Best movie shootout?

[ohiosmith]

The Wild Bunch

[IndianaJones]

1. Heat. nt.

[Capn Sunshine]

13. second that

before I saw that, I would've said Godfather 2--- the one that starts in the bar and spills into the street

[Hobarticus]

14. I third that...eom

[driver8]

18. Heat -- no doubt about it! n/t

[_testify_]

34. Oh yeah.

Not even a close second.

[Broken_Hero]

64. Yes....

best shootout ever...best part of the movie in my view....

[MrCoffee]

2. The Killer

[BOSSHOG]

3. The Quick and the Dead?

[underpants]

40. WORST.MOVIE.EVER

[BOSSHOG]

44. Oh

c'mon. Its one of the greatest twelve hours of cinema anyone ever sat through. Comedy disguised as satire and cowboy action with a healthy dab of feminism shot by cameramen on drugs directed by a drunk. A veritable Hackman tour de force. A masterpiece. Way ahead of its time. By decades.

[underpants]

47. Oh no

My wife right before she shot down the guy in the noose

"Oh no please don't" BLAM! We cracked up

We laughed so hard we almost got kicked out of the theatre and that is saying something we saw "Mission Impossible" in a theater too

[BOSSHOG]

48. Ya mean

when the little girl shot her Daddy, Lieutenant Dan, when she had the opportunity to turn him loose. Many mixed the awesome message there. That Hackman was really a charitable and giving kind. And another message mixed. Shouldn't a lawman's daughter be able to shoot better then that? She did keep the badge - more symbolism, but I don't have the time right now.

[MrScorpio]

4. The Professional

Love Luc Besson

[wicket]

6. especially the European version, Leon

[MrScorpio]

8. Which is the DVD that I own

I also have La Femme Nakita too

[wicket]

10. Me too

:thumbsup:

[DarkTirade]

23. Is the european version that different?

Only seen the american version.

[wicket]

37. Yes, it's 22 minutes longer

It's a much better cut IMHO. There's more to their relationship that was apparently too scandalous for our puritan eyes ;)

[DarkTirade]

49. Well, in the version I saw it showed an infatuation on her end

but that was all.

[wicket]

53. Here's some background:

LINK

There exists a longer edition of the movie, often referred to as the director's cut, "international version" or "version intégrale", that has approximately twenty minutes of additional footage that was removed from the original release in response to American test screenings. The additional material is found in the film's second act, and somewhat alters the tenor of Léon and Mathilda's relationship by delving more obviously into the notion that their interaction is more than just between a father figure and a daughter. In one scene, Mathilda plays Russian Roulette to try and get Léon to admit he loves her; in another, she openly asks him to be her first lover (the two are seen waking up in bed together after he refuses, though only the version intégrale gives the proper context to the scene by showing them falling asleep in the first place). Most of the other material in the longer cut involves Mathilda actually accompanying Léon on several of his hits; while she is never shown actually pulling the trigger of a real gun, she is obviously at least an accessory to several murders.

[DarkTirade]

56. That last part explains the ending a little better

when she insists that she can 'clean'.

[Guaranteed]

54. Yesssss....

BRILLIANT movie. Action scenes like no other.

[wicket]

5. Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo,

[begin_within]

28. seconded

[wicket]

32. One of my all time favorite movies

:thumbsup:

[AllegroRondo]

63. nothing like a three-way

gunfight, that is

[PeaceNikki]

7. True Romance

I can't "YouTube" at work or I'd link.

Though the director changed Tarantino's written ending - though shot it both ways.

[zingaro]

57. Yep.

[SKKY]

9. The Matrix...

...when they walked into that building. Damn. Shit got seriously fucked up!

[Forkboy]

11. Hard Boiled

[MrCoffee]

16. pretty much every movie where Chow Yun Fat picked up a gun should be on here

[Chovexani]

20. Seriously.

The man is bad ass.

[flvegan]

45. Add...that John Woo directed.

I think Yun Fat (like Woo) has done some crap now and again.

[Chovexani]

12. Equilibrium

Gun kata is so cool.

[Inchworm]

36. Yup!

That movie slipped by me until a few months ago.

Best action I've seen in a while.

:thumbsup:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. Everything I thought of is already named.

With the exception of Three Kings and Desperado.

[matcom]

17. Reservoir Dogs

[MrCoffee]

21. you mean A Better Tomorrow

[ohiosmith]

24. Nice post Ebert.

You fucking purest.

[MrCoffee]

25. thank god. tarantino needs all the help he can get.

what a hack. i'm seriously glad someone's helping him out.

[ohiosmith]

26. Take it back. Tarantino is the best director of our time and quite possibly of all time.

Now take it back or I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger you who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

[MrCoffee]

27. he can write a nice phrase, i'll give him that.

[begin_within]

29. I hope that's sarcasm!

Personally, I can't stand Tarantino's films.

[MrCoffee]

30. i just watch whatever he ripped off

[ohiosmith]

31. Bring out the gimp!

[Mike03]

19. Wow, tough question

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. The Wild Bunch
3. Open Range
4. Heat
5. Terminator 2

[Capn Sunshine]

22. Saving Private Ryan

pretty intense shootout there on D Day

[underpants]

41. Yeah

I left the theater wondering "Could I reallly do that?"


This is AFTER I had been in the Army too. I guess if you can't get back on the boat....

[Guaranteed]

55. Yeah, you know that might have to be the winner.

Hard to call an invasion a "shootout," but I guess it technically is one.

And I remember how shocked I was when the door on that Higgins dropped and it was immediately just zip-zip-zip-zip, guys dropping...WTF??? Holy shit one can only imagine....

[PVnRT]

33. Hot Fuzz

[wicket]

38. When the priest pulls the gun out of his sleeve....

Freakin' classic! :D

[Pierre.Suave]

35. The entire movie

Ronin.

That was a good movie:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin_(film)

[Burma Jones]

39. I'll throw A Fistful of Dollars into the mix.......

And I would say Yojimbo or Seven Samurai is my favorite swordplay film

[DarkTirade]

58. I loved that one duel in Seven Samuria

where they first went at it with bamboo... and when the loser refused to admit defeat they went at it for real.

It was just so powerful. Seeing this 'brave' warrior, too stubborn to admit that he would lose... but still too frightened to charge right in once they were using real blades. And there was no spray of blood. No gore. No long trading of blows. Just a single, swift motion... then it was over.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

42. The Gauntlet

Some one-sided shootouts, but they are so far over the top, they deserve some kind of prize.

[edbermac]

43. The Dirty Dozen, Scarface, Bonnie & Clyde

Say hello to my little friend!

[achtung_circus]

46. True Grit

Fill yore hands, you sonuva bitch.

[barb162]

50. The Magnificent Seven

[CBHagman]

51. David Strathairn as Sid Hatfield in "Matewan."

John Sayles really ratchets up the suspense in that movie, not just in the pivotal encounter towards the end but at various points in the film.

Oh, and he also gave a great gun scene to Mary McDonnell as well, though that one was much more of a surprise.

[Swede]

52. The Good,the Bad and the Ugly climax is pretty intense.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLXJAWUnwI

[Melynn]

59. The shootout in the saloon in "Unforgiven"

"You just shot an unarmed man!"

"Well, he should have armed himself...."

And lots of other great dialog from the shootout in the saloon. Not only does the movie have a great shootout but it has great dialog to go with it.

[Richard Steele]

60. Good call. One of my all-time faves as well. nm

[Tuesday Afternoon]

61. 3:10 to Yuma had some nice gun play

[MilesColtrane]

62. "All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father."

"Now's your chance.

He died in the line of duty, didn't he?"

For your consideration: LA Confidential

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNogl4diKHk

[Perry Logan]

65. "Big Trouble in Little China" has a wonderful send-up of a gunfight.

A whole bunch of guys fire wildly all over the place with automatic weapons. The walls behind them are disintegrating. But none of the guys gets hit.

[Rabrrrrrr]

66. Yep! That was my choice before I even clicked on the thread.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

67. Me too, LOL.