Best Shootouts - Vol. 2 - The Way of the Gun

This is the climactic shootout scene in Christopher McQuarrie's unique kidnap thriller The Way of the Gun. The gun fight scenes in the movie are unique in that, they play out very strategically and realistically. People run out of bullets. Gunshots are loud. People miss often. And you sometimes have to unload an entire clip at someone till you hit them. All in all the gun fight at the end of this film is sort of a minor breakthrough in gun fight blocking for film.

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Film & Animation

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• best shootouts
• shoot outs
• shooting
• fire fights
• bulletfests
• shotguns
• way of the gun
• benicio del toro
• ryan phillippe
• christopher mcquarrie
• james caan

[MeanMachine11001]

cool fail, the guy just jumps in a fountain of broken glass :3

[pvtjoker777]

awwww damn....that sucks....dude at 1:13 got shot in the dick with a shotgun....obliterated

[trevinboy]

Can't mess with a Corleone, dumbass

[firepowerfox]

Gotta love cool shotguns, I know I love mine, they kick!! Great shootout scene.

[maddymann8]

@awdc13 indeed.

[awdc13]

@maddymann8 cool well it was fun  talking guns :)

[maddymann8]

@awdc13 Yea, i've looked at that website, afew times, it has been inaccurate afew times on my estimations, but not by any means obvious m istakes, but it is a useful and informative site. 

[awdc13]

@maddymann8 my bad here is a website you should visit imfdb movie guns i would like to talk guns more some time.

[maddymann8]

@awdc13 Not to be an even bigger jerk, but they did not have star model B's. they had Colt Mrk-IV government series 70's in 9mm luger, but yes you are correct in that being 9mm as oppose to .45 they are 9 round magazines as oppose to 7 rounders. But the 9mm varients were used, because .45 acp blanks are notroious for malfunctioning, and lets be serious witht he quantity of shooting in this scene alone, constant jams would have been dreadfully frustrating, so 9mm were used instead.

[007007spyman]

The firearm Caan's character carried was a Smith and Wesson m640 , 5 shot, 357 magnum probably loaded with. 38 caliber from the sound. Its fading, but still a popular weapon with private detectives or wiser off duty cops. You dont want to enter a firefight like THIS with one but using the tactics Caan's character used against the spray and pray technique even out the odds. For self defense the M640 really adds to the conversation. Great movie shootout. Great handy gun.