12 Dumbest Action Movie Weapons
4. Minigun - Predator
Miniguns by design, are not dumb. On the side of helicopters, to lay down offensive fire, they're very practical.
Lugging one through a jungle isn't.
More importantly, lugging one through a jungle on a supposed reconnaissance mission is both dumb and a massive oversight on Dutch's part. Who signed off on that in the mission briefing?
It didn't take a genius to work out that "Arnie" and "stealth" are not a likely pairing.
But you'd have thought John McTiernan would have at least tried to set the bait, instead of letting Jesse Ventura bring that with him.
What makes it dumb, in this context, is that it doesn't really lend its strength to the plot. Certainly looks impressive when it's tearing through swathes of trees in Mac's hands (as Blaine didn't even get to use it).
Yet, go and watch that scene again and tell me how effective it is...
For all the ammo and testosterone pumped in that patch of jungle, it only wounds the titular terror. Or does it...?
It's so difficult to discern what actually makes it bleed, so they can kill it.