Activision’s popular first-person
shooter franchise certainly has
affection for the world of cinema a lot
of affection hodduk a kiss for closing
campus welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 Call of Duty moments
ripped straight from the movies I’d like
to keep this handy for Close Encounters
or that for this list we’re looking at
scenes and sequences in the Call of Duty
series that most evidently pay homage to
or even borrow directly from Hollywood
movies be it
triumphant escapes brutal deaths or
extended firefights
these moments feel like a deliberate
tipping of the hat to film if not a
riffing of that number 10 an evening
with Infinity Ward call of duty modern
warfare 2 an odd parallel to draw
perhaps but the similarity here is too
apparent to ignore this is like a David
Copperfield thing upon completion of the
campaign in modern warfare 2 players are
rewarded with the bonus mission museum
this extra excursion allows you to
explore a California Museum where
characters from the campaign are all
represented by statues and much like the
film Night at the Museum they come to
life
unlike that film however said characters
can turn hostile at the literal push of
a button hey at least there’s plenty of
weapons with which to defend yourself
the museum is on the birth lemak look I
tried I came back tonight didn’t I tried
that was one night number nine
payback call of duty black ops some
revenge is served cold and sometimes
it’s driven by sieving hot rage this
sequence leans on the latter way of
thinking after freeing themselves from
captivity u.s. soldiers Mason and woods
opted to take the fight directly to
their captors
this means commandeering a helicopter
and decimating various soviet
encampments both in the air and on the
ground
Mayson and woods self-imposed mission is
framed in a similar manner to the climax
of Rambo First Blood Part 2 right down
to the liberation of the POWs and the
brutal violence
number eight cliffhanger call of duty
modern warfare 2 this is good
follow me well it’s certainly not shy
about its inspiration sharing a name
with the 1993 film cliffhanger this
mission commences with Captain McTavish
and Roch Sanderson offered to the
multinational group task force 141 on a
cliffside in Kazakhstan
the duo then proceeds to carefully
traverse a mountain infiltrate a
military base by snow and eventually
flee by ways of snowmobile everything
about the missions intensity and action
heavy structure feels like a fitting
escalation of the various snowbound
action sequences in cliffhanger and as
the third mission in modern warfare 2 it
helps to set the tone going forward all
right I can do that coach it’s a decent
ride just see the floor to the fueling
station number 7 shock and awe
call of duty 4 modern warfare such
brutality such tragedy in the final
moments of the first act of Call of Duty
for the United States Marines are
pushing their advantage against the
forces of Khalid Al Asad
the brains efforts are conveyed in a
mission long homage to Black Hawk Down
from its high tension firefights to the
constant traversal via helicopter
we got a Black Hawk Down we got a Black
Hawk Down it all comes to a head when a
helicopter is shot down with the Marines
making a bold detour to rescue their
fallen comrades sadly as in the film
such noble heroics are undertaken in
vain although I don’t remember a nuke in
Black Hawk Down
number six patrol boat call of duty
black ops
let’s even think of this
even on the river the jungle is a
dangerous place for a soldier as part of
operations in Vietnam
Alex basin and his allies board a river
boat in order to reach a crashed plane
don’t kick you sir
thus players are treated to a sequence
of blasting Soviet and Vietcong forces
at once a distinct set piece in its own
right and also something of a tribute to
Apocalypse Now
[Music]
on top of the heroin combat visceral
explosions and the use of a riverboat
for its actions we also have the bonus
up a song by the Rolling Stones
accentuating the entire sequence well
played
number five Bowman’s death call of duty
black ops next
once more we see a reminder that the
Vietnam War was truly hell at the start
of the mission payback Mason is in the
captivity of Vietcong forces along with
his longtime friend woods and Bowman Zoo
no talk bleh how about you have that
amount of said captors accompanied by
Soviet officers eventually bring Mason
and Bowman out to play a game of Russian
roulette something Bowman objects to for
which he is fatally punished
she’s shit the suddenness of Bowman’s
demise segues into a tense encapsulation
of the Russian roulette scenes from Deer
Hunter go ahead
Stevie gone you got my god capping off a
grimly impressive escape
number four Wolverines call of duty
modern warfare 2 is this so Maj or
plagiarism things start off calmly
enough with United States radar scan
seemingly on the fritz until it turns
out the Russian army is dropping forces
into Washington DC the concept of
Russian paratroopers abruptly attacking
America feels like it’s drawn wholesale
from the 1984 film Red Dawn further
reinforced by this mission being named
after the film’s resistance fighters
Wolverines purposely draws from
lingering fears of foreign invasion to
great effect with the player having to
battle through DC neighborhoods littered
with familiar American iconography
suffice to say it hits home in more ways
than one
number 3.2 up Call of Duty – it’s an
epic charge in one of modern history’s
most remembered battles we will accept
nothing less than full victory the
Battle of Pointe du Hoc the first
American centric mission in Call of Duty
– has players in the role of US Army
corporal Phil Taylor specifically you
are tasked with guiding Taylor through a
recreation of the Normandy Beach
landings of 1944 coming ashore in a
cramped boat only to have to evade
gunfire on a rocky beach setting aside
the limits on blood and violence the
mission effortlessly mirrors Saving
Private Ryan in terms of capturing the
relentless combat and ever-present
threat of death Medal of Honor Allied
assault in 2002 also reference to this
film even having more similar lines and
scenes than Call of Duty but that’s not
the countdown we’re doing on this list
today and for cover and get to the
shingles I’ll see you on the beach
number 2 Stalingrad
call of duty and call of duty world at
war anyone caught is setting his post
a film so inspirational it needed to be
drawn upon twice hold your fire
weight into the bumpers a directly
overhead the sound of the engines drown
you shot the original Call of Duty
features a string of mission set in
Stalingrad that depict Soviet soldiers
charging into the fray similar to those
depicted in enemy at the gates however
this would not be the last nod to
jean-jacques on those 2001 film at one
point in world at war the player is
dropped into the aftermath of a mass
slaughter as lone soldier Dmitri
Petrenko
when sergeant Rezanov the only other
survivor hands over his sniper rifle the
player becomes part of a brutal
restaging
of the sniping sequence from enemy of
the gates which one do you think I
should aim at first you should wait till
this explosion before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
[Music]
would you look like heaven shed
selfish engine stop baby number 1 the
Gulag call of duty modern warfare 2
Michael Bay would be proud as it happens
the mission The Gulag has MacTavish and
his cohorts in task force 141 quietly
and respectfully infiltrating a Russian
prison from a certain point of view I’ll
jump into the system and look for the
prisoner it’s gonna take some time the
explosive gunfights take the taskforce
into a series of showers replete with
eager snipers and riot shield wielding
opponents your unit is covered from an
elevated position commander I’m not
gonna ask again don’t do anything stupid
clearly drawn from BAE’s film the rock
this is not the only sequence drawn from
that source the missions whisky hotel
and the only easy day was yesterday also
feel like they’re pulled straight out of
the rock
two masterful effect so when we go into
Moscow not soon enough
I know we’re gonna burn it down we get
there do you agree with our list
sure you can’t be serious I’m serious I
don’t call me Shirley
what’s your favorite movie inspired
moment from the Call of Duty series for
more theatrical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com surely you can’t be
serious I am serious and don’t call me
Shirley
[Music]
shooter franchise certainly has
affection for the world of cinema a lot
of affection hodduk a kiss for closing
campus welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 Call of Duty moments
ripped straight from the movies I’d like
to keep this handy for Close Encounters
or that for this list we’re looking at
scenes and sequences in the Call of Duty
series that most evidently pay homage to
or even borrow directly from Hollywood
movies be it
triumphant escapes brutal deaths or
extended firefights
these moments feel like a deliberate
tipping of the hat to film if not a
riffing of that number 10 an evening
with Infinity Ward call of duty modern
warfare 2 an odd parallel to draw
perhaps but the similarity here is too
apparent to ignore this is like a David
Copperfield thing upon completion of the
campaign in modern warfare 2 players are
rewarded with the bonus mission museum
this extra excursion allows you to
explore a California Museum where
characters from the campaign are all
represented by statues and much like the
film Night at the Museum they come to
life
unlike that film however said characters
can turn hostile at the literal push of
a button hey at least there’s plenty of
weapons with which to defend yourself
the museum is on the birth lemak look I
tried I came back tonight didn’t I tried
that was one night number nine
payback call of duty black ops some
revenge is served cold and sometimes
it’s driven by sieving hot rage this
sequence leans on the latter way of
thinking after freeing themselves from
captivity u.s. soldiers Mason and woods
opted to take the fight directly to
their captors
this means commandeering a helicopter
and decimating various soviet
encampments both in the air and on the
ground
Mayson and woods self-imposed mission is
framed in a similar manner to the climax
of Rambo First Blood Part 2 right down
to the liberation of the POWs and the
brutal violence
number eight cliffhanger call of duty
modern warfare 2 this is good
follow me well it’s certainly not shy
about its inspiration sharing a name
with the 1993 film cliffhanger this
mission commences with Captain McTavish
and Roch Sanderson offered to the
multinational group task force 141 on a
cliffside in Kazakhstan
the duo then proceeds to carefully
traverse a mountain infiltrate a
military base by snow and eventually
flee by ways of snowmobile everything
about the missions intensity and action
heavy structure feels like a fitting
escalation of the various snowbound
action sequences in cliffhanger and as
the third mission in modern warfare 2 it
helps to set the tone going forward all
right I can do that coach it’s a decent
ride just see the floor to the fueling
station number 7 shock and awe
call of duty 4 modern warfare such
brutality such tragedy in the final
moments of the first act of Call of Duty
for the United States Marines are
pushing their advantage against the
forces of Khalid Al Asad
the brains efforts are conveyed in a
mission long homage to Black Hawk Down
from its high tension firefights to the
constant traversal via helicopter
we got a Black Hawk Down we got a Black
Hawk Down it all comes to a head when a
helicopter is shot down with the Marines
making a bold detour to rescue their
fallen comrades sadly as in the film
such noble heroics are undertaken in
vain although I don’t remember a nuke in
Black Hawk Down
number six patrol boat call of duty
black ops
let’s even think of this
even on the river the jungle is a
dangerous place for a soldier as part of
operations in Vietnam
Alex basin and his allies board a river
boat in order to reach a crashed plane
don’t kick you sir
thus players are treated to a sequence
of blasting Soviet and Vietcong forces
at once a distinct set piece in its own
right and also something of a tribute to
Apocalypse Now
[Music]
on top of the heroin combat visceral
explosions and the use of a riverboat
for its actions we also have the bonus
up a song by the Rolling Stones
accentuating the entire sequence well
played
number five Bowman’s death call of duty
black ops next
once more we see a reminder that the
Vietnam War was truly hell at the start
of the mission payback Mason is in the
captivity of Vietcong forces along with
his longtime friend woods and Bowman Zoo
no talk bleh how about you have that
amount of said captors accompanied by
Soviet officers eventually bring Mason
and Bowman out to play a game of Russian
roulette something Bowman objects to for
which he is fatally punished
she’s shit the suddenness of Bowman’s
demise segues into a tense encapsulation
of the Russian roulette scenes from Deer
Hunter go ahead
Stevie gone you got my god capping off a
grimly impressive escape
number four Wolverines call of duty
modern warfare 2 is this so Maj or
plagiarism things start off calmly
enough with United States radar scan
seemingly on the fritz until it turns
out the Russian army is dropping forces
into Washington DC the concept of
Russian paratroopers abruptly attacking
America feels like it’s drawn wholesale
from the 1984 film Red Dawn further
reinforced by this mission being named
after the film’s resistance fighters
Wolverines purposely draws from
lingering fears of foreign invasion to
great effect with the player having to
battle through DC neighborhoods littered
with familiar American iconography
suffice to say it hits home in more ways
than one
number 3.2 up Call of Duty – it’s an
epic charge in one of modern history’s
most remembered battles we will accept
nothing less than full victory the
Battle of Pointe du Hoc the first
American centric mission in Call of Duty
– has players in the role of US Army
corporal Phil Taylor specifically you
are tasked with guiding Taylor through a
recreation of the Normandy Beach
landings of 1944 coming ashore in a
cramped boat only to have to evade
gunfire on a rocky beach setting aside
the limits on blood and violence the
mission effortlessly mirrors Saving
Private Ryan in terms of capturing the
relentless combat and ever-present
threat of death Medal of Honor Allied
assault in 2002 also reference to this
film even having more similar lines and
scenes than Call of Duty but that’s not
the countdown we’re doing on this list
today and for cover and get to the
shingles I’ll see you on the beach
number 2 Stalingrad
call of duty and call of duty world at
war anyone caught is setting his post
a film so inspirational it needed to be
drawn upon twice hold your fire
weight into the bumpers a directly
overhead the sound of the engines drown
you shot the original Call of Duty
features a string of mission set in
Stalingrad that depict Soviet soldiers
charging into the fray similar to those
depicted in enemy at the gates however
this would not be the last nod to
jean-jacques on those 2001 film at one
point in world at war the player is
dropped into the aftermath of a mass
slaughter as lone soldier Dmitri
Petrenko
when sergeant Rezanov the only other
survivor hands over his sniper rifle the
player becomes part of a brutal
restaging
of the sniping sequence from enemy of
the gates which one do you think I
should aim at first you should wait till
this explosion before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
[Music]
would you look like heaven shed
selfish engine stop baby number 1 the
Gulag call of duty modern warfare 2
Michael Bay would be proud as it happens
the mission The Gulag has MacTavish and
his cohorts in task force 141 quietly
and respectfully infiltrating a Russian
prison from a certain point of view I’ll
jump into the system and look for the
prisoner it’s gonna take some time the
explosive gunfights take the taskforce
into a series of showers replete with
eager snipers and riot shield wielding
opponents your unit is covered from an
elevated position commander I’m not
gonna ask again don’t do anything stupid
clearly drawn from BAE’s film the rock
this is not the only sequence drawn from
that source the missions whisky hotel
and the only easy day was yesterday also
feel like they’re pulled straight out of
the rock
two masterful effect so when we go into
Moscow not soon enough
I know we’re gonna burn it down we get
there do you agree with our list
sure you can’t be serious I’m serious I
don’t call me Shirley
what’s your favorite movie inspired
moment from the Call of Duty series for
more theatrical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com surely you can’t be
serious I am serious and don’t call me
Shirley
[Music]
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