I love how at 1:55 and afterward Ali MacGraw's character perforates the guy in shades a couple times and you're pretty sure he's down, but then Steve McQueen comes up behind her and pumps a couple shotgun blasts into the poor guy just to make sure.
I have never seen this one but after viewing just this segment it's obvious the '94 remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger didn't come close to measuring up.
The guy beside the Coke machine gets a chest full of 000 buckshot and still has enough life in him to empty the clip of that submachine gun. Only in the movies can that happen. This was still a great flick loaded with realistic action in the good old 1970s style.
@Lex5576 Quite possible due to nervous system still reacting to the shot into the chest. The only way to prevent that is a shot to the sub-cranial vault which disconnects the brain stem from the spine, instant death.
i wonder if this scene influenced "taxi driver" at all...
putdownan8dude 1 month ago
Damn a '94. Remakes always ruin it.
NEXPAR 3 months ago
I love how at 1:55 and afterward Ali MacGraw's character perforates the guy in shades a couple times and you're pretty sure he's down, but then Steve McQueen comes up behind her and pumps a couple shotgun blasts into the poor guy just to make sure.
etomlins4 3 months ago
@etomlins4 i think steve done that just for kicks!
putdownan8dude 1 month ago
I have never seen this one but after viewing just this segment it's obvious the '94 remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger didn't come close to measuring up.
xyPERSON 3 months ago
McQueen was such a fucking stud
bagzie 4 months ago
McQueen With A Shotgun
glimmer2158 9 months ago
Steve McQueen great actor unforgettable.
strawdogs111 11 months ago
they got away
interstategar 1 year ago
The guy beside the Coke machine gets a chest full of 000 buckshot and still has enough life in him to empty the clip of that submachine gun. Only in the movies can that happen. This was still a great flick loaded with realistic action in the good old 1970s style.
Lex5576 1 year ago
@Lex5576 Quite possible due to nervous system still reacting to the shot into the chest. The only way to prevent that is a shot to the sub-cranial vault which disconnects the brain stem from the spine, instant death.
BaronBoy100 10 months ago
Great scene. Thanks for posting it in such amazing quality.
6730ayala 1 year ago