Young Guns (1988)
The Shoot-Out: The Young’uns, trapped in a house by Murphy’s (Jack Palance) men, decide to shoot their way out.
The Weapons: Period-specific Colts rule the day, with Billy The Kid (Emilio Estevez) favouring the Colt Lightning.
Coolest Kill: A suitcase is thrown out of the window, only for Billy to emerge firing.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Shoot-Out: A bar full of Nazis realise they’ve been infiltrated by British offer Archie Hicox (Michael Fassbender).
The Weapons: The scene is pretty much a love letter to the Walther brand.
Coolest Kill: “Say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls!”
Witness (1985)
The Shoot-Out: Bent policemen stalk good cop John Book (Harrison Ford) in an Amish barn on their hunt for witness Samuel (Lukas Haas).
The Weapons: The baddies bring shotguns to the party, but Book has a better idea.
Coolest Kill: Who needs guns when you can unload a corn silo onto a gunman’s head?
The Kingdom (2007)
The Shoot-Out: Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) and Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner) lead an assault on a building occupied by terrorists.
The Weapons: The goodies – mostly Heckler & Koch. The baddies – whatever they can get, including RPGs.
Coolest Kill: Fleury tosses a grenade into the room where the guy firing the rockets is hiding.
Smokin' Aces (2006)
The Shoot-Out: The Neo-Nazi Tremor Brothers destroy a security team in a hotel, only to realise they’ve left Sir Ivy (Common) unharmed. Oops.
The Weapons: Mostly M3s and SIGs.
Coolest Kill: Sir Ivy shoots one of the Tremor brothers until he falls on his own chainsaw. Ouch.
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Shoot-Out: Brattish Lord Bullingdon (Leon Vitali) challenges his step-father Barry Lyndon (Ryan O’Neal) to a duel.
The Weapons: Flintlock duelling pistols.
Coolest Kill: Nobody dies – this is a botch job. Having misfired first time, Bullingdon’s second shot only wounds Barry in the leg.
Miami Vice (2006)
The Shoot-Out: Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) instigate a firefight about drug lords and Aryan supremacists at the Port of Miami.
The Weapons: Tubbs has a Benelli M4 Super 90 shotgun while Crockett wields a SIG SG 552 rifle.
Coolest Kill: Classic roll ‘n’ shoot stuff from Tubbs.
Equilibrium (2002)
The Shoot-Out: John Preston (Christian Bale) goes on the rampage against his old pals in the thought police.
The Weapons: When not using swords, Preston rocks a futuristic update of the Beretta 92FS.
Coolest Kill: Preston shoots two guards while upside-down during a reverse somersault.
Shane (1953)
The Shoot-Out: Shane (Alan Ladd) confronts crooked Jack Wilson (Jack Palance) in a bar.
The Weapons: These guys are cowboys, so they use a cowboy's gun - the Colt Single Action Army.
Coolest Kill: “I’ve heard you’re a low-down Yankee liar,” Shane tells Wilson. “Prove it.” He does.
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Shoot-Out: David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) defends his home against an invasion of drunken, sadistic Cornishmen.
The Weapons: Plenty of guns, but David also improvises with boiling cooking oil and a man trap.
Coolest Kill: The man trap over the head treatment for rapist Charlie (Del Henney).
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