12 Dumbest Action Movie Weapons

History has given us many impressive weapons throughout the centuries. Morningstars, broadswords and war scythes, to name a few.

Then movies came online, like other mediums, and gave us more variety of exotic weaponry. Lasers, lightsabers, plasma cannons... the list goes on.

And then there's these...

What seem like pretty sweet weapons of choice to start with are actually, on closer inspection, a bit dumb.

Sharpened items of clothing? Guns with more mod-cons than my car? Build-it-yourself broadswords?

One would wager that at the time of writing, and subsequent filming, a lot of yes man signed off on what they thought they were killer design choices. It's only under the scrutiny of the public eye that you realise how naff they really are.

Even taking away the real world applications of these, they still come across as pretty dumb in their own movie-verses. How can a five-pointed frisbee/boomerang really be the best legendary weapon going? I wouldn't trust myself with it.

Yet sadly, here we are. We're at the point now where someone should be hanging their head in shame at what silliness they put out to the public.

So, with an air of self-righteousness, let's have a look at a dozen of the dumbest movie weapons ever.

Let's start this on a positive opinion: the first Highlander film is an amazing concept. Alright, the execution is a bit wonky, and we never talk about the sequel, but its heart was in the right place.

That being said, there are some massive flaws that can't be ignored. Like how MacLeod can sit on a chair with a full length sword supposedly tucked in his coat, for example.

Yet one of the more feasible elements of this film is also one of the most impractical: the Kurgan's modern day sword.

I get that you can't walk around New York with a broadsword, so portability and discretion is advised. But its biggest weakness is well, its weakest point. it clips together in the middle. Presumably it can be unclipped to put away, right?

Surely you wouldn't buy it for a single assembly usage?

But if it can come apart with a bit of force, then it's really not fit for purpose as a sword. You know, those things you swing and hit objects with force.

That'd be embarrassing in the middle of a dual to the death.