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THE 3 MOST REALISTIC FIREFIGHTS EVER FILMED BY HOLLYWOOD



Benicio del Toro stars in "Sicario." (Sony)
29 Jul 2021
We Are The Mighty | By Alex Hollings

It’s no secret that movies get a lot wrong about firearms and the ways they’re
used in a fight. From every 80’s protagonist refusing to shoulder their rifles
when they fire, to the seemingly infinite magazine capacity in every hero’s gun,
filmmakers have long prized what looks cool over what’s actually possible in
their work, and to be honest, it’s hard to blame them.

After all, diving sideways while firing pistols from each hand does look pretty
badass, even if it’s just about the dumbest thing someone could do in a
firefight.

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There are, of course, exceptions to the rule when it comes to Hollywood’s
depictions of firefights–movies that manage to offer a realistic representation
of how armed conflicts actually play out while still giving the audience
something to get excited about.

These movies may not be realistic from end to end, but each offers at least one
firefight that was realistic enough to get even highly trained warfighters to
inch up toward the edges of their seats.


DELTA’S TIME TO SHINE: “SICARIO”



The border scene in 2015’s "Sicario" is worthy of study from multiple angles: as
an exercise in filmmaking, this scene puts on a clinic in tension building, and
although some elements of the circumstances may not be entirely realistic, the
way in which the ensuing firefight plays out offers a concise and brutal
introduction to the capabilities boasted by the sorts of men that find their way
onto an elite team like Delta.

Unlike the Chuck Norris depictions of Delta from the past, these men are short
on words and heavy on action, using their skill sets to not only neutralize
opponents, but to keep the situation as contained as possible. The tense lead up
and rapid conclusion leaves the viewer with the same sense of continued stress
even after the shooting stops that anyone who has ever been in a fight can
relate to, despite the operators themselves who are seemingly unfazed.

As real special operators will often attest, it’s less about being unfazed and
more about getting the job done–but to the rest of us mere mortals, it looks
pretty much the same.


THE GOLD STANDARD: “SAVING PRIVATE RYAN”



When “Saving Private Ryan” premiered in 1998, I distinctly recall my parents
returning home early from their long-planned date night. My father, a Vietnam
veteran who had long struggled with elements of his service had been excited
about the new Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg wartime epic, but found the opening
scene depicting the graphic reality of the Normandy invasion of World War II to
be too realistic to handle. My dad, who never spoke of his time deployed, chose
to leave the theater and spent the rest of the evening sitting quietly in his
room.

This list is, in spirit, a celebration of realism in cinema, but realism has a
weight to it, and sometimes, that weight can feel too heavy to manage. A number
of veterans have echoed my father’s sentiments about the film (he did eventually
watch it at home by himself), calling that opening sequence, often heralded as a
masterpiece of film making, one of the hardest scenes they’ve ever managed to
watch.

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VAL KILMER HELPS TRAIN GREEN BERETS: “HEAT”



The dramatic ten-minute shootout in “Heat” has become legendary in Hollywood for
good reason. For six weeks, the film’s production team closed down parts of
downtown Los Angeles every Saturday and Sunday to turn the city into a war zone,
and the actors came prepared to do their parts. Production brought in real
British SAS operatives to train the actors in real combat tactics at the nearby
L.A. County Sheriff’s combat shooting ranges.

Legend has it that Val Kilmer took to the training so well that the shot of him
laying down fire in multiple directions and reloading his weapon (without the
scene cutting) has been shown at Fort Bragg as a part of training for American
Green Berets. Marines training at MCRD San Diego have also been shown this
firefight from “Heat” as a depiction of how to effectively retreat under fire.

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