Shootouts

Tammy! · 04-08-2019 1:35pm #1

Whenever anyone talks about True Romance, they always mention the scene with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken....but this was also a great scene and shoot out...

Even the build up was monumental...

Great shoot outs in film?

Autecher · 04-08-2019 8:50pm

Oh that's easy. The best shootout in movie history is.... :P

Collie D · 04-08-2019 8:52pm

Heat.

Autecher · 04-08-2019 8:53pm

And now that I have got my After Hours tendencies out of my system I will take it seriously because I really like this idea for a thread. Good idea Tammy!

Hard Boiled: Just brilliant, all filmed in 1 take. Glorious violence.

EDIT: Collie D got there before me with Heat so I will go with this scene from L.A. Confidential. Brilliant.

banie01 · 04-08-2019 8:55pm

The Matrix lobby scene still stands the test of time IMO.
https://youtu.be/iuslUzbJEaw

But!

That said, the Heat getaway shootout is exceptional!
https://youtu.be/ZL9fnVtz_lc

banie01 · 04-08-2019 8:56pm

That 3 near simultaneous posts all pin Heat as one of the best is surely a sign of quality

RicketyCricket · 04-08-2019 8:57pm

Collie D wrote: »

Heat.

Oh yes 100%.

Jurgen The German · 05-08-2019 1:43am

Desperado : all of it

The Killer : basically all of it

o1s1n · 05-08-2019 2:02am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DU-7a8mP0

OwaynOTT · 05-08-2019 8:56am

Open range

TinCool · 05-08-2019 12:45pm

A rather one sided shoot out, but one of the best "oh sh**" moments @ 1:31.

IAMAMORON · 05-08-2019 12:54pm

Give him a drink a water god dam it.

storker · 05-08-2019 12:59pm

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Open range

OwaynOTT · 05-08-2019 3:29pm

storker wrote: »

Those be my thanks storker. Thanks for the upload.

ambro25 · 05-08-2019 3:48pm

13 hours in Benghazi

Wind River

Tammy! · 05-08-2019 4:07pm

Tony Montana could only be taken down by shooting him in the back!!!

'you **** with me....you ****ing with de best'

fmpisces · 05-08-2019 4:11pm

This was the only one that sprang to mind and sorry I just had to

:D:D

Tammy! · 05-08-2019 4:13pm

fmpisces wrote: »

This was the only one that sprang to mind and sorry I just had to :D:D

Jaysis

Tammy! · 05-08-2019 4:21pm

I like this one with Billy the Kid in Young Guns...

Autecher · 05-08-2019 5:58pm

fmpisces wrote: »

This was the only one that sprang to mind and sorry I just had to :D:D

Haha! A woman after my own heart. I love it :P

gandalf · 05-08-2019 6:29pm

Not a great film but an excellent shootout!

3000 Miles to Graceland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Y_kog0l38

o1s1n · 05-08-2019 7:16pm

More Arnie at his best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpU8UyVOHas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeEONN_F5eg

ziedth · 05-08-2019 7:30pm

John Wick shootout in his house towards the start of the first film takes some beating I think.

punisher5112 · 05-08-2019 8:29pm

Rambo.,. Sorry can't post up anything on phone.

Slydice · 05-08-2019 9:00pm

Equilibrium had some pretty .. original shootout type scenes

o1s1n · 06-08-2019 11:24am

ziedth wrote: »

John Wick shootout in his house towards the start of the first film takes some beating I think.

I actually watched John Wick 2 & 3 for the first time yesterday.

Although they're really enjoyable and the fighting/shooting choreography is beautifully done, I just don't think you can beat 80s and 90s films with their blood squibs, blank firing guns and massive explosions.

The CGI blood and gore just doesn't look right.

Homelander · 06-08-2019 12:05pm

Always had a soft spot for the scene in Terminator when Arnie assaults the police station. T2 is a great movie, but T1 was just perfection.

Tammy! · 06-08-2019 1:51pm

I absolutely hated the character Calvin Candie....

Not a shootout but Ill add it because I hated Stephen more

.....

Kiith · 06-08-2019 2:12pm

Surprised this wasn't already mentioned.

dreamers75 · 08-08-2019 10:46pm

Tombstone has a very decent shoutout.

All of the above are also decent, obviously no reloads make the term shootout redundant.

Sadly Heat falls into that category, a shootout must have reloads to make it awesome.

nix · 09-08-2019 2:03pm

Last man standing, Bruce Willis playing another "John" character doing what he does best, but i just really loved the over the top shootouts, bad guys flying back through the air when they got shot, still holds up well with regards to Entertainment value. A quality shoot'em up movie for those that havent seen and love revenge type movies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_MmUmarxNc

And then you have the likes of Shoot 'em up, the entire movie is one long over the top daft shoot out, not to be taken serious at all, but myself found it hilariously entertaining. There is pretty much zero story, Clive Owen (the hero) and Paul Giamatti (the villain) both do a terrific job carrying the movie with the characters they play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByhtdvvqOv8

And lets not forget the slow mo train station shoot out scene from the Untouchables, i watched this countless times as a nipper :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJpRSf4q-hI

Later to be parodied in the Naked gun 33 1/3's opening in a hilarious fashion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwM7NgPE5lw

TheIrishGrover · 09-08-2019 3:24pm

Any of John Woo's Hong Kong stuff. Of course it's OTT but it's beautiful OTT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYCh5nxyCI

Why have two hands and only one gun?

Of course the shootout in Heat is also amazing. Apparently it was taught in military academies on how to hold an urban shootout while surrounded. Although that may simply be an urban legend (No pun intended).

Some of the shootouts in Smokin' Aces were good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuX9U6FAvA

Mehaffey1 · 09-08-2019 3:29pm

Shootout at the end of State of Grace was great, would've been fantastic if it wasn't for the super slow motion camera work

Gamb!t · 09-08-2019 9:30pm

Commando
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNVmXyZUerg

babybuilder · 09-08-2019 9:49pm

https://youtu.be/KmhGYB4NdYc

Unforgiven, final scene

Heckler · 10-08-2019 5:23am

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Any of John Woo's Hong Kong stuff. Of course it's OTT but it's beautiful OTT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYCh5nxyCI

Why have two hands and only one gun?

Of course the shootout in Heat is also amazing. Apparently it was taught in military academies on how to hold an urban shootout while surrounded. Although that may simply be an urban legend (No pun intended).

Some of the shootouts in Smokin' Aces were good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuX9U6FAvA

While a fantastic movie shootout, the sound especially, I doubt it was taught to any one. The shootout covers basic fire and move. One guy provides covering fire while the other other guy moves and then switch. Nothing innovative there. Kilmers much vaunted mag change was nothing. Run of the mill. Well done for an actor but standard fare for anyone who knows guns. Also Kilmers and De Niros mags seemed to have a lot more bullets than normal.

Kilmer banged out about 100 in the moment he realised he was spotted at the bank.

Heckler · 10-08-2019 5:40am

Open Range shootout was great. For realism watch Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers. Nobody gets shot and clutches their chest crying "Gahhhhh" like in the cowboy movies. Normally you just drop dead like a ragdoll.

Apart from Mike Hammer who got shot so many times in the shoulder and was able to carry on that it was taught to the US Marine Corp.