US Marine reacts to The Final Option - SAS Raid Scene (Who Dares Wins)
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You need to watch the scene where 2 SAS blow the wall through into skellans house and take out the terrorists holding his wife & daughter hostage. It's the best scene in the movie so ruthless and clinical.
I agree...it adds up to the tension to the final assault
Agreed..think it was cut from this youtube video.
The main actor was also in The Professionals
Agreed. Remember it 40 yrs on.
Saw this in 1981. Absolutely brilliant
Roger that!
The film came out in 82, the star Brit actor Lewis Collins went through SAS selection in his private life to join 23 SAS a reserve army SF unit. But had to leave as he was to well known for any Brit SF unit. I'm a Brit infantry pensioner.
He was a para but never in the SAS. he did sit and pass the SAS entrance tests in 1983 but was rejected due to his Celebrity status. he was in 10th battalion the Paras from 1979 - 1983. he was 33 when he passed out as a Para which is pretty impressive.
@@keithstirton7049 Several people, including myself have said exactly the same thing. He was rejected due to his fame. In another post I claimed to be 54th on the balcony, please don't take me seriously.
He was also on the list to play bond at some point
Check out the professionals tv show from the 70s he was awesome in that
I love how you explain he was too famous for secret work unlike Noel coward and Cary grant who where both spies or David Niven army intelligence and lots more world famous actors or bear grylls (23 SAS) or Ben Collins (the stig)
@@redrb26dett Coward and Grant were used exactly because they were well known as celebrities and stretching the term spy a little, Niven was pretty legit though working in reconnaissance in France.
Obviously Grills was in the SAS before he was famous.
The soundtrack is badass. That scene of the guys running down the corridor is iconic.
All the extras portraying the SAS, rappelling out of the helos and raiding the building. Were genuine SAS operatives doing all the action for real, just as if it was a genuine exercise.
The producers and actors, especially the film's star Lewis Collins (The Undercover SAS guy with the terrorists). Worked extremely closely with the SAS in making the film. Lewis was also already serving as a part-time Private in 10 Para. A reserve battalion of the Parachute Regiment. And was extremely physically fit.
He spent many weeks at the SAS's base in Hereford. Watching them work, and socialising and drinking with them. Both observing and learning. After the film, he applied for selection into 23 SAS, the SAS Reserve.
He passed the first fitness phase of selection in the Brecon Beacon mountains. But was then told. That realistically there was no point continuing with the next 2 phases. Because as a major British actor. He was too famous and easily recognised. Consequently, he'd never be allowed to go on actual SAS operations. He accepted it with good grace and fully retired from reserve military service in 1983.
He was one of the actors strongly considered to replace Roger Moore as James Bond. But the producer Cubbi Broccoli didn't like his audition and rejected him. With the role ultimately being awarded to Timothy Dalton.
Unfortunately, soon after this, his acting career began a continued decline. By the mid-1990s offers for roles had pretty much dried up. And he was eventually forced to retire from acting. And live out his last decade in the USA running his own business selling computer equipment. He died of cancer in November 2013 at the age of 67.
Thanks, Andy. This is a terrific film. I've watched many times. It shows the best of Great Britain's Special Forces. Lewis Collins was a great actor, he passed too young. Would you know, what type of cancer he had?
Excellent overview of Lewis Collins, his part in Who Dares Wins, later career and life. He also played a great character called Bodie in the TV series The Professionals with Martin Shaw and Gordon Jackson, prior to this movie.
Proper badass. I’ve always rated Dalton as Bond though. I’ve always felt he played it like Fleming wrote him - cold and somewhat detached, ruthless. And then came along Daniel Craig and the rest is history 😊
Wow..thanks for sharing this hard to obtain info
They were real SAS troopers, hence why they kept their respirators on.
The great Lewis Collins was screen-tested for James Bond, 'For Your Eyes Only', but was deemed too tough to play him back then. He was born too soon, for Daniel Craig has made Bond tough now, but Lewis Collins still remains the best actor never to be James Bond. He was my hero growing up in early eighties in the UK, and watching him as Bodie in The Professionals. R.I.P. Lewis Collins.
And those of us old enough can recognise the original "equaliser" in the background playing the policeman in uniform "Edward woodward"
Remember this film very well
Edward WoodWoodWard as he was jokingly known as.
@@mthraves think the 2 Ronnie's called him "fart in a bath"
Fantastic actor in Callan
people shitting on the guy here...immortalized in wicker man..nuff said
And the original Equalizer. @@johnsharp6618
Love the fact you respect us Brit's. Coming from Hereford I'm proud of these guys they do an amazing job. 👍🇬🇧
Came out the first week I finished basic training at Whittington Barracks, 9 of us (in awful hawaiian shirts as was tradition 😁) hopped on a train into Birmingham and watched this at the cinema. Was awesomeness. We'd had a few drinks and on the way back my mates Teddy and Snots did full length of the train, pretend weapons up, slapping each other on shoulder saying "moving!" and shouting "clear!!!" at the end of each carriage!! All the civvies laughing at them but being really tolerant coz they could tell we we're squaddies and would be off to Northern Ireland soon. Good Times......... 🤗
Bullshit.. and i hope some of yas got a hole in your heads. IF you did comeover here.
@@brendym.maguire5004 clearly never got a hole in there heads if they have commented. You fucking Melt!!
We drove past the Iranian embassy on a school trip to watch England vs Wales at Wembley post siege back in the eighties, all the windows where blown out and the outside was burnt black. I think they left it like that for quite a while as a symbol of power. Very excited coach full of lads when we saw it for real 😮 have watched this raid clip 100s of times, you defo should of included the Mews scene ❤
I love this film, you definitely need to watch it Theo, the lead actor auditioned for the James bond gig, but apparently was to aggressive, probably the best bond we never had.
Yeah its a shame, Lewis Collins was born to play 007 and was a Para. I think he even passed the 1st phase of SAS selection
Lewis Collins, the lead actor in the movie, wanted to do selection for the SAS for real. he had already completed the Paras P Company and initially he was going to be allowed but then they decided he would be too high profile. He was a hard case for real, not just acting.
He actually did pre and full selection and passed until they noticed who he was and said no due to being in the movie.
@@bullseye375 Thats not true, the rumour is he passed the hills phase and was politely rejected. Source : Rusty Firmin youtube channel.
Lewis was a tough bastard thats for sure ,The professionals series being a fave of mine, where he played an ex SAS trooper.
@@bullseye375 "He actually did pre and full selection and passed until they noticed who he was and said no due to being in the movie."
- he DID NOT ruclips.net/video/EbzvHnB5tZc/видео.html&ab_channel=CHRISTHRALL
- he passed the FIRST phase before the SAS curtailed his selection due to his status
@@bullseye375 There was a interview with a guy who knew members of 21 SAS at the time that Lewis Collins tried selection. He didn't pass full selection, he passed Hills Phase and was due to move on but then was asked to withdraw due to fame. It was a story wrapped in mystery for years with lots of claims and counter claims about his service, but this guy even knew him and was an extra in the film,
If you are interested its on the "Got the T Shirt" youtube channel
Actually it wasn't hard to find
ruclips.net/video/EbzvHnB5tZc/видео.html
RIP Lewis Colins, who would have made an excellent 007. As most people here have said, watch the film, it's a great unapologetic ride, with good guys, bad guys and bags of action riding on the tails of the Embassy siege. And a great score by Roy Budd too!
I loved how cool and unflappable Skellan (Lewis Collins) was in the scenes in the ambassador's residence. Absolutely nothing fazed him, even though his life and his family's lives were in immediate danger.
Lewis was the best Bond we never had. RIP warrior
Cracking film still have it on VHS. Made me join the Marines, Sniper, SFSG and had a great career. Thanks to this Film and many others like it. Still gives me goosebumps to this day
Remember this film well. There's another great scene where the SAS free hostages from a house by infiltrating the terrace house next door, then blow the wall and speedily double tap shoot in the head the hostage taking terrorists. This is just before the scenes shown in your vid. Thanks for showing this great old action flick!
Did you notice that one of the two Regiment guys, had an empty pistol?
First Protocol?
The SAS performed the stunts in the black kit in both the mews scenes and the embassy scene. The performers struggled with the kit and moving in the mask. They wanted to keep the bloopers that you saw in( the trooper on fire, the trooper landing on his bum whilst abseiling after shooting the terrorist on the third floor. Their reasoning was that it added a touch of realism; missions can go wrong and they have to adapt to complete the main objective; in this case rescuing the hostages and taking out the hostage takers.
@@francessweeney2308At Prince's Gate an Opo was actually lit on fire. The movie 6 Days is the only one I've seen about that. Excellent. For a real reveal about special ops, check out 15 Days of War. GIGN.
A lot of people thought LEWIS COLLINS would have made a great James Bond at the time, but it did not materialize more the pity
Deemed too 'aggressive' at the time for where Bond was at the time.
Cue 30 years later....Daniel Craig.
@@Sidneyyoungblood75 yeah it's a tough one as the gig went to Dalton who in fairness is actually very underrated as bond
The lead Lewis Collins, he's passed now, started real life SAS selection under the Territorial Army in UK 2-1 SAS (reservist) , I guess its like your part time army in US but apparently due to his high profile was denied entry to the Regiment, he was Hollywood basically but also very fit and as hard as nails. Therefore Lewis had more that an insight to the Regiment he tried to get in. Rusty Firmin amazing, the Man with no gloves that stormed the Iranian embassy said that Lewis while making this film came for a piss up at Hereford 22 SAS and was shown around (limited what he was shown, but was still privileged enough to meet our heroes, get pissed up and see a bit of what goes on. Lewis Collins in a different life would have been a grey man and therefore a trooper I guess, he may well have passed selection from all the accounts and what I have read about and moved on to the Regiment. Love this film. Love your channel! Mark
This was a euphoric thing to see as a kid. I was 11 when it came out and I loved it. Saw it a while later on to. The music, the kick-ass depictions of the SAS and the whole national pride in the SAS was stored right up.
Awesome.
Great reactions too. Love your channel. Much respect to you, Sir.
The insertion scene looks so good, because the SAS said - well, you're borrowing our helicopters, do you want our boys to do the raid scene for you??
Yes, you need to watch the whole movie. (NO green screen and unrealistic stunts like todays movies.......)
The BETTER scene, is where they rescue Scalen's wife, (the undercover SAS operator) - also based on the Embassy raid, with the use of spy cameras, the M.O.E. and the police officer!!!!
Oh, also, they were the ones who INVENTED the flash-bang, and fast roping....
That was a great movie. I remember watching it a few years after it came out we got our first VHS player. It's probably the first 80's movie where we see someone reload a weapon lol. Most movies at the time, everyone had infinite ammo.
If you like old war films, you should take a look at Zulu, the best old British war film
Full of mistakes all the way through. & the family of Private (later Sergeant) Hook were angry at the portrayal of him. It is a spiffing yarn but not history. In 1964 there were family who knew Henry as he died in 1905.
I was just about to say the same thing about Zulu. I've read about some of the inaccuracies, and where some of the VC medals ended up, due to the recipients failing on hard times.
Though, I remember watching it in the pictures, (movies) and by heck, the hairs on the back of my neck were standing.
For all it's inaccuracies, what a great military tale. Definitely worth a watch. 👍
I would say the film Waterloo was better
@@damedusa5107 Technically not British, it's Russian-Italian
@@nobudgetcomments2742 more talking about the subject matter than the owners of the rights
I was in my teens in 82 so I went with some friends to see it in our local movie theatre in the Uk. It was mostly a packed audience of teenage boys, and when the raid happened in the movie, it was a bunch of cheering, whooping boys full of blood lust. It was an amazing and surreal experience.
One of my favorite movies growing up Im now in my 50ies, the clip you watched is by far the best part of the movie. Once we got this on VHS I think I watched it on a loop aka rewind watch rewind :)
Edward Woodward played the Police Chief, he was also the original Equaliser ....coulda kicked all their arses in one go lol !! R.I.P. Lewis Collins, he died from cancer only a few years ago in the States. Great actor, loved him in The Professionals.
I loved the equalizer, it's very nostalgic for me, occasionally my mum would let me stay up late to watch it.
The Final Option. Such a great movie. When he does the diving role from one end of the table to the other, wicked!
The lead character is an SAS dude named SKELLEN. Judy Davis is one of the anti-nuke terrorists that Skellen gets close to when he infiltrates. Watch from the whole movie and it all makes sense.
This film was inspired by the novel 'The Tiptoe Boys' by James Follett, a cracking read!👍
Never knew the title of the book but knew it existed. Just nabbed a copy off of ebay thank you!!!!!
Is it the same James Follett that wrote the Earth search novels, I enjoyed them
@@briancollins3071 Certainly is.
@@James-C24 Nice one, enjoy.
Second that - remember reading that book in my teens, not to mention watching the real Iranian embassy hostage situation unfold on the TV.
9:25 - NOT IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE - I WATCHED THIS MOVIE AT THE CINEMA. The lead character, SAS Officer Skellen was portrayed by British actor, Lewis Collins RIP. Collins was known on British TV for portraying Bodie, an operative of CI:5 a domestic anti-terrorism department of the British government, who would recruit from the military (Bodie's background) and police force (Bodie's partner, Ray Doyle's background). The show was called 'The Professionals' and also starred Gordon Jackson as 'George Cowley', their boss. Veteran British actor, Jackson was also known for The Great Escape' (1963). He's the escapee who gives the game away to the Germans by speaking English when he's supposed to be pretending to be a Frenchman. Great cop show. Brian Clemens, creator of the show, had written for another popular British TV show called, 'The Avengers', in which he'd cast the actors portraying Bodie & Doyle as criminals. He liked the two actor's on-screen chemistry and so cast them together for 'The Professionals' series. As teenagers at the time, we loved this series. Cool theme tune too.
I loved this movie when it came out. Lewis Colins is legend, RIP.
Actual members of the SAS volunteered to do the final action stunts. Given the choise of stuntmen or actual SAS the director said YES to the SAS!
When you watch the end credits, all it says for the advisors is anonymous
"They are trying something..."
"How do you know?"
"The groovy 80´s action music....."
Top shelf film. Amazing script and story from start to finish. And the Roy Budd soundtrack is absolutely brilliant.
Saw this when I was a kid, maybe 10. Next day I felt like I was the 378942nd man on the balcony. It was cheesy as hell, but I liked it.
Ah, Westland Scout. Land Rover of the skies!
A lot of the guys in kit where actually serving 22 troopers at the time, the guys doing the helo stuff hanging where 100% regiment as Rusty has talked about it a while ago.
Awesome!
Thats so cool.
@@CombatArmsChannel you should watch ultimate force Its on prime video. Its a fictional tv show about an sas troop it has drama but also plenty of action. Even if you cant react to it.
who dares wins was the title. 👍
The reason for actual 22 troopers doing the helo part was health and safety, was not going to let actors act that out, so the SAS offered to act that part of the movie, and some of the other parts, also I do believe the part where they save Colins on screen family was also 22 lads too, as well as the torches on their wrists was actual thing an tactic they trained to use.
I saw this at the cinema when it first came out. But I also remember watching the actual embassy siege live on the TV. The star of this film Lewis Collins (the guy in the blue shirt you thought was a police man) actually passed the SAS selection process. A couple of the SAS guys who were in some of the videos you have watched helped train Lewis Collins at the SAS training camp. The book 6 days was written by Rusty Firmin, a great SAS soldier, he is also known as the man with no gloves at the Iranian embassy siege.
The lead actor was Lewis Collins. He also starred in the British TV drama 'The Professionals alongside Martin Shaw and Gordon Jackson. Graham W ps Age 67 and still enjoyed the clip.
To this day, I still want a Ford Capri, because of The Professionals 👍
Collins was in 10 Para and in 1983, he applied to join the Territorial SAS, but was rejected because of his celebrity status, despite passing the entrance tests.
@@ifax1245 He also was up for James Bond but Roger Moore got it as Brocoli thought Lewis Collins was too aggressive
Lewis Collins wad born in Bidston on The Wirral and lived in London, because the A41 started in London and finished at Birkenhead, Wirral, he decided to walk the entire route.
From 15-23 March 1980 Collins with several volunteers from the Parachute Regiment, along with the British boxer John Conteh, took part in a forced march in military service conditions from London to Liverpool up the A41 road, the funds raised from the event being donated to a charity for disabled children. (From Wikipedia)
The professionals i absolutely loved it was it on a Friday or Saturday I'm thinking Friday
Yeah, this is an old classic movie I remember as a kid, the reason why he hesitated when the woman was shot was that he was in a relationship with her although he had infiltrated the group.
It was loosely based on the Iranian embassy as you guessed, there was a bit of a famous quote that was going around when I was in the forces and that was during the Iranian embassy siege one of the regiment was asked why he shot the terrorist 16 times, he answered by saying he shot him that him that many times because he ran out of rounds, I’m sure you get the meaning, had he had a full mag he would have emptied into him, always made me laugh.
Great video again!
I saw this in the theatre when I was 17 and it was BRILLIANT! You need to watch it my friend I think you’ll like. And thanks for your great content and also as an Englishman thank you for your service. America is the last beacon of freedom. If she falls we all fall 🙏🏻
At the end of the "Who Dares Wins" film the military advisors are listed as "anonymous" I always thought it was just hype for the film. However...
What's come to light recently is that the director had asked the SAS for input, but the commander (Sir Peter De La Billiere I believe) refused. However, later on, when they were preparing the storming scene and they had a load of stuntmen lined up, the SAS offered to do that bit to make it more authentic.
So the actual storming scenes are in fact the SAS themselves. Allegedly.
The 2 guys on the last Helo in are an American & German on a exchange visit to the 22 SAS down in Herefordshire Home of the Legendary Air Service
And yes if you don't watch anything else for this year you have to watch who Dares Wins aka The Final Option.
Its a Top Class Movie 👍👍
Lewis Collins made famous for his part in the professionals tv series.
bodie
Early 80s movie. They started writing it in the days after the seige and the book was taken chapter by chapter and adapted into a screen play. The film uses newer kit that came in after the seige. Initially the SAS didn't want them to make the film later on they supplied men and kit to do the final assualt. Im told its now held quite affectionately by the sas.
Yeah, you can tell the guys doing the repelling were real operators. Too good for normal actors or even mountain climbers/stunt men.
Quality stuff.
The funky "wacka wacka" music makes this scene
I saw this on the big screen when it was released in 82. Fantastic! Definitely watch the whole thing.
According to the director Ian Sharp, the crew and stuntmen had prepared the helicopters to do the assault scene for the embassy but the SAS offered to do the scene instead which he accepted - oh and the military helicopters were provided by the Ministry of Defense
Lewis Collins would have made a fantastic James Bond!
I saw " WHO DARES WINS" when it first came out in the 1980's at the cinema. I am a massive fan of our special forces especially the SAS. I am also a fan and supporter of our British Armed Forces. I am also a massive fan of military history including the American Civil War as one of my American Ancestors was in it. Keep up the great work mate, I enjoy your reactions. Take care mate and stay safe. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Never seen this film before. Looks mid-late 80's. Will definitely be looking for the full film now.
Excellent reaction as always mate👍👍
Bloody hot here in the UK the last few days too. Hope you're enjoying your holiday mate🙂👍
I just noticed your claymore clacker behind you. XD
This is a very underrated film.
The sas you see in this film are actual sas operators the late Tommy Turtle RIP also ex sas guy I forget his name he was a stunt man too and others carried out the scenes they had to remain anonymous otherwise they would have been RTU. I never tire of watching this I feel Lewis never got the recognition he deserved a solid bloke I am lucky enough to have a signed VHS of this film by Lewis Collins on the front great soundtrack too.
That's Lewis Collins who lived in Gautby Road Birkenhead about a mile from where I live, he actually went for the SAS but couldn't join because he was in a programme called the Professionals as Bodie and his partner Doyle CI5. He was in the Parachute Regiment T.A. Birkenhead by the way is a Town across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Who Dares Wins is on RUclips
I saw this in the cinema in the early 80s. I was fortunate to watch it with a good friend of mine who was special forces during the Grenada theater. He's a Massachusetts State Trooper today.
This was an amazing film on the big screen, everyone in the audience was very invested. I went back and saw it again the next day
Just had a thought, you can tell it was the SAS (ie British); the command post table has a thermos of tea on it...
There's the cheesy 80s feel to the fighting but it's always so cool
I remember the BBC cutting in live to the Iranian take down by the SAS; it was just so quick and I saw flashes from the basement as they cleared it out.
A few years later, I was in a pub in W2 and Lewis Collins was alone drinking at the bar looking very lost. I just said hi as I was next to him and then went back to work as the Concierge at thr Royal Lancaster Hotel where I saw actors and actresses every day. I felt a bit sorry for him but my Brothers were ex Gurkha Rifles and EOD so I didn’t think to much about it then at the time.
The guys in the film included some of former 22 Rgt which is why they were hired for the film based on the Iranian Embassy Siege.
And, yes I saw this at the cinema and it was very very cool! I urge you to watch the film because some great scenes were omitted from your reaction. You will love it I’m sure!
Great reactions by the way and your a honour to the USMC/US ARMY!
As Monty said; the more we, (Uk/USA) MIX, the better for peace on this world!
Love your reactions, keep em coming!
UK/USA!!!
For a young impressionable kid who watch the Embassy siege unfold this was one of the coolest films I’d ever seen and having Lewis Collins from ‘The Professionals’ star just added to it’s coolness 👌🏼
It's very cool mate. I could tell you everything about this film, it was made in 1982, and was inspired by (but not based on) The Iranian Siege - the people taking part in the raid, are actually SAS members, (doing the abseiling section) the whole film is on RUclips. I was actually married in the room where the male hostages were held. So this was shot at Pinewood Film Studios, using the main building, Heatherdon Hall.
Lewis Collins had his house raided for having a ridiculous, highly illegal collection of fire arms, man was ready for zombie apocalypse. If I remember correctly
You did a great talk . I was a kid then and Lewis Collins was massive famous uk actor
The music is awsome....Roy budd rocks ❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
A great film with a family link!
My dads cousin was Assistant Director.
You have to watch the film.
Now..... one off master piece.
Rip LC
This movie was the flashbang in the 80's!!!! Even the theme was awsome. The world was introduced to the SAS with this film.
One of my all time favourite films. This was one of the first vhs films i ever rented back in the early 80's. In fact i rented it so much the shop eventually gave it to me and I still have it to this day.
I remember watching this when it first came out. It`s still worth a watch today, I just love those Westland Scout Helicopters.
Very cool film, retro goodness! Roy Budds soundtrack was awesome !!!
1:35 - That's Lewis Collins (Actor) - RIP - that actually passed the SAS selection.
Looking forward to you seeing this, when it will all make sense. LOL.
Grew up in UK in 1970's where Collins was Bodie in "The Professionals".
11:58 - Critical plot - look for him earlier...
Absolutely loved this film back in the day
I was 19 or 20 when the movie came out. I saw the commercials on TV and I saw the posters and it was those words "the 60 second war" that really got to me and I knew there was no way I was missing this.
When I was watching it I felt let down because the movie dragged on and on but I felt an undercurrent of excitement building at the same time which sucked, But when those guys showed up at the neighbors house to start preparing to rescue Iewis's wife, I remember thinking ok, here we go. And when they blasted through the brick wall and went in! I was like YEAH !!!! That was so cool!!! The rescue was surgical and fast as hell. When I see it these days it doesn't seem as fast as it did as when I first saw it, but I think it's because no one had ever seen that level of speed in any special ops team movies before. I never had and I was just as surprised as the wife was when she realized she was saved. Also nobody had ever heard of the SAS before. I asked around and nobody I knew had ever heard of them which added to their mystique.
I love the way Lewis disarmed the first baddie with the elbow to the face and grabbed the weapon. that was fast and incredibly cool. He was one of the coolest guys ever. thanks for the reaction video you rock!! 👍
Lewis Colins “great actor” (deceased) actually trained with the SAS
When the SAS attacked the embassy , I was watching a John Wayne film on TV, suddenly the transmission went blank, tbh I thought our TV had suddenly switched channels ,we all watched in awe as the SAS went and it was a few mins until I realised it was live from the embassy, it was incredible to watch, so smooth and quick, I think it was all over in 11 mins, incredible, as for the movie, I must admit I was dissapointed with it, I expected better and it was not as good as it should have been, still many movies of that era were like that !!!
Lewis Collins - the lead actor was in the Parachute Regiment for 3 years and passed SAS selection for 21 SAS Territorials. He was knocked back as he was recognisable.
Be sure to watch the entire movie. There is another explosive breach scene was done correctly with great efficiency done thru a brick wall. The timing of the breach had to be perfect to catch the bad guy off balance. Great scene.
In the credits of the film there was a SAS officer who gave advice to the director and producers about the SAS parts of the film to make it more realistic. The helicopters are the exact helicopters that the SAS used in the 80's plus the equipment. He was under the name Captain X. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
First VHS tape I bought... watched it dozens of times.. Remember most actors would have done at least national service...
I was 11 when this came out but my big brother took me and lied about me age lol to see it at the cinema it was awesome. Lewis Collins a cool dude. 👍🤘🇬🇧
The lads in the black sas kit were actually sas operator's who took the part, Lewis Collins went to Hereford to meet them prior and went through the kill house. Obviously the parts where they remove the masks,they were actor's
Cool movie with some good SAS scenes. Live the 2 guys dangling from the copter and the house raid scene at Skellens home.
I saw this film when it came out. I was only 14 and just sat through the entire thing knowing, and waiting, for something like this at the end! The late, great Lewis Collins plays the main guy.
Great flick brings back memories. 👍🏻🇬🇧
I was six when the siege happened, don't recall when I first saw the movie. But it will be a forever classic. Because of the troubles in Northern Ireland we all knew of the SAS, but this was everyone's first glimpse into how badass they all are
There were some great actors of the time in the movie, Lewis Collins, Richard Widmark (US) Judy Davis (Aus) & Edward Woodward to name a few.
Set at the US Ambassadors residence in the UK, Brilliant film with lots of SAS training shots & Deadpan British soldier humour.
Being Military & trained in some of the skills the SAS deploy you really need to watch this film, certainly in my top 10.
Hi Theo, this was fun. It's an 'old' film from 1982 and very loosely based on the Iranian embassy siege of 1980 (SAS Operation Nimrod), which was unfolding news while I was in school at the time. Since the SAS base at Hereford was just a few miles away from my school near Gloucester, we had a History teacher who would forget Louis Napoleon or whatever we were supposed to be doing and start talking about the 101 ways the SAS are trained to kill people instead for an hour - it was a great time to be around, you really missed out there by being born in the 1990s.
The inside man in the film was an SAS operative - you called it right, played by Lewis Collins, who had penetrated the terrorist organisation holding the American ambassador and his dinner party hostage. The American characters were inserted to sell the film in the American market. Collins was already well known for playing one of the leads in The Professionals, which was Britain's answer to US Police drama Starsky And Hutch in the 1970s. In real life, Collins was a member of 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, a Territorial (reserve) unit and applied to join the Territorial unit of the SAS (21st Regiment SAS). He was rejected because of his celebrity status, despite passing all the selection tests, so at least he was the real deal in terms of his technical ability in this role.
The film, Who Dares Wins, is not bad overall, a bit of a throwback to see the old FN rifle in the early training scenes on the Brecon Beacons in Wales, which really dates the film to pre-SA80 era, and the old Westland Scout helicopters. It would probably be Lynx now, but for Nimrod I recall the SAS travelled down to London in their fleet of white Range Rovers down the M4 and spent several days quietly preparing their attack. Much less dramatic. The real drama was all in the final attack in front of the world's media and all over in a few minutes.
Best thing about Who Dares Wins - the late Lewis Collins (1946-2013) and the music score, worst thing is involving the Americans just to sell the film - nothing personal, but it was so obviously just a commercial choice.
The SAS drama film I would like to see, if I can track it down, is Six Days (2017), which is supposed to be a more faithful telling of Operation Nimrod. I haven't seen it, so I can't actually recommend it, and I don't know why it is so hard to find. I'm a bit old school - I like to have these on DVD, and this film is currenltly unavailable for a reasonable price. Maybe you can download it somewhere and maybe someone else has seen it and can recommend it in the comments.
Great reaction, enjoy the whole film when you track it down, and the best of British to you as always!
Thanks for the info! 🤙
@@CombatArmsChannel - no probs. One correction - James Wills is right in saying Lewis Collins applied to join 23 Regt SAS and not 21 Regt as I stated. Both are reserve units, while 22 Regt is the regular unit. According to the MOD website, 21 SAS (R) recruits from London, the South of England and Wales, while 23 SAS (R) recruits from the Midlands, North of England, and Scotland. Collins was from Bidston, on the Wirral peninsula across the River Mersey from Liverpool. He only worked in London!
You probably know this by now but many of the SAS in that scene were active SAS troops who offered to do it (including with helicopters) at the last minute. Their top brass had been secretly advising on the film. The director had to stand down the helicopter and stuntmen he had hired because he couldn't turn an offer like that down.
Awesome nostalgia to my childhood, I remember the real embassy assault then that movie came out and ticked every box, the cool guy in the white shirt was an actor with a military background called Lewis Collins he was very famous in U.K. for tv series known as the professionals and he did train with the sas in Hereford before making the movie, one of my faves for sure and that sound track just gives me tingles every time
this film is Legend when i was a kid.
i will give your video 10 out of 10 just because you have the Yorkshire Tea sign behind you.
16 years in the Duke of Wellington Regiment, Virtutis Fortuna Comes
Lead Actor Lewis Collins prior to the Film was in a Series called the Professionals Working for. CI5 , He was called Bodie his Partner was Doyle ..it was a no brainer for him to do the SAS Film
Lewis Collins actually went through SAS selection in 2/3 SAS and successfully passed but was declined due to a known actor. The SAS base scene in Hereford was rebuilt to near exact design Lewis Collins spent Wednesday and Saturdays being escorted through the base in order to get the nearest to exact details. Thd raid was based on the Iranian embassy seige but certain names at the time were refused for production
This is a killer movie. It is a movie you can watch over and over again.
Great movie! I have this on Old School VHS. I read that SAS troops were actual SAS advisors. The actress that plays the female antagonist is well known for her work in numerous Art House and Independent films.
This was a mind-blowing scene for me when I was a teenager in the mid-80s. Their methods were unlike anything I had ever seen before.
This film is class.
“What’s this rubbish?”
“It’s minestrone, you’ve had it before”
“Looks like army rations, BREAD”
Skellen is a badass.
The actual lifting of the Iranian Siege took 11 mins from start to finish.!
Also had around 50-60 guys unlike it shows on the film 6 days. Good film, but was slaughtered by the people who took part in it.
@@randommadness1021 as far as I am aware the only person who has an issue with it is robin horsefall...him and rusty Firman resorted to a slagging match in the media about it.
Apparently the SAS ended the Peter Head prison siege in about 3 minutes. used stun granades and flash flares, handcuffed all prisoners and rescued the hostage.
@@mathematics5573 They done it quick, but not in 3mins. There's 4 floors plus the roof. Impossible to do that in 3mins
@@trident1314 can't say I know too much about it, but I did see an interview with someone who was a bit passed of that it only showed 6 guys when there was around 50+
I remember watching this in the 80s an it was super cool. Respect to you for being a marine
I saw this twice at my local cinema the ABC cinema in Dover, it was my favourite film of that year
I saw this film at the Cinema in 1982, great cast including Hollywood star Richard Widmark as the US Ambassador, Australian Lead Actor Judy Davis as the Bad Guy leader and British TV Heart-throb Lewis Collins as undercover SAS Capt. Peter Skellen. Collins was a versatile actor and had appeared in various theatre productions and the British TV comedy show "The Cuckoo Waltz" but came to prominence in the UK as counter-terrorism 'CI5' Operative "Bodie" in the late 1970's British TV Series "The Professionals". He was in the running for the James Bond role after Roger Moore, but had a bad audition with Cubby Broccoli and Timothy Dalton got the part instead. For "Who dares wins" The Ministry of Defence provided much of the kit for the assault with 3 Army Air Corps 'Westland Scout' helicopters and 22 SAS Operators performed the breach of the building, having offered to replace the Film Stunt men originally slated to do the scene. The Film was released in the USA as "The Final Option" . Lewis Collins died in 2013. Love your work! :-)
I liked 'The Hereford Doorbell" (the trench gun shooting the door hinges)
The Director of the film.. Actually watched the IRANIAN Siege, FROM OVER The road. And STRAIGHT Away CONTACTED Film Producer, With a idea. And It Took a lot of Talk, With M.o.D top brass. At the same time, Contacted Lewis VIA The Production Company, of The Professionals. And Financial Advisors. Before The Film Actually started. Took around a year n a half. Until they Final Go to Start filming. There is a Background vid about this, on UT. And the Troopers U see. Are ACTUAL REAL Boys, FROM THE Regiment. As to make it Look, MORE AUTHENTIC. Than using Actors. And also the scenes of the Shooting Range, Train, Killing House n Front Gate. Is FROM Hereford.
You should check out the British tv show "Ultimate Force" with Ross Kemp.