Identify this nighttime assassin scene

January 12, 2006 10:10 PM

A geographer friend needs to identify this movie for a paper: We zoom in via satellite to watch an infrared image of an assassin leaving a tent at night in a desert to enter another tent and kill someone.
posted by mediareport to media & arts (7 comments total)

Possibly Clancy. The scene may be set in the Sahara or North Africa, but it's at least in a desert. The image we see is typical red/orange from an infrared camera as the guy leaves one tent and goes into another. Thanks.
posted by mediareport at 10:11 PM on January 12, 2006

Patriot Games, perhaps?
posted by zardoz at 10:15 PM on January 12, 2006

I second Patriot Games. Irish terrorists training in the desert.
posted by extrabox at 10:17 PM on January 12, 2006

One facet of the film that drew a lot of attention at the time of its release was the inclusion of breathtaking real-time infrared reconnaissance satellite video of SAS special forces troops raiding terrorist training camps.

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posted by mediareport at 10:22 PM on January 12, 2006

Real Genius also begins with a great scene similar to this.
posted by odinsdream at 10:39 PM on January 12, 2006

In the same scene, I remember the emphasizing of the reaction of the senior agency executive in suit, sipping coffee while commenting the killings. Great scene.
posted by XiBe at 2:30 AM on January 13, 2006

Yes, Patriot Games. See also: Syriana.

Both scenes are very disturbing.
posted by mcstayinskool at 9:12 AM on January 13, 2006