http://www.totalfilm.com/features/7-preposterous-movie-shoot-outsCorporate crime thriller The International is released into cinemas this weekend.
And while we found very little to recommend it, there is one madcap saving grace – a massive gun clash that takes place in the Guggenheim Museum, of all places.
It’s a staple of action movies – the super stylised orgy of violence that never seems to play by the rules of reality, reaction time or limited ammo.
We’ve taken aim at some of the most fun movie melees through the years – and seen what might really happen in today’s world. Beware, spoilers lie within. Don't shoot us.
I love hot fuzz. its hilarious. one of the best scenes in the movie..
The Film: Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Road To The Fight: Inspired by the action movies beloved by sidekick Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) Top plod Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) decides to return to the town of Sanford to dispense bullet-ridden justice to the corrupt local council, who are murdering “undesirables” to keep the peace.
The Arsenal: Angel raids the local police station’s evidence locker for all sorts of handguns, shot guns and rifles. But the villagers are also tooled up.
The Victor: Angel and Butterman succeed after a showdown that takes them through the entire town, including the local pub and supermarket.
If This Was The Real World: Angel returns, but discovers that the local bobby locker has a few confiscated spliffs and a couple of Stanley knives.
The resulting skirmish is still bloody, but nowhere near as pyrotechnic.
Dont mess with the matrix.
The Film: The Matrix (1999)
The Road To The Fight: Neo (Keanu Reeves), finally realising his heroic potential, returns to the virtual world in an attempt to rescue Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), who has been captured by the evil agents and is being held in an office building within the faux world.
The Arsenal: “Guns, lots of guns.”
The Victor: Neo and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) blast their way through the building and end up securing Morpheus’ safety while destroying everything in sight.
If This Was The Real World: It takes place in the Matrix. The Matrix is not real. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth.
So there.
