Best gun play in a movie?

IndridCold · May 27, 2004, 05:46 AM

Whats the best shoot-em up movie, or use of guns in a movie you've ever seen. My personal choice used to be Hard Boiled w/ Cho Yun Fat until I saw a relativley low budget movie called Equilibrium. It puts the Matrix to shame.

**1911Tuner** · May 27, 2004, 06:48 AM

Any more, the action in most movies that has bullets strikin' sparks off
car doors and telephone poles leave me goin'...

My special favorite scenes are the bad guy bangin' away from behind a car with lead bullets singin' and sparks flyin'...and all at once he jumps out from behind cover into the open so he can get shot.
Yeah! That's exactly what I'd do...

Most realistic that I've seen lately are:
Band of Brothers
Saving Private Ryan
Thin Red Line
Windtalkers

Cheers!

Tuner

Lennyjoe · May 27, 2004, 06:56 AM

Heat

Marko Kloos · May 27, 2004, 07:05 AM

Way of the Gun...most realistic gunplay in a movie. IWB holsters, C&L 1911s, long guns on tac slings, proper room clearing techniques, fingers off triggers, topping off magazines, one-handed press checks, double mag carriers on belts, proper round count during shoot-outs, frequent magazine changes....

Haven't yet seen another movie that got it quite as right.

stv · May 27, 2004, 07:10 AM

Way of the Gun, by far.

wildehond · May 27, 2004, 09:21 AM

Since we are talking movies.

The one-on-one in "The Art of War". Nice up close and personal.
Almost like doning it with a knife just more adrenaline.

Just my personal preference.

wildehond

**Johnny Guest** · May 27, 2004, 10:46 AM

- - As I tend to do on many topics

. "Way of the Gun," for all the reasons he mentions, PLUS a one-handed reload. And, with all the bullets that had been flying immediately prior, one SERIOUS dude with a short .38 takin' care of business . . . .

That's the best, MOST REALISTIC, use of firearms in a crime/adventure movie in recent years. I truly don't consider simple high volume of fire and a bunch of jumping, flying, hopping, tai chi moves to constitute GOOD gun play.

War movies - - "Saving Private Ryan" and the TV series "Band of Brothers" are quite good. Decent ammo discipline, trigger control, aiming under pressure. Yep, some muzzles stray, but face it, you have dozens, hundreds, sometimes thousands of scared, adrenalized, young men moving in all directions, more concerned with survival than with range ettiquite. I think the fingers-off-triggers control was outstanding, given the circumstances, both as being portrayed, and by the actors playing the parts.

Best,
Johnny

hardheart · May 27, 2004, 11:27 AM

Commando

gvass · May 27, 2004, 12:18 PM

Black Hawk Down

Highest round count/minute ever in a movie, isn't it?

Tamara · May 27, 2004, 12:26 PM

Way Of The Gun is head and shoulders above any other movie I've seen in the gun department.

Ktulu · May 27, 2004, 12:28 PM

Way of the Gun and/or Thief

DelayedReaction · May 27, 2004, 01:41 PM

Equilibrium for the coolness factor; the final fight scene was original and fun to watch. Obviously not the most realistic, but fun.

Michael Zeleny · May 27, 2004, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Equilibrium for the coolness factor; the final fight scene was original and fun to watch. Obviously not the most realistic, but fun.

Equilibrium was science fiction. As such, it was excruciatingly realistic, more so than the Hong Kong movies that inspired it. Given the postulated parameters of technology and training, its gun fu was just right.

For the best gunplay in a movie, see Once Upon a Time in the West. It's in the acting, not in the props.

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Lone Star · May 27, 2004, 04:16 PM

I sort of liked the volley fire by rank in, "Zulu"...

The officers' Mk. VI Webleys were incorrect, though, standing in for Tranter and Adams models evidently not available to the prop department.

Lone Star

Badger Arms · May 27, 2004, 07:14 PM

In no particular order:

HEAT (well, this has to be #1, but the rest are in no particular order)
Unforgiven
Band of Brothers
Thin Red Line
Glory
Road to Perdition (despite the anti-gun rhetoric)

I'm going to leave out Saving Private Ryan for a couple of reasons. First, you don't play Carlos Hathcock with an M1903A4. That one clock-tower through-the-scope scene blew the movie for me. Second, you don't detatch the scope and use it as a monoculor. Finally, where were the bullet cracks? You hear whizes and ricochets. You hear impacts. Why don't you hear the supersonic cracks of the bullets flying overhead? An MG-42 sounds like a rapid stacatto series of snaps followed by a distant echo (actually the muzzle report) which is a subdued thudding version of the cracks. It does NOT sound like it did in Saving Private Ryan. Other than that, most of the gunplay is good enough to pass in Hollywood.

Zip06 · May 27, 2004, 07:22 PM

Heat
Ronin

SDAL · May 27, 2004, 09:10 PM

Firefly , I know it's a scifi western but hey I'am strange.

angrywalkindude · May 27, 2004, 09:12 PM

Rob Zombie's "House of a Thousand Corpses".

shep854 · May 27, 2004, 09:22 PM

"Tears in the Sun", a Bruce Willis SEAL flick showed very good gunhandling. The big question I had, though, was where were they packing all the ammo they shot off?

IRONFIST · May 27, 2004, 09:33 PM

I like the professional gunwork in "The way of the gun", but one of the first I admired was "Thief". That movie really got me hankering for a .45, big time. There is not an excessive amount of shooting in this film and that can be as riveting as LOTS of shooting. At the end of the movie James Caan cleans out the baddies and he does a great, classic reload. Very gritty flick.

FRIENDLY · May 27, 2004, 09:41 PM

How about the Clint Eastwood movie Pale Rider where he is seen reloading and carrying multiple pistols

Ant Mod · May 27, 2004, 10:39 PM

Saving Private Ryan?

DonNikmare · May 27, 2004, 11:12 PM

Just watched "Outlaw Josey Wales" - some mighty fine gun handling and some mighty accurate spitting

I laughed hard at the poor dog getting nailed on the head.

jptsr1 · May 27, 2004, 11:15 PM

Heat, Sniper and Reservoir Dogs.

J.

ckyllo · May 27, 2004, 11:37 PM

the gunfight at the end of Scarface. and the best line from the movie "i'd like you to meet my little friend".

May 27, 2004, 06:48 AM	#2
1911Tuner Moderator Join Date: May 22, 2003 Location: Lexington,North Carolina...or thereabouts Posts: 12,485	Hollywood Gunplay Any more, the action in most movies that has bullets strikin' sparks off car doors and telephone poles leave me goin'... My special favorite scenes are the bad guy bangin' away from behind a car with lead bullets singin' and sparks flyin'...and all at once he jumps out from behind cover into the open so he can get shot. Yeah! That's exactly what I'd do... Most realistic that I've seen lately are: Band of Brothers Saving Private Ryan Thin Red Line Windtalkers Cheers! Tuner __________________ If your front porch collapses and kills more than five dogs...You just might be a redneck. Speak kindly to me, beloved master. Revel in my unconditional love, and give me every minute that you can spare, for my time with you is short. --Your faithful dog http://www.collierescue.net/available/index.html

May 27, 2004, 07:05 AM	#4
Marko Kloos Moderator Emeritus Join Date: December 20, 2002 Location: Enfield, NH Posts: 2,590	Way of the Gun...most realistic gunplay in a movie. IWB holsters, C&L 1911s, long guns on tac slings, proper room clearing techniques, fingers off triggers, topping off magazines, one-handed press checks, double mag carriers on belts, proper round count during shoot-outs, frequent magazine changes.... Haven't yet seen another movie that got it quite as right. __________________ "I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend." --J.R.R.Tolkien, The Two Towers the munchkin wrangler.

May 27, 2004, 07:10 AM	#5
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May 27, 2004, 09:21 AM	#6
wildehond Member Join Date: December 3, 2003 Location: Stellenbosch, South Africa Posts: 148	Since we are talking movies. The one-on-one in "The Art of War". Nice up close and personal. Almost like doning it with a knife just more adrenaline. Just my personal preference. wildehond __________________ "The Americans fight for a free world,the English mostly for honor and glory and medals,... The Italians are too scared to fight;the Russians have no choice.The Germans for the Fatherland. The Boers?Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it!" - American General,George "Guts and Glory" Patton -

May 27, 2004, 10:46 AM	#7
Johnny Guest Moderator Join Date: December 20, 2002 Location: North Texas Posts: 3,505	I'll agree with Marko - - - - - As I tend to do on many topics . "Way of the Gun," for all the reasons he mentions, PLUS a one-handed reload. And, with all the bullets that had been flying immediately prior, one SERIOUS dude with a short .38 takin' care of business . . . . That's the best, MOST REALISTIC, use of firearms in a crime/adventure movie in recent years. I truly don't consider simple high volume of fire and a bunch of jumping, flying, hopping, tai chi moves to constitute GOOD gun play. War movies - - "Saving Private Ryan" and the TV series "Band of Brothers" are quite good. Decent ammo discipline, trigger control, aiming under pressure. Yep, some muzzles stray, but face it, you have dozens, hundreds, sometimes thousands of scared, adrenalized, young men moving in all directions, more concerned with survival than with range ettiquite. I think the fingers-off-triggers control was outstanding, given the circumstances, both as being portrayed, and by the actors playing the parts. Best, Johnny __________________ Proud alumnus of TFL Molon Labe! Amendment II ensures the rest of the Bill of Rights. Blog: Expert Witness

May 27, 2004, 05:46 AM	#1
IndridCold Member Join Date: May 21, 2004 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 40	Best gun play in a movie? Whats the best shoot-em up movie, or use of guns in a movie you've ever seen. My personal choice used to be Hard Boiled w/ Cho Yun Fat until I saw a relativley low budget movie called Equilibrium. It puts the Matrix to shame.

May 27, 2004, 06:56 AM	#3
Lennyjoe Member Join Date: December 25, 2002 Location: Behind the lines in Maryland Posts: 5,334	Heat

May 27, 2004, 11:27 AM	#8
hardheart Member Join Date: April 15, 2004 Posts: 15	Commando

May 27, 2004, 12:18 PM	#9
gvass Member Join Date: November 19, 2003 Posts: 476	Black Hawk Down Highest round count/minute ever in a movie, isn't it?

May 27, 2004, 12:26 PM	#10
Tamara Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2002 Location: On a mountaintop in Tennessee Posts: 9,325	Way Of The Gun is head and shoulders above any other movie I've seen in the gun department. __________________ MOLON LABE! Books. Bikes. Boomsticks.

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Ktulu Member Join Date: November 6, 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,071	Way of the Gun and/or Thief __________________ Jeff MichiganShooter.cOm "Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit" - Cicero

May 27, 2004, 01:41 PM	#12
DelayedReaction Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Posts: 646	Equilibrium for the coolness factor; the final fight scene was original and fun to watch. Obviously not the most realistic, but fun.

May 27, 2004, 04:16 PM	#14
Lone Star Member Join Date: January 3, 2003 Location: SW USA Posts: 1,340	I sort of liked the volley fire by rank in, "Zulu"... The officers' Mk. VI Webleys were incorrect, though, standing in for Tranter and Adams models evidently not available to the prop department. Lone Star

May 27, 2004, 07:14 PM	#15
Badger Arms Member Join Date: January 1, 2003 Location: Harnett County, NC Posts: 3,668	In no particular order: HEAT (well, this has to be #1, but the rest are in no particular order) Unforgiven Band of Brothers Thin Red Line Glory Road to Perdition (despite the anti-gun rhetoric) I'm going to leave out Saving Private Ryan for a couple of reasons. First, you don't play Carlos Hathcock with an M1903A4. That one clock-tower through-the-scope scene blew the movie for me. Second, you don't detatch the scope and use it as a monoculor. Finally, where were the bullet cracks? You hear whizes and ricochets. You hear impacts. Why don't you hear the supersonic cracks of the bullets flying overhead? An MG-42 sounds like a rapid stacatto series of snaps followed by a distant echo (actually the muzzle report) which is a subdued thudding version of the cracks. It does NOT sound like it did in Saving Private Ryan. Other than that, most of the gunplay is good enough to pass in Hollywood. __________________ We may or may not worship God, but John Moses Browning made sure we can choose.

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May 27, 2004, 09:22 PM	#19
shep854 Member Join Date: April 29, 2004 Location: Birmingham AL Posts: 655	"Tears in the Sun", a Bruce Willis SEAL flick showed very good gunhandling. The big question I had, though, was where were they packing all the ammo they shot off? __________________ Powder smoke- The smell of FREEDOM!

May 27, 2004, 09:33 PM	#20
IRONFIST Member Join Date: February 23, 2003 Location: Sheridan Posts: 388	I like the professional gunwork in "The way of the gun", but one of the first I admired was "Thief". That movie really got me hankering for a .45, big time. There is not an excessive amount of shooting in this film and that can be as riveting as LOTS of shooting. At the end of the movie James Caan cleans out the baddies and he does a great, classic reload. Very gritty flick. __________________ Michael in Sheridan

May 27, 2004, 09:41 PM	#21
FRIENDLY Member Join Date: February 10, 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 152	Gun movies How about the Clint Eastwood movie Pale Rider where he is seen reloading and carrying multiple pistols

May 27, 2004, 11:12 PM	#23
DonNikmare Member Join Date: January 4, 2004 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 403	Just watched "Outlaw Josey Wales" - some mighty fine gun handling and some mighty accurate spitting I laughed hard at the poor dog getting nailed on the head.

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May 27, 2004, 11:37 PM	#25
ckyllo Member Join Date: April 19, 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 333	the gunfight at the end of Scarface. and the best line from the movie "i'd like you to meet my little friend". __________________ "They say you can't use a rifle or shotgun indoors because a bad guy will grab the barrel. Yeah? Well, he better hang on, 'cause I'm gonna light him up and it will definitely be an "E" ticket ride." "Make (your attacker) advance through a wall of bullets. I may get killed with my own gun, but hes gonna have to beat me to death with it, 'cause it's going to be empty." Clint Smith, Thunder Ranch

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