Larry At The Movies EP 3 - 'The Way Of The Gun'
Vložit
- čas přidán 12. 04. 2020
- We have The Way of the Gun for episode 3 in the Larry At The Movies series. Released in 2000, Way of the Gun is the Directorial Debut of Oscar winning Writer and Director Christopher McQuarrie. McQuarrie’s brother Doug, a former Navy SEAL, acted as technical/weapon advisor on the film and educating the actors in gun manipulation and tactics. Though not commercially successful upon its release, the film has become a cult classic and is often praised within the firearms world for its realism. Larry breaks down the film's climatic shootout scene.
Clips from: Way of the Gun (Dir. McQuarrie) 2000
Click here to subscribe to CZcams:
bit.ly/3qPWDw2
Click here to keep up with me:
Facebook: / larryvickers
Instagram: / vickers_tactical
Website: www.vickerstactical.com/
Book: www.vickersguide.com - Zábava
![Eminem - Houdini [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/22tVWwmTie8/mqdefault.jpg)
Anyone else think that Larry should react to military scenes in the movie *Sicario?*
Absolutely...the gun fight near the border check with the gang-bangers .
This please
But which one???? Part one or two?
Both^^^^
Hamid Waseem
I feel like part one holds a bit more realism!
This film is incredibly underrated and slept on. I like it even more than Usual Suspects and I LOOOOOVE that film.
I like how Larry keeps referring to Del Toro and Philippe fighting "bad guys", even though they just got done kidnapping a pregnant women in exchange for money
Didn’t have to flex those glasses so hard Larry
Gotta be high speed
@Sigkim "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" is another good one from the late 90's.
Flex?
Hahaha 🙈
Jacob Staten you seem confused
Instructor had us study how "Parker" and "Longabaugh" communicate during the clinic standoff, talking and moving, talking and moving. Plus, it's a great scene, without a shot fired.
This reminds me of how hard it's been for me to deprogram out of Weaver push pull.....
Nothing says “bad guy” like a members only jacket
Velour Jogging Suit is where it's at.
Or the ever popular thin material striped track suit from eastern europe, 4 day old Body Oder not included.
Smoov Cat bet you’re fun at parties
Smoov Cat cool...
Smoov Cat gay larpers aren’t allowed to comment on Larry’s videos.
There's always free cheese in a mouse trap.
A plan is a list of things that don't happen
My Granpa used to say that, he was a very intelligent fellow. God Bless brother, that made my day.👍
Better to be the second mouse.
This movie was strange and weird. The only scene worth watching was the gun fight scene in the end and even that scene was strange. I literally bought this movie right after watching this video and was hugely disappointed was definitely not worth the $8 I paid for it lol
@@smoothshot8925 do me a favor and watch it one more time. One of my favorites but it’s great. There’s a lot of unsaid storyline.
You should have added a break down of the Kidnapping scene and car chase. Awesome Movie!
Larry: *critiques their tactics in anyway*
Me: “tell ya the truth I don’t think this is a brains kind of operation”
Daniel Simmons
It is just lowly criminals fighting for cash.
@@valianthorizon6890 too real
I've wanted to see a breakdown of this scene FOREVER, as I found it to be so realistic. Criminally underrated film.
It truly is. It’s in my top 5.
That’s not just “kinda cuttin’ yourself on some broken glass”. That’s an injury which would likely cause your arm to lose permanent function for the rest of your life, even if you made it out of that shootout alive. Those shards go all the way to bone; severed nerves, skeletal muscle damage, bone scarring, potential ligament and tendon damage, and potential severed arteries.
Even with adrenaline, you’d feel every bit of that injury. For most people, the mere sight of such an injury would cause them to pass out instantly. Considering you hear a ton of testimonies from LEO and combat veterans describing no sensation until 30 minutes or longer after penetration from a round, I’d much rather get shot in the leg by 9mm and be walking again in a few months.
Doing some contracting work many years ago, I witnessed a buddy get a small piece of glass pushed through the soft pad next to his thumb on the palm side. A piece of glass no more than a half inch in length, and a few centimeters in width, was able to pierce all the way through his nerves down to almost the bone. He only felt a sharp prick at first, then excruciating pain about 10 minute later. Despite immediate hospital treatment, he lost complete functionality in that thumb, along with most of the feeling in that side of his hand.
Glass is so much sharper than people comprehend, unless they themselves have had a serious injury from glass; it doesn’t take much force or a violent, chaotic accident to cause severe, or even lethal damage with a shard of sharp glass.
Considering the size, number, and depth of those shards, I respectfully disagree with you that he overplayed the scene.
That’s a hideous injury.
TheRealPDizzle agreed.
Not sure if I’d agree with getting shot in the leg, that could really take a toll on you as well.
But agreed on the glass thing. Had a scuffle a few years back that ended up with my left hand (left handed) going through a glass panel. Didn’t feel anything at the time and got to the hospital by myself. Doctor said the tendons and nerves in my thumb, index and pinky were all severed, had about a square inch of skin missing from the side of my hand and a shard entered my wrist and had cut the nerve for the side of my palm.
About 200 stitches and 6 years later I get cramps in my hand when i over exert it. Anything from shooting handguns to using chopsticks to beating off will cramp it up.
Yeah l agree l mean you always hear about people completing marathons with broken feet and shit so l can see him muscling through a hole in the leg. Also that glass looked really fucking bad.
Adrenaline is like nothing else. Cant even compare it to anything relatable when its about survival. When adrenaline hits, pain is noticable but not really a distraction. It is the body´s last ditch effort to survive. Trust me , you wouldnt stop and scream like that. There have been people recorded, that got shot 15-20 times and still kept on fighting. Those shots severed nerves and muscles aswell, the fragments splitting and slicing their way through your system. They still kept going. So respectfully i disagree with you and agree with Larry.
I'll agree that the injury could have been worse than Larry was saying but the adrenaline from a gunshot wound and from the fight for your life situation along with the fact that glass is sharp enough that its cuts don't hurt much in the first place makes me think that Larry's overall point stands. That glass could easily have severed a tendon or nerve(no ligaments to slice in that area though) and caused immediate impairment of the hands extension but on their own a shot to the leg has way more potential to kill and cause lasting damage than that glass to the forearm. Also, glass is obviously razor sharp but you're making it sound like it's some fantasy material with a mind of its own. The reason your friend and other people lose function from seemingly shallow cuts to the hand or lower wrist is because of how superficial the tendons and nerves and really everything else is in your hand and that there's bone right behind so structures have nowhere to go. The forearm has a bit more meat and a lot less bone than the hand and isn't as susceptible to shallow cuts but most of the damage here looked to be from that one big shard which from it's position could have severed the tendons responsible for wrist extension or the radial nerve but even if it hit an artery it wouldn't be immediately incapacitating, if he hadn't taken the glass out it would've taken even longer to bleed out but I don't blame him for taking it out. To be honest, you saying you'd rather take a shot to the leg than that glass to the wrist is crazy and seems to come from a misinterpretation of anecdotal information. That people continue to function wity666h gunshot wounds to the leg doesn't mean there is no damage done. You'd be very lucky to get shot in the leg and be walking again soon, there are so many large blood vessels there and if you break the femur that can cause massive blood loss in and of itself so even living through it at all isn't as sure as you'd think. Let's put it this way, there's no situation in which you'd get shot in the leg with even a .22 short and wouldn't go to the hospital, if you get lucky with where that glass gos you can just dress it at home and it'll heal up on its own long before our .22 wound heals. And that's with a through and through on the calf that avoided hitting major vessels or structures.
I need much more of this movie breakdown content. Sicario, Ronin, Den of Thieves, The Accountant, Street Kings, Triple Frontier, etc.
Keep it coming Larry 👍
Peppermint
Den of Thieves is a good one, the movie itself is not great but the final shootout is is very cool and intense.
I don’t need Larry telling me how horrible Ronin was and ruining one of my favorite movies lol
@@bend6470 yeah but what was in the case...
@@rafaelalodio5116 Den of thieves is very very similar to Heat.
1. H - cop is neglecting his wife, DoT - cop is cheating on his wife 2. Botched robberies 3. H- Neil is "never going back", DoT - bad dude commits suicide by cop. 4. Shootout scene. 5. Not the same but still: H - Hanna makes progress by extorting the lover of Chris' wife, DoT cop sleeps with bad guy's girlfriend. I agrre that in H it is about information and in DoT it is about desinformation, still it revolves around infidelity.
I really didn't like the Keiser Soze ending of DoT though, otherwise I quite enjoyed it.
Larry, You mentioned Chuck Taylor trained James Caan for Thief. In 2016 I talked to Chuck about his time with Caan. Chuck's recollection.
Feb. 1980 James Caan and Michael Mann showed up at Gunsite with a couple of Hogue long slide 1911s. Rather than use colorful language I will say Chuck did not think highly of Caan or Mann. A meeting took place in Cooper's office (The Crow's Nest) in his home. From the get go Cooper thought they both were the southbound end of a northbound horse and blew them off even though they were paying handsomely for a private tutorial. Mann wanted Caan to have some idea about what he was doing. Caan did not want to be there. Caan's hobby was rodeo. There was a rodeo in Denver coming up and Caan wanted out and to get to the rodeo.
The intention was for Caan to get five days of training. Cooper was offended because the hero, Caan was a bad guy. Cooper purposely dropped the whole thing in Taylor's lap. Chuck told me that Cooper used Taylor to get himself off the hook because Mann had paid for the training. Cooper did not refuse to give Caan training Cooper just refused to personally provide the training. Chuck said this all took place during the "off season" when nothing else was going on at Gunsite.
Chuck said Caan did not want to listen or pay attention because he did not want to be there. He said Caan had a terrible trigger mash and decided that the only thing he could accomplish with Caan was make him look like he knew how to handle a weapon.
The conversation went off topic because Chuck continuously kept expressing his disdain for Caan and how it was nothing like when he worked with Gene Hackman on Uncommon Valor. Chuck spoke very highly about Hackman and said that he was an "absolute pleasure to work with". According to Chuck the M1 Hackman used in the movie was Hackman's personal weapon. John Milius had Taylor do some significant script polishing. Chuck said he included a lot of stuff he was involved in in Vietnam. Chucks unit 1st Battalion 11th Infantry Recon Team Arizona (his LRRP Team designation). Chuck wrote that into the script. Chuck said he got screen credit for the training but not the script work.
Thanks for sharing that story. I have always respected Mann's due diligence to weapons train his actors. I've seen Thief a half dozen times, and always thought Caan looked too rigid in his maneuvering and weapons handling; he looked like an actor trying to look like a professional.
Hackman was in the Marine Corps in the early '50s...so I'm sure he was pretty familiar with M1's. :)
I'm surprised that there was no mention of the snub-nose revolver guys making accurate shots at exceptionally long distances for that type of firearm.
Good point.
And from the hip too!!
I have seen people pull off amazing shots with snub nose pistols. It was the standard back in the day
The accuracy of the short barrel is not an issue. I have an old 2½ model 19. Back in the days when I was training, I could put 5 shots into 1½ inch at 25 yards, no problem, though it would mostly be slightly more than 2 inches. The problem is not the short barrel's intrinsic accuracy, but the short sightline of the iron sights. It requires real discipline at aligning the sights.
If using muscle memory aiming or any type of optical sights, it's not a factor.
I used this movie in classes when teaching sailors as a Marines Cadre to train moving and cover
Sicario please, especially the border scene.
And the tunnel fight too!
The Galil was one of the rare .308 versions that's why the mag was so huge and only had 20 rounds.
This movie has one of my favorite quotes: "One's backfire. Three's a gunfight."
Saw it in the theater 😎
Keep this kind of content coming! Easily my favourite.
Edit: i wouldnt mind watching 20 mins of this.
chicken nuggers 20 mins easily I absolutely agree 👍
What would your top 5 movies for him to cover be?
When DelToro did the press check to see if there was a round in the chamber, normally the slide would lock back after the Mag is empty, unless they’re playing it up to be he’s experienced the slide not locking back before because of a Mag not working properly & ended up with a dry fire on a empty chamber because the slide didn’t lock back. And the bad guy at 07:50 was also in a Dirty Harry movie, I think it was “The Enforcer” where he went into the cat house & said his brother was just there previously & the bad guy is the one standing there with his arms folded when the one broad said he had to “pay in advance”.
"a little bit of glass"
His forearm is shredded!
Saw this movie in theaters in Oceanside CA shortly after leaving S.O.I., I remember thinking this movie was full of things I had just been taught the basics in. That said it was personally more entertaining than "wire crew" slow motion Matrix or Blade gun fights that were popular at the time.
For the kids doing the math, yes I was a boot Marine back in the days of iron sights and pouring powder and ball down the barrel of our M16A2s
The Train station shootout from The Untouchables. That’s one Larry should do for this series.
"A plan is a list of things, that don't happen".
Oh hell yeah. I’ve been waiting for this movie to get it’s due acclaim for over 2 decades. Excellent choice to analyze Mr Vickers. Thanks for uploading this.
Very good modern Western.
Maybe we’ll finally get a sequel
spraynpray never thought of it like that. but you’re right it does have a western morality to it. I love how they end up caring for the gal they’d kidnapped.
I’ve been dying for a .308 Galil ARM since I saw this in the theater. Lots of great gun fights all throughout & Del Toro is always watchable. Plus James Caan. Definitely one of my favorite gun movies.
556 golani
Great movie and great video man one of my favorites.
Funny seeing you here. Usually popular youtubers like you get 100+ likes just for commenting anything lol.
Great info
Oops wrong guy sorry
I was the only one in my group that was able to sneak into this opening night. I was one of four people in the whole theater. Amazing experience. Used the dvd for years afterwards to show off my parents surround sound system.. ah memories
"not sure why he did that"
he did that so he'd be down to just his pistol, to even out the fight for theatricalitys sake of course.
I loved this movie back in the day. Totally agree with your analysis. The "james Caan.....with his wheelgun" comment made me actually LOL. Great video, Larry. Also, never go up against a bunch of people wearing members only jackets in a gunfight! 🤣😂
Or fisherman's vests!
If your taking requests I would love to see review delta force or Black hawk Down
I'd like to suggest the shootout at the end of Den Of Thieves. I'd love to get your take on that, as long as we can all get past the part where Gerard Butler forgets his magazine for his SCAR-L.
It actually fell out, you can see it fall in previous scene. Apparently it was unplanned, but Mr G. Butler continued anyways
@@sebleonard8273 Dang. I'm gonna have to go back and watch that again.
@@johnpagdilao6075 there's a nice video compilation of all the gunfights in the movie. It's on one of the RENTON movie/TV shows fights/gunfights compilation channels.
You clearly see it there, someone even pointed out the exact timestamp where you can see it fall out.
But it's nothing crazy really, he probably didn't seed it all the way and it fell out
@Apex Alpha agreed, the opening gunfight was by far the better one of the movie.
I always thought it was so odd that his character ran RDSs on all his handguns but when it was time to pull out the long gun, straight irons. Didn't make a whole lotta sense to me in the long run.
This video title strung together some of my favorite words:: “Larry at the Movies & The Way of the Gun” nuff said 👌🏾
that scene when he jumped into the shattered glass was painful to watch
I laughed at it, as a kid😄
My family is waiting for Larry at the Movies on End of Watch.
I think that was a galil .308 in the movie but I could be wrong
Yes,
The Galil was as a .308
And after dumping a mag of 308 in a room that small... those dudes would be deaf as deaf gets
Mr mysterious haha very true.
Straight mag .308 yes. Larry just missed it thats all
It was the 556 golani, he used it twice in the film. Ps 556 is way louder than 308 and yes the mag was a thirty two round banana not a straight twenty shot box mag
Eddie Murphy does a good one handed reload with a High-power in Beverly Hills cop because he’s shot in the shoulder he’s sitting down and puts the pistol between his leges to swap mags out..I think he just uses the slide release to charge the gun up but it’s been many years since I’ve seen that movie
I loved the gunplay in this scene. Like Larry said, the reloads, and also something he didn't mention, was them alternating suppressing fire on a target to keep them pinned down. I also enjoy hearing my opinion on 3-point slings validated by the man himself!
"I think a plan is just a list of things that don't happen". I quote that all the time, and no one ever knows where it's from.
Larry, I love when you make these. Amazing, detailed info on small arms and their handling, paired with a behind the scenes look at Hollywood’s greatest gun films. This is an excellent format, I could easily watch an hour or two of this every week.
Larry I just love your comments!!!! Regards from Croatia.
Great movie! The ARM is the 7.62 version with a 25rd mag.
Love your vids LARRY VICKERS!!! Your the best in the business!!!👌👍🔥🔥🔥The BEST!!!!
Larry with the wisdom 10/10
Uncle Larry is a living American Classic
I'm just watching this randomly and don't really know much about larry aside from his appearances in Forgotten Weapons episodes but I really appreciate that while he does critique unrealistic scenes involving guns and gun combat her also follows it up with how it was done for the flow of the movies.
There's a Finnish war movie called "The Unknown Soldier" with lots of cool historical guns. I'd like to see your take on that one.
Adding that to the watch list
Good call...
>There's a Finnish war movie called "The Unknown Soldier"
lol there are like 3 of them. every finnish generation tries to one up the last one on interpreting Vaino Linna's novel
@@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300 you're right and I should have been more specific: I meant the most recent one from 2017.
Also, thanks for bringing up the novel; it's well worth reading!
Same. Much better than any recent America (so called) ww2 movie.
love this series, thanks
Nice, another one. I really enjoyed the last 2. Hopefully there's more to come.
One of my favorite shootout movies!
Yes! Was hoping you’d do this movie - one of my favorites.
LMAO! Great commentary! "Dude, you've already been shot in the leg, things aint gonna go real well for ya." Larry is all heart....but he's right!
I believe it was mentioned that 9mm 1911 pistols were ideal for filmmakers due to the reliability of 9mm blanks to cycle the pistol properly. The .45 1911 would often be used with 9mm stand-ins for shooting scenes and the .45 for display. The Untouchables does this considerably.
Love this movie, have not watched it in probably a decade, need to watch it again
I came across your At The Movies and I'm loving them. I'm not a gun guy, but I find your insight so interesting. Also, I love that you did The Way Of The Gun. I bought this movie back in 2000, and has always been one of my go-tos when recommending movies as, as you mentioned, no one saw this movie when it was released - which is really too bad.
One of the best opening scenes.
Love when they sock Sarah Silverman in the parking lot.
@Marc Pascual Yes, that scene was awesome, the dialog was badass.
Oh it’s this movie! Awesome
💪🏽😎👌🏽
That's the first thing I remember when I think of this film.
@@joebrooks9495 Love that line! Haha!
Great video Larry, this is a killer series! Would love to see a breakdown of the end scene of The Veteran, kick ass movie!
YESSSSSSS... finally!!! My favorite movie!
I’d love to see Mr. Vickers review the shootout scenes in the wild bunch.
Good choice!! I love that end shoot out. Some great 1911 work and a great period. There are a lot of good suggestions but this one has my vote!
T L thank you
That scene when Phillipy falls in the fountain with broken glass. You missed the pass where he was prone talking to relieve stress. Thus his adrenaline and pain level have dropped.
Ryan Phillippe* ...
Thanks Larry, I really enjoys these video reviews.
Watched the movie after seeing this; great flick. Appreciate what you do; please keep doing it!
Literally why would anyone give this a thumbs down.
Finally. One of my favs
Larry breakdowns are the best!
Always great for the gun fighters tips. Lot of tech info also.
Thank you sir.
Love this series, please do more
Fantastic movie! One of my favorites due to the gun work! Thanks LV!
These are great videos you make here!
This is my second favorite movie of all time!
Something about this movie. Always loved it.
When Larry goes down a rabbit hole...its best to just go down with him as he will arrive at a real good point.
In these times of being isolated, I really like Larry's videos!
My favorite movie. Great job Mr. Vickers.
One of my favorite movies.
I needed some movie recommendations thanks Larry at the movies
you need to do more of these!!!!! only 4?? the best
THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING THIS AMAZING MOVIE
I always thought Del Toro looked like a Spanish version of Brad Pitt. Anyone else think so?
Absolutely
so true.
I'll have to check this one out!
Say "Phillippe" again LMFAO
You are THE man Larry Vickers
I know Doug VERY well, he was my platoon Chief at ST4, really good guy. I am almost 100% certain the opening scene came from an incident at a Seal Team Platoon.
I remember seeing this in the theater, my buddy and I were the only ones watching.
When Larry talks - lesser experienced folks should listen. And I love this movie by the way
Love this movie!
All time favorite movie. Bought it on vhs as soon as it came out.
Awesome stuff Larry! While watching, for some reason I thought of Den of Thieves. Would be great to see an episode about that movie ;)
Great work Larry, we like to see more!
One of my favorite movies
Thank you
Modern-day western, one of my favs since 1999. I wish there had been a sequel. Oh well, "Until that day...".
By the way, if you're looking at this shoot out and the movie as a whole with an eye towards directing, here's a great addendum to Larry's critique. czcams.com/video/7NQPDk3eD2E/video.html
Awesome analysis LAV.
I've always heard that 45 acp 1911s run very poorly on blanks. They typically substitute 9mm versions when they have to be fired in a movie. In the Wild Bunch, the 1911s are actually 9mm Star Echeverrias for this reason.
I'll have to watch this one! I've never seen it. I love your tech analysis of movies, thanks for giving us civvies a real look.
React to Modern Warfare "Cleaning House".
"Bad guys"? The entire movie is comprised of terrible people.
Worse guys
Not the child though. The child is innocent.
@@Sphere723 , and, I think that was the point of the story. Only the unborn baby was innocent.
Even the child tried to kill its own mother. True story.
No such thing as good guys, the world is just varying shades of gray.
I just rewatched this movie last weekend.
Awesome video!!
I agree and well said.
Street Kings, Larry, Street Kings.