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SHOWBIZ 7s: Seven best shoot-'em-up scenes in cinema 'Shoot 'Em Up' director Michael Davis gives us his picks. By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 13, 2007 Michael Davis is the director and writer of "Shoot 'Em Up," which opens on Friday. When a guy makes a movie with that title, there's really only one question to ask him: What are your favorite shootout scenes and why? He wrote his own intro, which we're happy to use. Here's what he had to say. Everybody's got his or her favorite cinema gunfight. The shootouts in "Heat," "Scarface" and the "Wild Bunch" would top many people's lists. I love the hot lead in these flicks. Add "L.A. Confidential," "Unforgiven," "Tombstone" plus "Open Range" and you'd probably have one of the best collection of sharpshooters whose feet remain firmly on the ground. Like comparing apples and oranges, I say a second but equal list should be made for gunfighters who take to the air. My favorite shoot 'em ups are bullet ballets with an acrobatic action hero -- who like an Errol Flynn with a gun -- swings, tumbles, spins, slides, leaps, and flies all the while brandishing a pistol or pistols. My Top Seven shoot 'em ups are: 杀人三部曲 7. "Desperado." The bar full of bullets. Robert Rodriguez knows the first rule of gunfights. They should be a blast to watch. From Banderas kicking a man high in the air, then shooting him, to a Mexican standoff with multiple guns out of bullets, the fun factor is high in this sequence. 古墓丽影&夕阳天使 6. Tie between "Tomb Raider" – Lara's mansion gunfight -- and "So Close" – the finale in office building. Chicks can shoot too. I'll get reamed for these choices, but there are great gunfights in less-than-great movies. Lara Croft's use of rappelling rope as a bungee cord to shoot and leap is outstanding. Clever use of environment and props always elevates a scene. The lesser-known Corey Yuen flick has Asian hottie Zhao Wei jumping across the abyss of high stairwells while firing. Her dual hip rappelling cords save her life when she shoots a baddie, and as he falls, she is pulled upwards so she can swipe his gun. Ultra clever. 辣手神探 茶楼 5. "Hardboiled." Here begins the John Woo hit parade of hit men. Human targets galore fall with Chow Yun Fat leaping and diving everywhere. His trigger-euphoric slide down the stairway is a must-see. The finale with Fat using the baker's table for cover and ending up white-faced with flour, only to have red blood splatters on his mime-pale face, is awesome. 黑客帝国 4. "The Matrix." The lobby shoot-out. The Wachowskis' perfectly choreographed set piece is Cirque du Soleil with guns. The never-before-seen, gravity-defying, wall-running ... is a treat. There are only a couple things that hold this back from being my No. 1. It's too short, especially compared to Master Woo's crimson dissertations. As much as I like the bad-ass Keanu, he's a superhuman against mortal stooges, and there's never any sense of danger until he finally confronts a bullet-dodging agent. 喋血双雄 教堂 3. "The Killer." The church climax. Leaping and diving galore as a bullet-riddled statue of the Virgin Mary shatters. The killer and the cop must fight together against an army of assassins, sliding pistols across the floor to each other, then cleverly throwing a wad of shotgun shells which they then shoot to take down the big boss. The poetry of Chow Yun Fat shot in the eyes while protecting the woman he blinded sweetens the melodrama with bloody syrup. 辣手神探 仓库 2. "Hardboiled." The warehouse gunfight. Chow Yun Fat makes his hugely cinematic entrance flying in on a wire while firing an Uzi. Bombastic and at the same time clever, Chow Yun Fat makes great use of environment. He pushes a car, using it at once as a shield and a battering ram. The sweetest moment occurs when Fat takes down a motorcycle and simultaneously leaps and fires as the rice rocket slides under him while he takes down a second cycle. 辣手神探 医院 1. "Hardboiled." The hospital sequence. Hands-down the greatest gunfight ever. Besides being the longest gunfight with the highest and bloodiest body count, it has a brilliant, extended, perfectly choreographed one-shot master where dozens fall to Chow Yun Fat. Along with John Woo's signature diving and backsliding, Fat, as the cop named Tequila, cradles a baby while blowing away baddies in a jaw-dropping climax.
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