Here Are 10 Movies Recommended For Every Call of Duty Player. Have You Watched Them All?
There is nothing like hearing the roar of your PC loading up Call of Duty and your Surround Sound speakers blasting the audio of gun fire, grenades, and people screaming. Call of Duty gives us a war like experience and many what if scenarios that every year we run to the store to buy them. Movies have that same affect on people. We wait in line for hours at the theater just to watch our favorite movie. When it comes out on DVD and Blu-ray, we run to the store and rush to buy it to enjoy it at home.
For me, many of my games and my movies have things in common. Sometimes I wonder if the developers were inspired by movies or the movies were inspired by games. Here are ten movies that every Call of Duty fan should enjoy.
Nothing like the sound of gun fire in the morning
10. Miami Vice
Did we do that?
I think we need to run
Miami Vice: After their former contact dies, two South Florida detectives go undercover to stop the drug trade that is plaguing their city.
This movie at first glance has nothing in common with the Call of Duty franchise, but after watching it and watching it again you start to see a glimmer of Modern Warfare 2 in the film. Colin Farrell’s and Jamie Foxx’s Characters feel like Task Force 141 from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. In many ways this Movie and the Games have the same formula, heavy on the action, but not so heavy on the story and plot.
The movie is the classic action movie and many fans of the call of duty series will love, that Part of the movie. You get to see that being an undercover officer is a very dangerous job and the lines do get blurred when you get more involved. You will love the action, actors, and gun fire. Much like Call of Duty you will hate the lack of evolution with the story and plot.
Why you should watch it? Action, Good Actors, beautiful setting
9. Heat
We need the money
This is not the bank vault
Heat: A group of thieves screws up a job that leaves a LAPD Detective and his team hot on their trail. The thieves try one more job to secure their future.
The action of the Call of Duty Modern warfare Series was taken out of this movie. If you enable the gore in modern warfare 2 you will get the airport mission where you have to shoot up the airport as a terrorist. That mission feels just like The Bank Robbery job in the movie. In many ways the movie has the same excitement as this movie. But this movie fails at is the plot and storytelling.
Fans of Scarface, The Godfather films, and action movies in general will love this movie. Fans of Battlefield and Call of Duty will love this film too.
Why you should watch it? Good Action, Good Acting, Ok plot and story
8. Red Dawn 1984 & 2012
We love McDonalds
hurry and vomit already
I do not know what to order
Red Dawn 2012: A marine and his brother lead a group of kids and try to free their town after it gets invaded by a group of North Korean troops.
Red Dawn is the classic what if scenario, that Call of Duty is known for. You can even have a debate that most of the missions in Call of Duty Modern Warfare is based off the 1984 version of Red Dawn. Even if you have only seen the 2012 version, the movie no matter what year you saw it still is pretty much Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
Red Dawn no matter what year is a must watch. You have believable characters. A semi believable scenario. Action, emotion, everything that is in Call of Duty is in this film one form or another. If you do not believe me, watch the movie then play Modern Warfare 2 mission “Wolverines”.
Why you should watch it? Good Story, Good Action, Entertaining
7. Behind Enemy Lines
Stop or I will shoot!
Too late for you... Sorry
Behind Enemy Lines: A Navy Pilot gets shot down in enemy territory and has to find a way to make it to the safe zone while his commanding officer does everything he can to save him and bring him home.
I am not going to have any Call of Duty reference because it will damage this movie. Behind Enemy Lines is a movie that should be watched. It’s a semi perfect example of what happens if a soldier or soldiers get trapped behind enemy lines. The fear, the emotion, and the pain these soldiers have to go through when they are stranded. I think Owen Wilson did an excellent job in this movie.
In honesty this movie should be watch because it’s a good film. Fans of Call of Duty and any action films will like this movie. Fans of Owen Wilson will be surprised by his performance.
Why you should watch it? Good Acting, Good Action, Good Plot and Good Storytelling
6. The Kingdom
I am sorry my gun is too heavy
My gun is not Heavy, I am a professional
The Kingdom: a Group of Government Agents go to the Middle East to investigate some bombings.
This movie should have been lower on the list, but there are a few things this movie gets right that I feel the others did not get so right. I feel this movie did not glorify a serious matter and shows both sides. I think most importantly this movie show cases both sides. You have the terrorists but you get a glance into the mindset of the terrorists. They do not poke fun of the seriousness but they do not drown you in it. It’s the same with Call of Duty. This film has the action. It has everything to make it entertaining for anyone that wants to watch it.
Why you should watch it? Good Action, Believable Plot, Entertaining
5. Black Hawk Down
Why are you touching my thigh?
Clean up in the square
Black Hawk Down: US Soldiers fight for theirs lives after they are over run trying to capture two dangerous warlords
Based on true events, action pack, emotional, and well made. This is a war movie that all modern warfare movies should take notes from. It did everything right in terms of make it a believable war movie. But I feel this movie failed in bring the true events to life. I feel they just focused on the juicy stuff to sell tickets.
What you learn from this movie is we are all capable of anything. What those soldiers went through is true testament of their courage and strength as a human being. This movie is not only entertaining but gives you that insight on what soldiers go through when a mission does not go as planned.
Why you should watch it? Based on true events, Great Action, Great Acting
4. Green Zone
Who are those guys?
We did the hard job for you
Green Zone: Bad Information and other factors lead a US Army officer to go rogue while he looks for Weapons of Mass Destruction.
In Call of Duty you just get the mission and you play through the mission. You rarely see the planning and everything else. Green Zone gives you a look at the stages leading up to the start of the mission and the mission itself. It shows you the politics of war. What do the civilians go through when their country is at war? This movie feels real without being real. Matt Daemon’s performance is top notch. This movie shows you the big picture in a way. The inner workings of war.
You do not just get action and a good war movie. You learn about politics and a little about the mind set of war and the soldier’s mindset. This movie is must see for anyone that wants to enjoy a complete movie on modern warfare.
Why you should watch it? Good Action, Good Drama, Good Special affects
3. Lone Survivor
Are we there yet?
I found it!
Lone Survivor: A team of US soldiers go on a mission to capture or kill a terrorist leader.
If you like Black hawk Down then you will like this film and more. I cannot find any comparison to Call of Duty but that is a good thing. This movie is based on a true story and I feel they did a great job retelling that story. Everything feels right. The seriousness, the emotion, the action, the setting, and the plot all feel right and not hyped to sell the movie. You get a better understanding of Soldier’s life when they are serving their country. You get the process they go through when they get a mission. This movie is a learning movie with action embedded in it.
Anyone should watch this movie. Even if you are not a fan of war movies, you should watch this movie. The acting, the action, the drama, the emotion, it’s all there, and this movie delivers in all fronts.
Why you should watch it? based on true events, great action, great acting, funny, great drama, good special affects,
2. Fury
My gun is bigger than yours
oh yeah... Take this!
Fury: Brad Pitt leads a group of soldiers into enemy territory as they try to beat the Nazis.
A lot of people forgot about the horrors of World War two and how easily it can happen again. I feel this movie is a success and why it’s high on this list is because of the fact it teaches us about past wars. It’s not only an action packed war movie. Its a movie that shows us how close Hitler and the axis powers were to conquering the world. This movie is entertaining, it has the drama, emotion. It has everything. I see a lot of similarities among this movie and Call of Duty 1, 2, 3 and World at War.
The Acting on this movie is top notched. I am not a big fans of the actors that were in this movie, but I liked them in this movie. You can tell they worked hard on giving a great performance. I could not find a bad thing about this movie. I am sure there are bad things in this movie, but I was enjoying it too much to spot them. Fans of any War movies or shooter games will love this film.
Why you should watch it? Great War Movie, Great Action, great Drama, Outstanding Acting,
1. Saving Private Ryan
I hope there is food on this boat
I am not sea sick. I am not sea sick
Saving Private Ryan: A group of soldiers goes behind enemy lines to find a solider after they learn his brothers have already been killed in action.
This is the golden standard to War movie making. This movie hitting the notes on everything. You could not ask for a better War movie. If the action does not get you, the story and emotion will. The concept of “No Man gets Left Behind” is so true in this movie. Not only do you get good actors playing roles that feel to fit them. You get beautiful camera angles, camera shots, positioning, I swear you cannot get any better than this film in the War genre.
I feel this movie is more history than any of the Call of Duty games. Its number one for so many reasons and instead of saying them I will just let you watch the film and enjoy it yourself. Fans of History, War, Call of Duty, Action, Drama, and Emotions will all love this movie. It has something for everyone.
Why you should watch it? Won five Oscars, 67 nominations, Great Action Movie, Great Drama Movie, Great War Movie, Great Plot, Great Acting
So there is my list I hope you people enjoy these movies and comment below about them or any movie you have seen that is good.
