Thread: Shootouts on film...

Way of the Gun (overall not a very good movie but the gun work is fantastic)
3:10 to Yuma (the newer one)
Open Range

How about:
1. Heat
2. Equilibrium
3. Taken
4. Boondock Saints
5. Dirty Harry
6. Die Hard Series
7. SWAT

Not all of these are extrememly technical, like Colatteral was, but theyre all good flicks...

Can't forget Shooter!

Black Hawk Down and Tears of the Sun have some pretty cool scenes as well.

Originally Posted by VAMarine

Way of the Gun (overall not a very good movie but the gun work is fantastic)
3:10 to Yuma (the newer one)
Open Range

A big +1 on these. I actually watched Way of the Gun with the directors commentary once and he said they really strived to get the technical aspects of the gun work as accurate as possible. Everything from firing the correct number of rounds, finger inside the trigger guard only when they were serious about shooting, etc... Although, he admitted there is a scene toward the end where they shot 12 rounds out of a 1911.

I'd like to also add Quigley Down Under to the list for some old school sniping action.

+1 for Way of the Gun!!

Also, one of my favorites, Pulp Fiction.

Desperados and Goodfellas are good ones too.

Originally Posted by falchunt

4. Boondock Saints

Oh yeah... Boondocks was classic.

Try watching El Mariachi (Desporado)

Hard to beat "Valdez is Coming" with Bert Lancaster. Damn fine flick.

I just saw the official trailer for boondock saints 2 all saints day on youtube...it looks amazing.

Damn, they were supposed to release the second one for years. Can't believe its coming out so soon.
Thanks for the headsup.

Tombstone with Kurt Russell
Mr. & Mrs Smith

Definitely one of the coolest shootouts I've seen lately unpecador

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXfccSebwa0

Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood-hard to beat.
It's not all about action.

Not a gunfight but good fight scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVaslN1NiT0

Originally Posted by unpecador

OMG I can't believe I forgot Shoot 'Em Up! That movie was hilarious! Completely unrealistic, but hilarious fun!

The fight scenes in Blook Diamond are good...especially some of DiCaprio's work.

Saving Private Ryan......when Billy Pepper's character is sniping Nazi's in rapid succession from the window in the church steeple. It was right before he get blown up from the tank's canon. Love that scene!!!!

http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
Is a database of guns in movies. You can pretty much pick a weapon then see what it's been in. Plus they review some movies there. So it's a pretty cool place to check out.

A little bit off topic here but my wife and I recently went to see Couples Retreat with Vince Vaughn and there is a scene where Vaughns character is awaked by a noise downstairs and retrieves a handgun from a locked safe and goes to investigate. Its one of his stupid friends who is actually breaking in a sliding glass door and Vaughn nearly shoots him. The scene is played for laughs of course but I was expecting some lecture from the friend about how Vaughn nearly killed him or a tirade from his wife about why he insist on keeping that "stupid" gun in the house. Instead its barely mentioned and the tone seems to be that the friend character was an idiot for breaking in, not Vaughn for having a firearm. Not a big deal unless you've rolled your eyes at the some of the stupid things that are said in typical hollywood movies and it surprised me.