There's a video (from Insider I believe) of an actual EOD specialist talking about The Hurt Locker, and he tore it to pieces for its lack of realism.

This was a weird one. It was more like someone making generalized commentary and observations, not an expert using their experience and/or knowledge to inform the viewer what these movies and scenes do right and wrong.

Got to be nervous about a video that starts with someone calling the Hurt Locker realistic...

The first person that I've heard describe the Hurt Locker as anything but fanciful Hollywood garbage, including two EOD officers that said they would never have done anyting like it is shown in that movie nor did they ever see anyone do anything like it was shown in the Hurt Locker.

"Mastering the art of classical warfare has always been my call of duty. Modern warfare, too."

I watched the hurt locker with my dad on a NATO base in Italy when it came out, contrary to what is said in the video everyone on base said it was super unrealistic and didn't like it was getting so much praise when it came out for specifically the ''realism''. All my dads military friends felt the same way

the hurt locker is universally despised by p much every single vet ive ever talked to and everyone talks about how bs it was. wtf are you talking about

My experience is most people in the military seem to dislike when people suggest the Hurt Locker is "realistic". Cracked had an excellent video on it many moons ago.

I've seen all of these movies and these scenes were heart stopping at the time. Putting them all together in this video is almost too much to bear, especially "Beasts". What horrible things we do to each other. Thanks for the great video- xoxo

He lost me when he said the Hurt Locker was accurate.

Any expert that calls an RPG, one of the most easily recognizable and distinctive weapons of all time, a “bazooka” or a “rocket launcher” is, frankly, straining their credibility a bit.

He also refers to an RPG as a bazooka

Veterans HATE "The Hurt Locker" and have made a ton of videos ripping it apart.

>Claims to be a modern conflict expert. >Perpetuates AK platform myths. >Calls anything shoulder fired a "bazooka".

The only accurate things I've heard from vets about the Hurt Locker is that scene where he's standing in the grocery store staring down the long aisle.

Tell me this guy is just pretending to be a 'NATO advisor', unless he advises them on photocopiers.

We love James. I love his take on these films. Very insightful

As a veteran I normally love military reaction videos, but only by people who actually know what they're talking about. This guy hasn't served a day in his life and got so many things wrong it became embarrassing.

Interesting. Thanks!

My dude lost all credibility when he called hurt locker accurate🤣🤣🤣. The only thing accurate about the hurt locker is that they were defusing IEDs in a desert💀👍🏼. The director was making a love story between the sergeant and danger. And he took a lot of creative license to do so in an attention grabbing way. But there is almost no accuracy in that movie at all

Quite interesting watching a non-expert reviewing movies. Maybe I could be the next reviewer in this series? I've seen a bunch of movies too, and can also talk semi coherently about them for the next video.

dude really just called an RPG-7 launcher a "bazooka" Yall might want to find a new modern military expert lol

I'm reminded of the scene in "lord of war" where the one African leader says "a bullet from one of them(children) is just as deadly" Or something to that effect.. Another good movie... Though I've no idea as to the accuracy of the entire movie, just that it's based on a real person I believe in Enemy at the Gates in relation to sniping it's mentioned you can tell if someone is married or not, if they shaved that day in relation to the intimacy of shooting someone from a distance, you know their eye color, and even their rank (as Jude Laws character decides not to take shots on certain Germans because they're just privates

I lvoed Eye in the Sky, the tension they put in that movie was brilliant, considering the whole thing takes place over a very short period of time and all about just 1 strike

The guy was a NATO advisor? 😬 Not the most trusting of sources then

JAMES ROGERS lost credibility when he said The Hurt Locker was “meticulously researched and incredibly accurate film”. As a Marine Corps Veteran (1991 - 2005) working in the motion picture industry, mainly military projects, that movie sucked! James gets a thumbs down from me 👎

We ran across a few child soldiers in Angola back in '76 that had been fielded by the MPLA......

Is it just me or is this guy trying way too hard? He definitely loves the sound of his own voice. Talking just to talk.

Great video

Sorry mate, but you lost me when you described the Hurt Locker 'meticulously researched' and 'accurate'. What do you advise NATO on? Interior design and soft furnishings? Because there's no way it's anything conflict related.

He doesn't strikee as particularly knowledgeable. The HURT locker is based off a book by a British ATO officer. His delivery is rambling and confused

Knows the name of AKs... Dosent know a RPG....

Beasts of No Nation is a MUST WATCH for everyone. A terrible terrible hard to watch movie that everyone should watch. Edit: talking about Nazi use of child soldiers is the scene from Band of Brothers where Captain Winters shoots a Nazi child soldier that's maybe 13 without a thought and it haunts him

He opened this with drones for some strange reason a bait and switch was used and drone technologies were not the main focus here . Blame the creators .

this dude really likes the sound of his own voice

AKs are pretty accurate. That's a huge misconception that people have and it bothers me. The cartridge itself (7.62x39) is inherently not as accurate as our NATO cartridge (5.56x45) but that doesn't make it inaccurate. The reason people think this is because the rifles that are as inaccurate, the barrels are shot out and they are mainly used as a volley fire weapon. You can get AKs that are 1moa, it is possible.

The Serbo-Chetniks during the early 90s weren't bothered about killing non-combatants: women, children and the like.

I think it's a RPG 7 not a bazooka.

4:17 Really? Because I saw an expert Bomb diffuser comment on it and give it 6/10 for accuracy.

AK-47s are not universally easy to use and the Hurt Locker was not well received by actual soldiers as opposed to academics that haven't even been through basic. It is irksome as a veteran to see people who have only studied the military from afar get it so incorrect and also be considered an expert. This isn't to say that civilians can't be experts but maybe if he hadn't gotten some of the more basic things incorrect he'd have more rhetorical authority, as it is...gonna be a no from me.

The Hardest decision is not WHO to shoot but WHEN NOT TO SHOOT!!!!!!!!!

maybe "Eye in the Sky" is set in the near future. this would explain the bug drones (there are already prototypes, but they are not used in service because battery technology is still insufficient) and the high-resolution videos.

Beasts of no nation is a v good film and Idris Elba is excellent as always 👍

How is Hurt Locker underrated with 5 Oscars, inkl. the biggest, best film and director? Also, it’s not that great, let alone realistic.

His pauses ….drove….me…..nuts

Great!

I think History Hit has also a video about the AK Family of guns and why it is unlikely that any existing rifle in such a conflict might be a true AK 47... As that wasn't issued widely but represents only a preseries style of Model, with most produced guns belonging to other "editions" like AK50 or AK-M and later versions.

Was this guy involved in the making of the hurt locker?

Homie really called an RPG a bazooka, the Hurt Locker “accurate” and an AK-47 inaccurate…..sorry bro, you’re not really showing credibility 😂

Drone pilots are such cowards.

You cant exactly talk about American Sniper's depiction without addressing Kyle's tenuous connection to reality

I know JoJo Rabbit is very much fiction, but one of JoJo's friends from the Hitler Youth is in the front lines

Glad im not the only onw laughing at him calling the hurt locker accurate, its the war movie non military people love, real soldiers hate. Maybe it was a kind of accurate scene i dont know for sure i only have limited explosives experience, but yeah that movie is the opposite of an accurate depiction

Why didn't bomb teck carry huge bolt cutters with him to begin with? I thought this scene stupid in several levels! But love movie as one of my favs! Hope you look at snipers screen?

Could you get Lucy Worsley on one of these?

Here in the Philippines Communist Rebels recruits children as young as 8 years old to be employed as child soldiers. Many of those kids got hit during combat encounters and they still shouted "MAMA" if they got hit.

This is fascinating. I like how angry he is about the horrors of war

12:00 honestly, and maybe MORE upsettingly, i don't think these kids ever even had the thought that they COULD be somewhere else. There's no "this feels right, they feel like family". It's al they've ever known, all their parents knew, the only life they are even aware of.

I'm pretty sure the assault weapons depicted in Beasts are AK74's not 47's.

Waffling, verbose, single track mindset, no insight - Yes this boy is nato

3 things about this video 1) Great video 2) it's great to see the expert review the content about the the clips more than nit picking too many details and 3) Idris Elba played that role played brilliantly and it must have messed him up on a personal level to some degree, that was some awful stuff to be even depicted by actors!

the hurt locker didn't put that much research in as the troops arnt even in the correct uniform

Military historian called the RPG a Bazooka.... aaaand there goes his credibility Also.... i served with a Kalashnikov variant produced in 1982, if you think AKs are inaccurate, YOU are the inaccurate one.

This guy sounds EXACTLY like the bald guy Simon from biographics, even the pauses and everything

You are slightly off on 12 strong. It’s the true story of the first 12 green berets to go into combat against the ones responsible for 911. Although license was used in the movie as all movies do for mere filming logistics, and or dramatics. They ride on horses and imbedded with the adversary war lord general against the taliban. Furthermore their primary diary was calling in air strikes which is done by a JTAC operator. Although the laser of a target is an option. I can share countless podcasts and interviews of the soldiers tasked with this assignment. And it’s largely done by coordinates, popping of colored smoke as a reference and then pilots are instructed to strike north south east or west of the smoke or some combination of that based on the map, and compass readings of the area. Mis-drops happen all the time and a need for a correction of fire is common. Many times that’s why they’ll walk the rounds up to danger close to blue in blue forces. Although probably fictionalized getting closer is a feasible response to helping to zero the rounds to the target. I’ve watched countless Interviews on how hard it is to coordinate accurate jtac attacks based on the stark contrast of the ground reference provided by the jtac operator In coordination with the Birds Eye view of the the pilot provided the much needed air over attack. As someone who has several hours of flight time in a cessna the burds eye view can look much different that the grounds eye view of the same area and although the high ground provides context it can be void of the same details and perspective of the ground view. This happens even in areas that one is very familiar with. I have flown over the same areas I have driven for years and it looks different. Specific landmarks such as buildings and other key landmarks can be difficult to discern from the air. Even freeway identification un VFR can be disorientating. Granted I only have a few hours. Thinking I’m flying along one freeway my CFI instructed me it was a freeway perpendicular to the one I thought I was on. Obviously training can correct this. But it is much harder than the movies make out. That’s why the JTAC duty is so important and the lynch pin to calling in the life saving air cover strikes. Blue on blue attacks are more common than you think. It’s apart of the cost of war. Some Of the most compelling accounts are from the pilots so desperately trying to provide their fellow soldiers on the ground that essential live saving air over. Under pressure and the fog of war it can be a confusing , disorientating, daunting task to say the least. “Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) is the term used in the United States Armed Forces and some other military forces for a qualified service member who directs the action of military aircraft engaged in close air support and other offensive air operations from a forward position”

Come on HH! This guy called a rocket-propelled grenade a bazooka. You can do better 😕

One hell of a video 2 mega thumbs up from a vet of the Iraq war

People who dont know guns bother me, ak-47s arnt a thing anymore. All the aks you see are called “akm”. Also Akms are very accurate. They have an moa of 1.5 at 100 yds, compared to an ar-15 with an moa of 1 at 100 yards.

The AK47/74 was designed to be used by not just trained troops but anyone from a farmer in Vietnam to a Spetznaz specialist. It’s rugged, easy to strip and clean and easy to use after a short time being shown how to use it.

Almost turned it off after he called the hurt locker accurate. But gotta remember he's an academic, never actually experienced situations first hand. Regardless, Jeremy Renner is awesome the hurt locker is trash.

Great vid. I find it interesting about Beasts of No Nation: the commentary he used can easily be applied to any European Monarchy in history. Heck, why did Fernando and Isabela invade Granada in 1492 if not for the massive amount of gold it had?

Lotta guys like Chris Kyle can’t sleep at night

American Sniper is crazy. The average person thinks most times it's cut and dry, and only once or twice you have a tough choice to pull the trigger. Imagine over 100 times you have to make that choice. Life or death. Unfathomable.

We used to watch this movie as a joke, (retired Army EOD Tech)

So this drone expert barely talks about drones? Claims Kyle would get PTSD when really he didn’t care about killing.

Beast of no nation was just sad and depressing

Talking about guided ammunitions and forgets to mention the german Fritz X from WW2....

Damn

A symmetric warfare is here Ukraine has shown how drones can be harnessed for not only visual obs but also for attacking with munitions . Another branch is the micro drones who are loitering munitions autonomous once target has been visually selected . Next step are the micro drone , bugs with a munitions load & able to explode on contact & looking like a bug . We are on the threshold of the next leap in technology , tested in Ukraine .

I liked American Dad's take on The Hurt Locker.

Great commentary. It does seem like the 12 Strong scene where the B-52 misses by a wide mark is unrealistic, especially when you have, in essence, a Forward Air Controller with eyes on target calling in the strike (oops!). Other than that, fantastic movies with gripping scenes of the horror of war.

Ok we get it!! We understand what IED stands for

This guy is no expert. You don't shine laser target designators onto enemy forces when you're dropping dumb bombs. That would be for laser guided bombs which the B-52 doesn't use. Also it's very easy to miss using dumb bombs from high altitude, just a quarter second too early or too late will change the impacts by a hundred yards. Also nobody has used a Bazooka since 1955. RPG's are miles ahead of a Bazooka. Can he study more? Or can you get an actual expert? Thanks

"I am an academic" please tell me what's the most realistic war scenes on film.

Child soldiers in war is happening on almost every continent today? Umm....

Child soldiers are so terrible. I look at my child who isn't much younger than these kids and can't imagine them having to think about anything other than fun and learning new things. On a side note the kids in this film are incredible actors - there should be a class of Oscar for a group of supporting actors rather than a single one.

Hurt Locker and "accurate" don't go together still a good film, Beasts of No Nation is also heavily dramatized and leaves a bad taste in most peoples mouths, American Sniper is a good film but also inaccurate, Chris Kyle (RIP) was portrayed poorly in this film. Eye in the sky is completely made up and 12 Strong is ridiculously dramatized also. Dr Rogers should stick to being a NATO advisor and a specialist on Drone Warfare because he does understand that part of war. This Cornell Lad should stick to what he knows and not try and relate to the veterans he's supposedly studying. However he does not concept nor understand the reality of War. In all not a bad video was entertaining at some parts :)

Is it weird to say you can tell he's an academic but is not quite in the same category as historian James Holland or actual veterans?

Who is this guy, really? He's anything but an "adviser" on modern warfare.

To add context to my comment obviously air support and guiding in booming runs to take out enemy combatants are slightly different animals but they in the same family of animal, and utilize similar tools. Here is an account of an a10 pilot and the difficult task it is to hit the target especially with the added pressure of your fellow troops in contact. And also how seriously the pilots take protecting the troops on the ground. A-10 Pilot Takes Over 100 Anti-Aircraft Hits Over Baghdad kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLNxnqdj3ZfZink.html

the bug drones are definitely real, mr academia cant even use google...

Well, I’m depressed now.

This guy is a war expert? Being military... i can definitely say no.

Hurt locker being accurate?? And talking about the Ak-47 being some sort of recent development in Africa???

The Hurt Locker accurate? I did a tour of Afghanistan and know first hand that it is wildly inaccurate in myriad ways. What has this guy been drinking and can I get some?

I don't think this guy ever saw a battlefield. The tripe he drivels off makes me nauseous.

I'm sorry, did you say the Hurt Locker is an accurate movie? LOL

All the way through that Hurtlocker scene and not even one comment about the EOD having his helmet open while approaching an explosion threat? Stop filming this guy talking about war movies all he does is gush about how much he likes them.

Worst. Scene pulling all those big heavy bombs out of the buried dirt with just thin wires, I dont think anyone could even physically do it, could blow up too ridiculously and wiping wet blood off bullets dirt maybe

Can someone explain to me why the Hurt Locker is so inaccurate?? Genuinely curious. Just see comments criticising it but not why??