Movie/TV show/video clip with most realistic gun play? I want to see what its like

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If you want to see real-life gunfights, search for police dashcam footage on Youtube.

All this hollywood nonsense is just that - nonsense. I'm honestly pretty suprised to see folks suggesting some of the things they're suggesting here - especially the alley scene from Collateral. Yes, that's a textbook example of a famous drill, but how often does that happen?

Right. Not very often. It looks good though, because it's slick and brutal. Perfect for the movies. :banghead:
 
Heat and L.A. Confidential. Another movie I love that has a lot of gun play is Road to Perdition. Lots of neat old guns-even though there is a scene when Tom Hanks shoots someone with a 1911 that doesn't cycle the slide. It is still one of my all time favorite movies. A must see. Also, Saving Private Ryan. Great movie, even though the Garands didn't have lock bar sites.

I decided to mention the worst ever too. Wanted. Horrible, horrible, horrible! My wife shut it off because she said she was sick of hearing me say, "That is so stupid! What planet are they from where the laws of physics don't apply?"
 
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Heat? People come on. It takes 3 seconds to empty a 30 round mag on an M4 in full auto and that is being generous by saying that it only shoots 600rounds per minute when in reality it is more than that. Val Kilmer's character shoots in full auto mode for 14 seconds and and that is just one example of ridiculousness in the 7min shootout.

2:58-3:12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHHdjyyVHo

I did not really take the movie seriously after that point. I could understand people liking this movie for its plot and all that, but not for a serious firearms film.
 
Leon - that's exactly my point. Hollywood is built on selling fiction on the big screen, not mirroring reality.

Meanwhile, there are hundreds of examples of real-life examples of gunfights on the internet, if one was interested enough to look for them.
 
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Leon - that's exactly my point. Hollywood is built on selling fiction on the big screen, not mirroring reality.

Meanwhile, there are hundreds of examples of real-life examples of gunfights on the internet, if one was interested enough to look for them.
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I understand your point kingpin008 and respect you for it. Sometimes, however, I want a little fiction and some GOOD action seens to go with it. When this happens I have no choice but to turn to Hollywood. Fortunately, there are some good ones out there. Tom Selleck has done a few. Appaloosa, Defiance, Enemy at the Gates, Black Hawk Down, We Were Soldiers, and Uprising to name a few more.
 
Leon - I respect and understand your point as well - the issue is with what the OP asked us for:

that shows what defensive gun play is really like. I am interested in realism here.
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By suggesting silly action flicks, we're not dealing with reality. That's what got to me.
 
1. Heat - many scenes very well done. Those who are critical of Val Kilmer's character for not reloading enough, there has to be some assumption that every reload isn't filmed. That scene shows him reloading (quickly and professionally, I might add) as well as DiNero's character.

2. Collateral - especially the scene where Tom Cruise draws and shoots on two subjects in the alley. It is violently fast and well done and THE reason that you must carry with one in the pipe.
3. Ronin has some great gun play and tactical scenes
 
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Pistol-whipping scene in Goodfellas. Henry Hill puts the fear into the would-be date rapist without firing a shot. It's quick, violent, messy and brutal, and the S&W revolver is covered in blood afterwards.

Other than that, Jodie Foster showed (in the climax of Silence of the Lambs) the level of fear I felt while crouching in my hallway in the dark, trying to dial 9-1-1 on a cordless phone while holding a gun in the other and waiting to see if the thug outside was going to succeed in kicking in my front door. It took several tries to dial three simple numbers, and the buttons on the phone were not small. BTW, the goblins gave up before the door did.

Regards,
Dirty Bob
 
re,: the movie "Heat" and the infamous shootout.

from leon - post #28 :
Val Kilmer's character shoots in full auto mode for 14 seconds and and that is just one example of ridiculousness in the 7min shootout.
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Watch the clip again, Leon, you'll notice that there are multiple cuts to the police and by-standers during the 14 seconds that you are talking about in which the film makers allow the viewer to assume that the B.G.s are replacing magazines. If the film makers just shot the scene from one stationary point without cuts to other areas it would look like a documentary :barf: instead of an action scene. :what:
give the film makers a little leeway.;)
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout

North Hollywood shootout - 1997
Heat - 1995

And yeah, it kinda seems like Kilmer was using a CMAG with cloaking device....though I'm all for Hollywood types ignoring the existence of "real life" magazines that hold 100+ rounds.

"What!?! You mean commoners can OWN that?!? Can they buy it because of the gun-show loophole?"
 
Realism in the movies. Are you serious? The actors can't "act" the fear and adrenaline that happens in a real shooting. Go watch the youtube videos of real shootings, -totally different.
 
Any Michael Mann movie that has guns in it will have very realistic gun play.

Heat
Collateral
Public Enemies
Miami Vice
The Kingdom (produced by Mann)

Other movies to consider.....
The Way Of The Gun
Unforgiven
The Bourne movies
Black Hawk Down
The Unit (TV series)
Body of Lies
Punisher: War Zone
Open Range
Quigley Down Under
 
Some good movies mentioned. However, I agree that for realism youtube videos of actual shootouts are the only realistic gun battles I have witnessed. A hollywood movie with the chaos and screaming involved in an actual life or death struggle would leave the viewer confused.
 
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re,: the movie "Heat" and the infamous shootout.

from leon - post #28 :


Watch the clip again, Leon, you'll notice that there are multiple cuts to the police and by-standers during the 14 seconds that you are talking about in which the film makers allow the viewer to assume that the B.G.s are replacing magazines. If the film makers just shot the scene from one stationary point without cuts to other areas it would look like a documentary :barf: instead of an action scene. :what:
give the film makers a little leeway.;)
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I did but you never hear the sound of his M4 stop
 
Movies and TV shows are probably the worst places you could go looking for "realistic" gun play footage. Directors can have a scene filmed in "slow motion" and then play it back in normal speed and it looks like the moves are quick and flawless when actually they are slow, carefully coreographed movements. There are, however, training videos and other footage out there that is much more realistic. However, I feel that I have to ask why you need this footage before I can recommend anything.
 
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