Comments on: What is this movie about an ex-military man against a police force, surviving a fire by hiding in a metal box?

Question: What is this movie about an ex-military man against a police force, surviving a fire by hiding in a metal box?

bucko — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:23:23 -0800

Can anyone identify a movie for me? I saw it on television (it could have been on a movie channel), probably in the early 80s. The portion I remember had to do with a guy holed up in a house (or other building). [MI]

The guy was possibly an ex-military type of guy, as I recall that he had booby-trapped the area around the place and set tons of landmines, etc.

Near the end of the film (or possibly the end? I can't recall...) the building is burned down, and he survives by hiding in a metal box of some sort.

Does anyone have any idea what movie this might be?

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:29:26 -0800

Was it The Park Is Mine, by any chance?

I don't remember a building, but he did take over Central Park.

By: Gnatcho

Gnatcho — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:29:39 -0800

Was the film, by any chance, Australian?

Because I remember a similar film, though the title escapes me.

By: Pressed Rat

Pressed Rat — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:59:40 -0800

Who'll Stop the Rain?

By: bucko

bucko — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:16:49 -0800

Judging by the plot summary, "Who'll Stop the Rain" doesn't sound right and "The Park Is Mine" came out in 86... I guess it's possible. Were there landmines, a huge fire and a metal box involved at all?

Gnatcho - It could have been Australian, though I would have seen it in the states.

This has bugged me for at least ten years. I'd love it if the fine readers of Metafilter could help a brother out.

By: bucko

bucko — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:24:52 -0800

Aah, and for what it's worth, I remember reading Stephen King's "Roadwork" years later and thinking that there were some parallels between the book and the Film Which Has Yet to Be Named...

By: JDC8

JDC8 — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:13:27 -0800

How about 1981's Harry's War, a movie I remember solely because my Mom and I arrived late to the theater and had to watch the middle and end of the movie, then stay for the beginning.

By: bucko

bucko — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:38:31 -0800

Possibly. Do you remember if there was an element involving surviving a fire in a metal box of some sort?

By: lloyder

lloyder — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 01:51:12 -0800

Think it's The Specialist starring the immense talent of Mr Stallone

By: bucko

bucko — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:03:47 -0800

I don't think so. I would have seen it in the early 80s, and the IMDB link you gave dates it in 1994.

By: JDC8

JDC8 — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:23:30 -0800

Well, Harry's War is a little fuzzy, but I do remember him wearing a WWI-era gas mask while stuffing an active tear-gas grenade into a trash bag to launch back at the cops.

I'm not sure that his house was burned down, but he may have taken shelter in a bunker with the military artifacts.

I'd also suggest cross-posting this question at the Fametracker Forums in the "What is this movie?" thread.