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The tattoo!

posted 22 years ago by FLINTLOCK
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The Dogs of War is one of my favorite films. There is one thing about the movie I haven't figured out yet and want to know if anyone out there knows the answer. Christopher Walkin has a tattoo on his left arm on the inside; we can see it when he gets up to answer the doorbell in his apartment, and later during the interrogation scene where the Zangaran officer pokes Walkin with a needle. What kind of tattoo is it? I've put it on zoom on my DVD player and looked at it; it's not a SEAL, Recon, Ranger, Green Beret, or other U.S. special forces insignia as far as I can figure out. It looks almost like a snake intertwined around the letter "W" or "M", but I'm not sure.
Does anyone know or have a good guess? Let us know. Thanks

[–] somethinghumorous 20 years ago

Its a tattoo version of an anchient brand that the original german hessian mercenaries, the ones who worked for the romans, were adorned with. the wm is an acronym for something in latin

This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a wimper and with a wimper im *beep* gone

[–] sfitzsimmons 20 years ago

The Hessian (i.e., people from Hess Castle - an area that didn't exist in Roman times) were actually the German mercenaries who worked for the British to fight the American colonists in the American Revolution.

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[–] studiocatz 19 years ago

My favorite Walken quote from this movie:

"In MY jungle you'd be just another *beep*

How many times have we all wanted to say that?!?

[–] studiocatz 19 years ago

My favorite Walken quote from this movie:

"In MY jungle you'd be just another a$$hole!"

How many times have we all wanted to say that?!?

[–] monkeysontoast 19 years ago

He also played a Hessian earlier in his career in Valley Forge.

"Guys, if I don't bleed to death pretty soon, I'm gonna die of boredom."

[–] violet101 19 years ago

and he was accused of being from the kbg and in view to a kill he was a former kgb

[–] jmcc-2 18 years ago

I thought that it was the US Navy SEALs "Budweiser".