Top 3 movie gun fights?

[clamum]

Good call...that one is awesome.

Children of Men battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcKoAQ7HIg

Yeah for sure, forgot about that one. That uncut scene is just great; talented filmmaking there.

 

[qliveur]

1) 'Matrix' lobby scene

And, thereafter, bullet time (and the suit-up scenes) got old fast and looked stupid.

I thought that shootout was stupid.

at blank range, none of the 10 or so guys hit clint.
wtf?!

They were scared; he wasn't. He took the time to aim; they didn't. He also made sure to take out the only opponent who wasn't scared first.

His character talks about all of this earlier in the movie.

It also had one of the better hand-to-hand (and pen ) fights. It was less flashy but felt more realistic than most H2H fights in films.

Agreed. That fight was brutal. I think part of what made it look real was that it wasn't perfectly choreographed and was actually kind of awkward.

It stood in sharp contrast to the shootout in the convenience store, which was pretty ridiculous.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Some movies with gun fights I enjoyed that I do not think were mentioned.

Lethal Weapon 2 "just been revoked."

Silverado

Quigley Down Under -"I said I never had much use for one. Didn't say I never knew how to use 'em"

1970's Killer Elite

Commando - classic ahnold at his best/worst.

Punisher: War Zone - He trained hard for 6 months? with real pros, and it showed. The long, uncut, scene in the hotel at the end is outstanding.

Outlaw Josey Wales

 

[irishScott]

And, thereafter, bullet time (and the suit-up scenes) got old fast and looked stupid.

Yeah, Hollywood was really blinded by the graphics angle. They didn't get that the coolness was fleshed out by bullet-time representing the characters bending time in the matrix. It wasn't just some cheap visual effect, it was basically a superpower. Shown in real time the characters would just be blurs of motion like the Agents dodging bullets. Other movies copied the visual effect, but an effect without meaning is just cheap window dressing.

 

[ctk1981]

Completely over the top from start to finish gun fight movie of all time has to be shootem up. I mean cmon, he shoots 8 guys while hammering a chick the entire time!

Unforgiven final scene...yes 10 guys never hit him, because they had never been faced by a stone cold killer and were shitting their pants when it started....probably more realistic than you think. Been a few real life incidents semi locally where a cop pulls a guy over, bad guy shoots point blank and misses...then the police officier emptied an entire clip while back peddling away and managed to wing him.

My last pic...anything that involves a mini gun. Predator, red 2 etc...someday I hope to be rich enough and lucky enough to own one of the 6 that are legal for citizens.

 

[irishScott]

In no particular order:

Act of Valor: The Hostage Rescue Segment
Matrix: Lobby Scene
Gettysburg: Little Round Top

 

[techs]

Silverado the rescue scene.

 

[BoberFett]

I've loved John Woo films since I started watching them 20+ years ago, they're some of my favorites.

I wouldn't say the gunfighting compares to most of the movies mentioned already, but Boondock Saints gets an honorable mention from me: what other movie has a shooutout with Willem Defoe in drag?

 

[Ns1]

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phuk it, the animated ones wouldn't load. And if you don't know the scene, your loss

Quoting this just to say the stuntman who played the Arab died last week.

 

[ManyBeers]

Ford Fairlane mano a mano scene.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Nothing comes close to the truel between Blondie, Angel Eyes, and Tuco.

I suppose "Sayi hello to my little friend" is worth honorable mention, but, it's nothing like a truel.