Videos tagged with Movie Myth

This video tests the effectiveness of using a pillow as a makeshift silencer, a common trope in movies. The host conducts a sound test by firing a firearm into a pillow multiple times and compares the resulting sound to firing without the pillow. The visual evidence shows the pillow accumulating bullet holes, indicating it was used as a backstop.

Jerry Miculek debunks the Western movie myth of cutting a hangman's rope with a handgun bullet. He demonstrates that while a .45 Colt revolver fails, a heavy .45-70 rifle round can sever the rope. Even a .50 BMG rifle only partially cuts it, highlighting the significant difference in momentum required.