10 Greatest ‘One Shot’ Scenes In Movie History
3. Kingsman
If there ever was some debate over whether or not scenes that merely appear to be done in one take should be given the same level of cinematic reverence as scenes that actually are done in one take, Kingsman surely settled it. Dubbed the "One Fake Shot" at the time earning the film a string of rave reviews, this frenetic, complex sequence took over a week to film.
Arguably a logistical challenge equally as complex as the choreography seen in Atonement, dozens of seamless joining up points needed to be found in the action. The scenes were then stitched together from there with extreme close-ups, blurred panning, or simply people walking across the shot being used to mask the transitions.
All told there are around 130 actors on-screen during this sequence, with roughly 20 stuntmen, 80 extras, and a host of real-life amputee actors brought in for the various moments of dismemberment. It's unlikely anybody watching this wouldn't realise that it's not actually one uninterrupted piece of cinema, but the end result is so good that it's even more unlikely that anybody would care.