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Chat GPT:
It sounds like you're describing a scene from the 1994 film "Clear and Present Danger." In the movie, there's a scene where soldiers are pinned down and use explosives rigged to a radio detonator. When the detonator malfunctions, one soldier sacrifices himself by walking towards the explosives with a walkie-talkie to manually trigger them. The film is set during the modern era with then-current military technology, and it features rocky/deserted terrain. The actor you're referring to might be Raymond Cruz, who played Domingo "Ding" Chavez in the film.
Can't find that scene...
2nd try, same prompt:
The movie you're describing sounds like "Courage Under Fire," a 1996 war film directed by Edward Zwick. In the movie, Denzel Washington plays Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling, investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Captain Karen Walden, played by Meg Ryan. One of the soldiers involved in the incident you described is portrayed by Matt Damon, who fits the description of a short, young soldier. The scene you mentioned occurs during a flashback sequence in the movie.
Can't find that scene either...
Clear and Present Danger is a hilarious guess, definitely not that one.
Courage Under Fire was a movie I had originally dismissed, but had to check again. The final fight scene in that movie looks almost EXACTLY like I remember the movie on TV... but it still isn't the right movie.
It is entirely possible the movie I'm thinking of filmed in that exact same location. The place looks exactly right, but I know my movie didn't kill Meg Ryan.
"SHEEEEE'S DEEEEEAAAAADDD!!" :P
It is also entirely possible, after 30 years, that your memory of a movie you just watched a few minutes of is wrong about the details. Or that you're mixing memories from different movies.
Oh, I know it's going to look different from what I remember and that I've forgotten key details.
But the memory of what was happening is burned into my brain because it was so visceral when I saw it:
Every few months I remember this scene all over again and I'm tired of not knowing what it was from. I caught it while flipping channels on a TV with basic cable in a house I moved out of in the summer of 2000. So it had to be a movie made in the late 1990s at the latest.
I can't remember anything beyond that.
See, that's the thing about our memory: Our brains don't just forget stuff, they make stuff up as well.
I have vivid, detailed memories burned into my brain from my childhood and teen years which are definitely and provably false. And that's completely normal.
I asked ChatGPT for movies similar to those, released in the early 90s:
A Few Good Men (1992) - Directed by Rob Reiner, this legal drama stars Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson and revolves around a court-martial case.
The Hunt for Red October (1990) - Based on Tom Clancy's novel, this thriller follows a CIA analyst as he tries to determine the intentions of a Soviet submarine captain.
Crimson Tide (1995) - Starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, this film is about a power struggle aboard a nuclear submarine.
Patriot Games (1992) - Another Tom Clancy adaptation, this film stars Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan dealing with IRA terrorists.
Executive Decision (1996) - This action thriller stars Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal and involves a team trying to stop terrorists on board a hijacked plane.
Obviously none of these.
I came here to ask real people who watch lots of movies if they knew which movie I was trying to find, not a chat bot that just spits out a list of famous movies.
The chatbot can be very helpful in finding obscure movies
Like I said, none of those movies are obscure.
That is not the point, I just did a quick prompt to try to help a stranger on the internet. You can try to tweak the prompt (or ask several times) so the results are more helpful.
I decided to come HERE and ask real people.
Thank you for trying, though.
I see, good luck finding it!
The "guy sacrifices himself to detonate the explosives" is such a common trope it could be damn near any action movie from the 80's or 90's lol