us Love Her. I loved This Movie.

i remember seeing this movie in theatres when it came out. didn't even know harriers existed till i saw them in the movie and was blown away.

Flight of the intruder! Popping smoke!

Tropic Thunder would be the funnest ruin yet. Loved that movie. So quotable, as you did in this one, "Flaming Dragon..." ;)

My wife and I just noticed that we were your age when this movie came out, and you were 11? lol!! Time sure does fly by. Love your channel!

Something else I found funny about the flying scenes. The Harrier is one of the loudest airplanes I've ever been around. There is no way you can talk to someone anywhere near one when it's cranked up!

So they had three Harriers for the filming from VMA-223 costing them a total of $100,736 (I guess the third was a spare since you only ever see two, marked WP-03 and WP-16, in the film). Arnold's plane is a 1:1 scale fibreglass replica with a real Harrier canopy and landing gear (I guess for authenticity) with acetylene gas-guns. Some of the sequence is greenscreen work on a sound stage, but more impressively some of it _wasn't_ , with the prop being "puppeteered" using a tower crane that was painted out in post-production. Said prop was then left in a desert somewhere until 2012 where they dusted it off and used it in the SHIELD helicarrier scene in The Avengers (it's the one Thor knocks The Hulk into) and then got bought by Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, where it was refurbished and put on display.

We used to call them "Skairrers" when I was in. Before I got out, I know you had to be at least an O-3 to be considered to fly one or be on the promotion list for O-3 at the end of flight school for it because they are so hard to control. They burn lots of JP-8 and generate tons of engine heat while hovering so I never saw them do that while deployed, only short takeoffs and vertical landing on amphibs. First time I ever saw one hover was while working an air show during Family Day. I was like "Oh, so that's what that looks like...". Was just as amazed as the kids watching it.

The Navy also worked with the producers of JAG when they allowed filming of F-14s. Live Free or Die Hard is a another fun one but with the F-35B.

As a kid growing up in Houston, TX circa Summer of 1993, my best friend and I used to frequent to Ellington Field on Saturday afternoons to watch the F-16s from the TX ANG and NASA T-38s fly. South West Services was a FBO that refueled all of the transient military aircraft making cross countries, so we would always ride our bikes to the field and hang out all day to see if we would see something interesting. We saw two harriers taxi in one afternoon. Once they were shutdown and parked, the crew came into the FBO to use the facilities and grab a snack. The crews always said hello, made small talk with us, and would usually offer a walk around of their aircraft while they suited up if they weren't too pressed for time. If you were really lucky, you'd get to look or sit in the cockpit. If they had family meeting them there, that's when they usually let you tag along for the cockpit tours. One of the plane spotter photography nuts that was there most days asked about the live missiles and asked what that was about. He said that they were CATM 9s and they were painted white for an Arnold movie that they were heading to Key West to do some flying for. This was our lucky day because we got to sit in one of the jets and got a VMA-223 patch. Fast forward 2 years to summer blockbuster season, BAM! There were the two Marines pilots that were so kind to two nerdy kids at Ellington Field on the big screen.

I enjoyed this very much. True Lies is a great movie.

When I was at Yokota the Marines would come through every now and then and do a hover departure. It was always cool.

I Iove these! You’re commentary is just gold. It always gives me a laugh and cheers me up to watch you ruin movies 👍

One of the most entertaining movies made. If I'm channel surfing and I come across this one, I ALWAYS stop and watch whatever is left. (Same category as Die Hard, Rambo, Robo Cop, Terminator, etc)

I remember seeing a Harrier fly over me at an air show and they are REALLY loud and scary even when they aren’t shooting at you.

Dude that gun sounded right. Sincerely, the Crossman pumpmaster 760 with the optional 5 round pellet clip.

Good show man! 👍, and those harriers, I want to fly one someday!

These crack me up. Excellent work.

14 year old Eliza Dushku ,before she was "Faith" on BTVS

This movie is frickin perfect

LOL I was actually there on Brickell Av watching that Harrier hanging from a crane the entire day. They had built extra floors on that building and repeatedly blew glass windows down to the street for hours to film that. As a aviation enthusiast the filming of this movie completely ruined my workday.

How about a reaction to “Airport 75”, “Airport 77” , “Airport 79” and “Air Force One”? Thanks!

At least they used real aircraft back then, instead of some fancy CGI.

Yes! Final Countdown! That will be great. Also have noticed the sound of A-10s are usually incorrect in movies, engines and 30MM are never right.

I met the Marine pilot that flew the Harrier, callsign Nasty, in the movie while working in Iraq. They replaced him on the bridge with taller actors in flight gear.

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