In Which Hollywood Films Have You Seen A Khukuri Used?

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Last night, I turned on the television, and immediately saw a khukuri in the hand of Kevin Kostner! The film was "Waterworld", and it was about halfway through... Being that any real khukuri is potentially dangerous even if duller than a butter knife, I assume it was an aluminum prop. I didn't rank the movie as one of my "all time favorities", and I consider the real protagonist to be the khukuri itself! :rolleyes: :) Where else have you seen khukuries pop up on the silver screen?
 
You can see AK's in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Anthony Hopkins used one to behead the ghoul women (? sorry --I don't know what to call them) and Keanu Reeves slices Dracula's head half off with one.

Also best Khuk in a comedy is in Major Payne. Also in Big Trouble in Little China.

N'joy!

-Craig
 
"The Man Who Would Be King"

Actually, there's a Gurkha in a supporting role...great flick! Gotta get it out and watch it again!
 
"Big Trouble in Little China." Love that flick.

bt

It's all in the reflexes.--Jack
 
Austin Powers is confronted by Will Ferrell's character (wearing a red fez) and he has a khukuri. He then falls down a very big hill.

Did VanDamme have one in "Cyborg?"
 
cyborg is a big time khukuri movie.
the knife used to kill dracula was a "rhino-head bowie"

i think i remember a werewolf movie where a wherewolf hunter had a silver-lined khukuri.

of course, there had to be 100 of them in the mad max movies...
 
First time I ever saw a khukuri was in "First Blood" during the torture flashback scene.
 
Originally posted by DannyinJapan
cyborg is a big time khukuri movie.
the knife used to kill dracula was a "rhino-head bowie"

of course, there had to be 100 of them in the mad max movies...
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The cowboy throws the Bowie at Dracula, but later on Winona beheads him with a khukuri.
I don't recall any khukuris in the Mad Max movies- but I'll look again. I haven't watched Thunderdome in a while. I just watched Road Warrior again, and just remember Max's bolo machete, and the feral kid's sharp boomerang.
 
mohd...

Catherine Zeta Jones was in the movie and you noticed a knife?

You *DO* have HIKV!!!

:D
 
Originally posted by Nasty
mohd...

Catherine Zeta Jones was in the movie and you noticed a knife?

You *DO* have HIKV!!!

:D
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In the same scene. At her throat no less. Still,,,,
 
Damon Wayans plays Major Benson Payne in the movie "Major Payne", and he had a khukuri in one of the shots. If I remember right, I think he was using it to scratch his head, or something like that.
 
Will have to look at Cyborg again.

I thunk it was a parang....

Give me 10 mins to fast faward to be sure.
 
I'd like to know if any video games have khukuris. playing Diablo with my son we notice every bladed weapon commonly thought of but no khukuri.



munk
 
If you search "khukuri khukri kukri" on Google, you find it is part of a good many role-playing video games.
 
Originally posted by Thomas Linton
"King of the Khyber Rifles."
Fox CinemaScope 1953.
Starting Tyrone Power as Captain King.
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One of my favorite books.

There was a khukuri in 'Little Ninjas'. Don't watch it.
 
Farewell to the king. Starring......the women who plays Nick Nolte's wife;) Indonesian, farm girl, tribal, fisherman, not afraid to get dirty- babe!
The Kukri is worn and used throughout the film by a fellow from the Kings African rifles. In the opening scene he cuts "the dork" out of his chute harness- and later throws it (the kukri...not the dork)into the mud as he has an epiphony and realizes the Japanese are canabolizing their victims.
The Kukri is forgetable. But the film was not. It is excellent fiction, with a good story line that presents excellent ethical questions in an adventure format. Rare to see historical Fiction, adventure, with a good story line.
There is also a fight scene with Klewangs and shields (stupid, inane, large open circular kungfuish fighting) but hey its a movie, everything is anglo understanding of lousy chinese fighting. It is visible and large- so idiot directors love it.
"Hey Micky Watch me make a big wind-up circular swing with this here sword thingy. You just stand there and look at it till its too late to do anything but block ....OK?"
Small direct effective fighting? Not filmable..so it must be crap right? Its just like the standard metal on metal sword drawing sounds you been hearing for fifty years on film. "Hey billy? Listen as I draw and scrape the entire f$%#^@#@ edge off of this blade. Aint it great!" Anyone ever tell these morons that a draw is quiet because THERE IS NO edge to metal? Of course they did...... The director listened then said....."er...right thank you for that."
"OK lets make a movie. Sound editor? Roll sword drawing sound." scrape...singing metal sound :)

Anyway.did I digress? I did didn't I?...hmmm.
The Klewangs are even correct with a convex/concave blade profile peculiar to the weapon. Also some good scabbards to see on the Klewangs and one use of the klewang in trench fighting.

Cheers
Dan
 
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