10 Most Intense Shootouts In Movie History
6. Heat - Shootout Between The Cops And Robbers
When a movie shoots a bank robbery, it rarely involves handing a note to a teller resulting in a small bag of cash leaving the scene with a single guy. Bank robberies in movies almost always lead to intense gunfights between the cops & robbers and Heat is no exception with a total of nine killed in this one scene.
By the time De Niro and his crew take on the bank, the characters have been fully developed as have Pacino and his cops. This leads to a greater appreciation of each and every person involved in the heist on both sides.
Every bullet fired has meaning when it is being fired between two groups of characters who have developed throughout the film and the audience was left with one of the most memorable gun battles in modern cinema.
The gunfight doesn't pick up until the robbers make their way to the street, but it quickly builds in intensity as the bodies begin to pile up. What follows is a chase scene wrought with gunfire between two groups of people who are heavily armed. Michael Mann's unique filming style is on display as the pressure ramps up to its inevitable conclusion making Heat's firefight one of the most harrowing ever recorded.