Best gun play in a movie?

Spartan

And also the TV series "The Unit". I think it helps to have a Delta guy on hand as the technical advisor. And the writer. And the assistant director. That does help.
Seriously, WOTG was a great movie, and I sat there for like ten minutes after it ended just staring at the black screen, wondering the same things: how the F did those guys get so good, and be such total losers. It takes discipline and training to get really proficient at that sort of shooting, so why is the rest of their life dorked up?
Anyway, with the exception of a couple of post-production SNAFUs, Spartan was pretty great. The same guy (Mamet) did The Unit, and the airplane takedown was basically textboox handgunning in close quarters. (I would have brought an MP5, but I'm not Delta.)

You gotta love old 80's TV shows like A Team where bullets ricochets around a room eventually knocking down a light that falls on the bad guys head. I love these show, hundereds of rounds exchanged and no one ever actually gets shot.

For realistic type shows, I have to say A History of Violence, The Unit and 24.

I also have to add that I too LOVED Firefly and Serenity.

Ooooo. How about the ending of Taxi Driver? Very realistic.

RAMBO!!!

Speaking of Open Range: I'm always amazed that folks liked a movie where he and Costner rode into town and killed the legally elected civil authority, plus all other government employees, plus most prominent citizens. What are you guys...a bunch of anarchist nuts?

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Looked like a recall election to me.

Pilgrim

This one right here

Heat, without a doubt. The most intense, on the edge of my seat gun fight I've ever seen. Black Hawk Down was the only other film that made me feel the bullets fly by my head.

Predator forest clearing scene with the mini gun.

The wild bunch, dobermann, red dawn, heat, reservoir dogs, exterme predjudice, the outlaw Joesy wales, the devils rejects and the dogs of war.

While I love The Way of the Gun and agree that the gunplay and handling are well above average,
I don't agree with the repeated sentiment that Parker and Longbaugh are highly skilled.

They do use some nice tactics, and Longbaugh's sniping was impressive,
but in every firefight they just shoot their weapons empty.

Their aim is good, but what the most impressive thing about the pair is how many mags they can carry.

Here's a youtube link to the final shootout, if any haven't seen.
Fast-foward to 3:40 to see how many rounds they throw at one guy, and the infamous bottomless magazines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzKOXvNppI

What are you guys...a bunch of anarchist nuts?

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Frankly, this country needs a little less kowtowing and a little more skull splitting.

Here's a youtube link to the final shootout, if any haven't seen.
Fast-foward to 3:40 to see how many rounds they throw at one guy, and the infamous bottomless magazines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIzKOXvNppI

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If you listen to the commentary, the director mentions that they went overboard in that one sequence. Although, if you actually count the shots, it's really only about two magazines apiece. There just isn't time inbetween for reloads (which is probably an editing issue as much as anything).

For quality of gun handling vs quantity of shots fired, I recommend Saints and Soldiers. The actor who does most of the gun handling in real life is a hunter/gun owner; in fact, he took one of his rifles with him to the audition. I prefer it to Saving Pvt Ryan for two reasons: 1) it is largely based on actual events, and 2) the actors have great respect for the soldiers of WWII. By contrast, the actors in SPR were a bunch of wimps who kept complaining until the Marine Sergeant/Technical Adviser chewed their butts out and made them act like soldiers.
Watch S&S then go back and watch again with the Director's commentary on.

Open Range,Tombstone,Once Upon a Time in the West and one that I don't think I saw in the thread Silverado and Tears on the Sun. OOPS forgot QUIGLEY fun movie especially the end when Marston on the ground after being shot with that "What just happened?" look on his face PRICELESS

YEAH! I can't believe I forgot Quigley. Especially since it is played by Tom Selleck.

Love John Wayne----There was a little known book published with the autuor a Hollywood property manager that supplied hardware to movies for 50 years. He said Wayne had special Colts, and Winchesters made that were 4/5ths size to make him look bigger. Also the reason Wayne walked funny in the westerns was the 3" lifts in his boots. They did many other strange things in movies, like Alan Ladd, who was only like 5' 5" walking on an elevated platform to be taller than the bad guys.

way of the gun,by far.on the directers commentary he states his brother was in sf, seals if i remember correctly,and designed all the gunplay.the reloads and transitions were well done.the kidnapping was a little far fetched but still very enjoyable.spartan was great (but they used an acog reticle on the mp5 aimpoint?)heat of course,(except pumping the m3)thief, for being made in 81 had some terrific gun handling(micheal mann,heat)the proffesional was rocking despite all the little mistakes, like ported ,silenced pistols,etc

Watched Way of the Gun again. Besides the terrible full-auto Galil scene (which made me cringe when I saw it) the 12 ga. shotguns have no recoil.

Still, its better than the vast majority of movies out there.

4/5 sized guns.

Well one of those 4/5 sized guns must be somewhere if that was true. Where are they? He did use Winchester 92 carbines which are pretty small as they are. 3" lifts used by John Wayne. I don't think so. There are plenty of pics of him and that much of a lift would be very obvious. Using guns that weren't around in the time frame of his movies? Guilty. Alan Ladd short. True. Yes, John Wayne did have a distinctive walk. Wonder why that untitled book is so little known?

Last of the Mohicans

The actors in this flick trained for 8 months prior to filming. And they had to be able to load and fire while running as a test before filing began.

I liked " Trinity is still my name" Don't sound familiar? Well Sprint uses the scene for a commercial... Slap the cowboy, then draw the gun. Now remember? Here's a link if you don't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4vNINn1uMk

Best gun play in a movie

1) Heat
2) King of New York
3) Miler's Crossing ("The old man is still an artist with a Thompson")
4) Way of the Gun
5) Resevoir Dogs
6) Taxi Driver

I watched "drop dead gorgeous" last night and the brunette had her finger off the trigger until she was on target and sighted in, it was a very surprising detail for a comedy that involved young girls when some gun movies have ridiculous mistakes in them with poor handling.

Also the gun fight in the begining of "witness" was pretty realistic in that it was relatively short and harrison ford didn't notice he got hit till well after glover got away and the fight was over.

Besides the obvious choices of Eastwood movies and Way of the Gun..check out the gun handling in the 1st Beverly Hills cop.....Eddie Murphy used a Hi-Power,the young cop used a snubby...there's slide lock reloads,reloads w/the snubby.Eddie does a one handed reload too...as the series went on the gun stuff got dumber and sloppier though.

Jeff Imada and Damon Caro originated alot of the stuff in Equilibrium;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tINWl0gzQWI

Flashy and fun!


My favorite though is still The Professionals with Lee Marvin, especially the scene where they run into the bandits in the canyon.