Showtime (2002): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Showtime (2002): Difference between revisions
[[Image:ShowtimeSaiga122.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Opposite side view of the stunt Saiga-12 from ''Showtime''. Image from Prop Store of London.]]
[[Image:ShowtimeSaiga122.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Opposite side view of the stunt Saiga-12 from ''Showtime''. Image from Prop Store of London.]]
[[Image:Showtime 022.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lazy Boy ([[Mos Def]]) uses the Saiga in the compact form. (Notice how the flip-up barrel is completely flat with no exit. This is not the same gun fired at the truck later in the film (seen above screenshot), which was seen with an open fold down barrel when it was removed from the bag.)]]
[[Image:Showtime 022.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lazy Boy ([[Mos Def]]) uses the Saiga in the compact form. (Notice how the flip-up barrel is completely flat with no exit. This is not the same gun fired at the truck later in the film (seen above screenshot), which was seen with an open fold down barrel when it was removed from the bag.)]]
[[File:Showtime 238.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ceasar Vargas ([[Pedro Damian]]) holds the modified Saiga while holding Chase Renzi ([[Rene Russo]]) hostage.]]
[[Image:Showtime 238.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ceasar Vargas ([[Pedro Damian]]) holds the modified Saiga while holding Chase Renzi ([[Rene Russo]]) hostage.]]
[[Image:ShowtimeCeaserwithSaiga.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Ceasar Vargas ([[Pedro Damian]]) aims the modified Saiga.]]
Showtime is a 2002 action comedy directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon) and starring Robert De Niro as Mitch Preston, a no-nonsense LAPD detective who is partnered with Trey Sellars (Eddie Murphy), a patrol officer who has dreams of becoming an actor. Together they become stars of their own reality program as they investigate the use of a very deadly weapon in several crimes. The cast includes Rene Russo and William Shatner as himself.
The following weapons were used in the film Showtime (2002):
The unique weapon used by Ceasar Vargas (Pedro Damian) in the film is a modified Saiga-12 shotgun. It's mentioned by the gun expert Charlie Hertz in the film as "the gun that's not supposed to exist". Designed specifically for this movie and built by gunsmiths Larry Zanoff and the late Jim Boland, the weapon is mentioned to fire depleted uranium shells. It is seen fired in both its compact configuration and in its full extended configuration. The weapon is also fitted with a green laser sight and C-more red dot sight. This weapon was later prominently featured in the series Firefly, as Jayne's favorite gun "Vera".
LAPD Detective Mitch Preston (Robert De Niro) is seen carrying a Beretta 9000S at the beginning of the film. He hides it in a large slush cup when he goes undercover to a drug buy.
A thug is seen with a SIG-Sauer P229 with a stainless slide during the undercover sting. The pistol is later seen in the hands of Mitch's undercover partner Ray (Nestor Serrano).