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[More_Badass]

Basically anything John Woo and Chow Yun Fat did together.

Watched Hard Boiled for the first time a month or two ago, and it was incredible. Every gun goes off like a cannon and every shootout is a mini-war. The sheer amount of environmental destruction does so much to sell the utter chaos

 

[SirRattleBalls]

Kick-Ass Hallway scene is just epic, and Kingsman Service Church scene .. bloody fantastic

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Gross Point Blank has all the best gunfights.


Also Jonny Depp's blind gunslinger scene in Once upon a Time in Mexico, for its healthy dose of comic reality.

 

[Lupercal]

Let's break out the classics :

Commando - Palace Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNQLXXwYfw

Double Impact - Warehouse massacre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktmcS1L3-A

Hard Target - basically every scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7FOV980BRs

 

[Randam]

I like Last Man Standing:

 

[Fallout-NL]

Way of the Gun Courtyard Shootout

the way of the gun final shootout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypyI2U72LVM

sicario border scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhHwgDAM8uU

my personal favorite: training day shootout scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64bxAv7Rec

Fuck yeah, Way of the Gun is so good.

 

[hey_monkey]

I let this play for too long on my screen while giggling.

I want to go back and rewatch a lot of these movies now! I do love Equilibrium. LOL at the mention of Tremors - watched that again not long ago on a lazy weekend afternoon and it's just so ridiculous/fun/dumb.

 

[Reeks]

The HEAT Bank robbery

Yah, my partner was a SEAL for years. He says this is the most tactically sound shootout in cinema.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Most of my faves have already been listed. The bar shootout in Raiders though is a short but good one.

Bay doesn't understand good sound work on guns or how to make them feel actually in the scene. Ruined those gunfights for me. See Heat for how things should be.

I remember at least one review said 13 Hours' action was the closest Bay has come to making a Mann action scene. When I finally saw it all I kept thinking was what the hell the reviewers were thinking.

 

[Sephzilla]

John Wick and the Red Circle shootout. The camera work and the music make this entire sequence go next level.

 

[True Savior]

Lacking the extravaganza style of Woo's (although Breaking News one is also a beautiful piece of virtuoso filmmaking), To's mall scene in The Mission is the best one. From the buildup, the construction of the scene and how space awareness plays a huge part in it culminating in an incredible climax makes it the best one.

He has a lot of good ones (the Ptu final one is a fucking exquisite piece of editing) but the simplicity of this one always impressed me the most.

 

[pr0cs]

Yah, my partner was a SEAL for years. He says this is the most tactically sound shootout in cinema.

"sound" is apropos too because the sound editing was stellar. Weapons not only sounded and behaved authentic but gave a sense at the danger involved in the scene. Heat's shootout is still one of the best of all time imo

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

The HEAT shootout is the best gunfight in cinema history.

That walkingdead.gif is perhaps the worst in cinema history.

 

[dinoroar]

The International.

https://youtu.be/TArDI5YANOc
https://youtu.be/eKuurYXk8qk

Rest of the movie isn't so great, sadly.

This is what I came to say! I watched the whole thing but that shootout is all you need to see. It's fantastic. There's a lot of CGI but then it's sort of understandable as it's all in the Guggenheim.

 

[eshwaaz]

"sound" is apropos too because the sound editing was stellar. Weapons not only sounded and behaved authentic but gave a sense at the danger involved in the scene. Heat's shootout is still one of the best of all time imo

They tried doing the standard foley/sound library work in post for the gunfire, but Mann hated how inauthentic it sounded. He ended up going back to the audio recorded live during filming, so what we're hearing is what it actually sounded like. Wish more movies would do this.

 

[Bleepey]

OG John Woo. Hardboiled and the Killer
Elite Squad 1 and 2 the best Dredd movie
The Raid movies have their shootouts

 

[Kinyou]

That sudden explosion of violence was so good.

Love how Jamie Foxx flies through the door

 

[Anung]

That sudden explosion of violence was so good.

Love how Jamie Foxx flies through the door

More films need to go back to squibs. I know CGI blood is easier and more cost effective but it looks like shit compared to a good blood pack.

 

[Sephzilla]

More films need to go back to squibs. I know CGI blood is easier and more cost effective but it looks like shit compared to a good blood pack.

As a huge fan of RoboCop i welcome the return of squibs

 

[Loxley]

More films need to go back to squibs. I know CGI blood is easier and more cost effective but it looks like shit compared to a good blood pack.

Literally my ONLY problem with the John Wick films are the digital muzzle flashes and blood. Like you said, it's definitely more cost-effective and more time efficient since they don't have to redress the actors and sets between every take, but the feeling of authenticity is definitely diminished somewhat.

 

[Anung]

As a huge fan of RoboCop i welcome the return of squibs

Some of my favourite blood packs were in Die Hard. I couldn't find a gif but when Uli opens the door and John Die Hard just fucking blasts chunks out of him that was really cool.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

I just love saying "squib" ... such a good word.

OT: Imo they picked the correct shootout for a "best of" list... Heat is just so raw and tense and hectic. Just perfect. With fuckin Val in perfect form. Love that whole movie and godamn.. that is the highlight.

Unforgiven gunfight at the end is great for so many reasons - not the least of which is after the whole ordeal is over and he's going to leave
"Any man i see out there i'm gonna kill him. Any sumbitch takes a shot at me I ain't only gonna kill him i'm gonna kill his wife. And all his friends. Burn his damn house down."

Fucking awesome.

 

[Reckless Abandon]

Nice, my top 4 picks were all on the first page. Good on ya GAF.

I really liked the gunplay in Equilibrium.

Yup, plenty of great gun action and martial arts in this one. Got lost in the Matrix kerfuffle (released aroudn the same time) but is a high quality movie. Plus

Spoiler

Sean Bean dies

, as often happens in good movies and TV.

Shoot 'Em Up

My initial first thought. It goes into absurd territory often but I love every second of it. And carrots, for that matter.

Collateral's nightclub scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTcrJdZgyUk

Hell, anything involving guns in Collateral. I love that fucking movie.

Yep, great call out. I especially enjoy the music during it (a Korean mix of Ready Steady Go). Michail Mann is a beast when he's on point, and it reminds me that I need to give Heat a re-watch.

The Matrix is almost 20 years old.

Yeah, that is probably the best single shootout in movie history. Not much else can be said.

There are also a few good shootouts in DREDD, but most are over quickly.

 

[Sephzilla]

On the RoboCop note, the original movie has a pretty nice gunfight as well

It's also probably the most one-sided gunfight in movie history

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I really like the gun fights towards the end of Kick-Ass, specially when Hit Girl saves Kick-ass in the darkness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZJwtbXLyJ8

 

[LegendofDragoonLives]

Another + for Equilibrium that GOAT.

 

[Jay Sosa]

lol

 

[schlynch]

I really like how Doyle framed the scenes in Fallen Angels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P503l1lKrqA

The ending of A Bittersweet Life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQIZzacSeU

Kim Jee-Woon's The Good, the Bad and the Weird had some pretty gunfights too.

... and yeah, ofc most of Woo's early HK works.
Bullet in the Head, A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Great, underrated choice. Dang solid film too. Wish Costner made more Westerns.

I've seen a TON of westerns and I really don't think many of them compete with that shoot out. There's like a gritty sort of realism to all of the behaviors of everyone in the fight. The punch of the bullets and power of the shotguns is just amazing. It caps off an amazing story too. Definitely one of Costner's best films.

 

[wackojackosnose]

I really liked the last episode of Justified as it finally gave us the 1 on 1, mano a mano shootout we always wanted.

A shame the youtube link cuts out the awesome music and is out of sync:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbKEVPmEvpg

 

[JWiLL]

On the John Woo front - Hard Target. The best JCVD movie of all time, and a few of the fights have a nice mix of roundhouse kicks mixed with shooting.

John Wick movies are clearly the king of this topic though - the club scene from 1, and the catacombs scene from 2 are the big stand outs.

They're shorter scenes - but the shootouts in Collateral are amazing. Even the simple 3-tap briefcase scene is awesome.

Matthew Vaughn movies - Kickass + Kingsmen are up there too. Especially the church scene.

 

[JJH]

 

[Megabat]

It might not quite count, but the highway scene in Hell or High Water rules in a weird sort of way.

Also:

(Wong Kar-Wai's Fallen Angels)

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

The church scene is a great fight scene but were talking shootouts... Eggsy deserves more love,

Can't find the one where he starts wall jumping to dodge bullets...

 

[PjotrStroganov]

Rambo 4 anyone?