SHOT FOR SHOT: "Collateral" Alleyway Gunfight Breakdown

Larry takes us through one of the best gunfights in movie history, the alleyway scene from Michael Mann's Collateral, and shows us how to master the techniques used by Tom Cruise in the film.
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[@MK7.5_GTI_TCR]

What makes this scene so authentic is the ultra realistic gun sound.

[@cjsmith5818]

Real guns and blanks were used that’s why

[@aaronp1174]

yeah this movie and heat have the best sounding gun fights ive heard so far that i can think of

[@Ac22768]

@@cjsmith5818 incorrect, blanks do not achieve the same effect. Microphone placement and a lot of additional sound work was needed to make it sound the way it did.

[@maximkretsch7134]

That's how a gun sounds when fired next to a car park.

[@EnriqueHernandez-cw3vf]

@@aaronp1174 also the movie Miami vice shootout have a great audio

[@ReverendMeat51]

I remember seeing Collateral in theaters when I was like 16 and this scene completely blew me away. Had no idea what being good with a pistol realistically looked like

[@wq198mnr]

Dan I was 13 and I just remember thinking wow that was very fast

[@VoiceofJustic3]

I bet it blew those tweakers away too harharhar

[@delta-9969]

it helps if the one guy can't managed to get his gun untangled from his waistband and you can deflect, draw and fire faster than guy #1 can pull a trigger... it may be possible but I don't know about realistic unless you're a gray haired cartel ninja

[@smoothshot8925]

Its crazy how cruise made it look better than larry lol

[@Julia-p7q-b4t]

I was born in 2004. I am just a couple of months older than Collateral. 😂 But I LOVE this movie.

[@thomasmartin6623]

collateral was a really under appreciated film

[@Chowbizful]

Tom Cruise did an amazing performance here

[@strawdawgs78]

It was appreciated by those who appreciated it.

[@Thrillseeker8922]

One of the most underrated movies in cinema history.

[@adamfrazer5150]

Most definitely 👍 One of my favourite films ever and a good addition to anyone's Mann collection. Great video, love hearing from guys who can pull off these shots in the real world 🍻

[@Dirtbag-Hyena]

1 of my favourite parts (believe it or not),is the coyote scene. Mann has always had good cinematography. It's beautifully shot,& "Shadow on the Sun" was perfect. The scene is so odd & surreal, yet complex in it's simplicity. It says A lot,by not saying anything. "Miami Vice"(the movie),is another I find(of Mann's) visually appealing .His shots ,colour pallet, his choice of backgrounds,framing,is all cinematic gold.

[@tekkhero9767]

Some commenters say tweaker 2 is slow or stalling to draw his gun. How fast would u be if u are literally seing your friend being shot 2 feet away. I think the shock would screw with your body unless you are very trained

[@joshuabaker7466]

the whole thing happens in 2 seconds or less, so i'd say his reaction time was on par for a tweaker who has no clue what hell hes just released.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Tweaker 2 does that without the knowledge of who Vincent is. It's no different than a thug poser who plays the part in front of someone who is a professional killer in real life. The same applies to criminals with guns vs police with guns in a real life shootout situation. Police train to execute the conclusion to the confrontation while the criminal is looking for a way out. The criminal is distracted by two objectives while the officer is focused on one goal.

[@MaxairEngineering]

Tweaker 2 has his OODA loop reset by the completely unexpected violence of action by Cruises character.......

[@emburgess7186]

Tekk Hero Naaah tweaker 2 didn't have a holster an he had issues getting good grip on gun an getting it out cause it was all hung up in his clothes. Hahaha

[@herberar]

Alan Passat : Thats absolutelly right . Beeing an assasin , it makes sense. But the film industry, ussually creates ridiculuos situations just ti sell tickets. Anyways, for a moovie, I agree it is a very good scene. Be sleek !

[@gutspraygore]

Yeah. That was the scene that, story wise, hinted the character as an unstoppable force. And then, in the nightclub shootout the character was fully unleashed as he had no hesitation in a very complicated situation. Like it was a Tuesday. Even better was how the movie showed Vincent as a person with empathy, humor and, to a certain degree, remorse at killing someone he probably didn't want to, but he's a professional. This movie was meticulously planned. It's really great stuff.

[@grantnebel9974]

For the plot, it's a great and necessary scene. Now we know, and more importantly, Max knows that Vincent can end your life in less than a second.

[@atkascha]

Agreed. Before, one of the witnesses in the case fell out of the car, he pulled a gun on Jamie Foxx's character, and we're like "ok... the Vincent guy is deadly serious". But to see him do that in the alley, it adds that one extra level of "not only is this guy big talk, but he walks the walk". Reinforces... do not F with him.

[@ajmoskowitz1753]

I agree with most of this. However I really don’t know how you can see Vincent as empathetic. In fact he’s completely devoid of empathy. After he kills the first hit he’s almost perplexed at Max’s sympathy for a guy he never met before. Vincent shows some pity towards max in a few moments. But guaranteed if the movie were to go Vincent’s way, we would have undoubtedly killed max in the end.

[@xjcrossx]

That scene had some issues though. Bad editing or directing, but serious flaws. The nightclub scene..

[@matthewb1279]

@@ajmoskowitz1753 Thank you! I think most people confuse "empathetic" with "charisma." Vincent is a very charismatic and interesting character. Which is what the audiences find intriguing. But if you pay attention to his interactions with Max and what he says, Vincent makes it very clear that he lacks empathy. He's the classic Hollywood sociopath: good looking charismatic, devoid of empathy, nihilistic, and uses bullshit logic/perceived intelligence to justify his actions.

[@Rekaert]

Whenever I watch Collateral, I always watch this scene a couple of times. It's damned smooth.

[@TheReffter]

Exact same. I have to rewind it and watch it a few times before I can move on.

[@ThyBlackWings]

Haha...I thought I am the only one who does this. Truly epic scene.

[@DemocracyManifest]

The nightclub scene was great too.

[@fasertthanaslug1]

This scene also had incredible sound production. It's a shame that other movies just can't seem to replicate gunfire closer to reality.

[@usuallyadam]

I damn near busted a gut when he comes out and says YO HOMIE, that was fucking classic, think I might make that whole sentence my new ring tone.

[@gamerweegee2160]

I misread this as bust a nut which made this even funnier

[@GigaChadh976]

Fear the 40 year old white man who says “yo homie.”

[@WernerKlorand]

Yo homie, is that my cell phone? :-D

[@lechar92]

I've bought a similar gray suit after watching this, no kidding

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

Han Solo vs Greedo breakdown please

[@jaytcache6580]

! I love this suggestion

[@TURKSTA19]

@@jaytcache6580 Very simple the alien was talking to much

[@paulmccallum4229]

Who shot first?

[@Puzzoozoo]

@@TURKSTA19 "When You have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk!" Tuco

[@1400IntruderVS]

@@paulmccallum4229 Han Solo was the only one who fired. I do not count the remastered edit versions because they are untrue to the character. The purpose of the scene was to introducing how dangerous Han Solo could be.

[@MrGunman11]

If this became a series, this channel just got cooler lol.

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

It's officially a series, Heat or John Wick are next. Thanks for watching!

[@dfa1]

***** Uber! I'd love to see some Die Hard, Street Kings or Transporter... Too bad their gun play isn't too realistic...

[@MKultra81]

***** Yes please! The infamous Heat shootout might me a bit hard to reenact, but there are plenty of scenes with interesting gun handling.

[@ZachBillings]

***** Well that's awesome news. Was just thinking the same thing. Agreed the Collateral scene is one of the most realistic civilian gun use oriented scenes out there.

[@Eric-AC]

+Vickers Tactical one of my all time fav movies, that scene gives me the chills, the training videos of Tom doing it are insane

[@gregrock7451]

Much respect to Tom Cruise for putting the time in on getting "Vincent" right; say whatever you will, the guy has an **insane** work ethic, and isn't afraid to take risks. He worked his ass off, a few hours a day at least for a few weeks with an ex-SAS guy that Micheal Mann used before for "Heat." He burned through thousands of rounds learning instinctive shooting, react drills, CQB tactics...all with *live ammo.* Micheal Mann is known to go to crazy lengths to get everything as accurate and authentic as possible. There was once a Navy SEAL firearms CQB instructor who used to show SEAL students at Coronado the bank robbery scene from "Heat," and in particular, Val Kilmer's performance. When Val Kilmer did a reload, the instructor said "**THAT** is what it should look like, **that** is what I wanna see when you reload." Most of that was due to the training Micheal Mann put them through in pre-production...and it definitely shows. He and Keanu are pretty damned legit.

[@kendudagrea8484]

I get why u guys like Tom so much. I really do. I really like Tom in Last Samurai. But guess what tho ??? Jamie Foxx is way more Versatile than a whole lotta actors u guys praise in Hollywood... That's why i really don't appreciate the way everyone is leaving Jamie Foxx out of all the comments , like he's not one helluva an Actor/ Comedian/ Singer/ Musical Savant ??? It's almost insulting to ignore. He can damn near do it all ??? And yall are treating Foxx like he was just some Extra in this Flick ??? I mean damn. Y'all talked about Michael Mann about as much as Tom. What about Jamie Foxx ??? "Gotta put sum Respect on Jamie Foxx name...ASAP !!! "

[@jamiewalker8772]

I’m so happy that someone else appreciated HEAT for the firefight scenes… only movie I EVER seen a tactical reload OR a compression check. Outstanding 👌

[@sgthulk9]

@@kendudagrea8484 Are you serious?? You gonna play a subtle racist card based on the fact that in this whole commentsection about *A VIDEO THAT IS ALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING SCENES* everybody is talking about Michael Mann and Tom Cruise? Jamie Foxx being a great actor has got nothing to do with a tactical hipdrawn shot, get it? This video is not about how convincingly scared Jamie is in this video; it's about a well-executed pistol shooting by an actor who trained very hard to be genuine and a director who did everything to make this scene sound & look right.

[@andrewscharbarth2099]

@@kendudagrea8484 Maybe you should do a breakdown video of jamie's authenticity at being a sniveling cabbie with his hands ziptied to a steering wheel. This is a gun video. Jamie didn't have a gun in this scene and is irrelevant to a gun discussion.

[@doom5950]

@@kendudagrea8484 Jamie's cabbie role got nomination for Oscar while Tom doesn't got praise he remained underrated how brilliantly he performed all those action sequences

[@Gooseman2k2]

Larry has lost so much weight! Looking at this video from 4 years ago to today! I bet he feels a million times better every day!

[@robertmccutcheon4103]

Cross fit for the win

[@viperdagger7732]

Agreed. I would like to see another scene from a movie to breakdown. This scene was awesome thanks to Micheal Mann. He never muffles or edits the sounds of the firearms filmed in his movies. I just love hearing that USP going off like a cannon compared to other pistol sounds in movies.

[@free2game]

I'm guessing it was something like Heat. They probably used the real sound from the scene because it's hard to replicate that great echo you get from the alleyway in a sound studio with stock sounds.

[@bigusdallastexamas5740]

Viper Dagger Michael Mann is on a whole other level when it comes to realistic gunfire and action scenes when compared to most directors. The example I always cite is the truck "crash" at the drive in meeting in Heat. It just rolls to a small bump against the rail after the driver is killed. It doesn't fly off a cliff and explode into a giant fireball in mid air. Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice (movie) all had spectacular gunfire audio.

[@FoxxMulderr]

Viper Dagger I didn't know that bit of trivia about Mann. Thanks!

[@purplefabian]

+Viper Dagger is a 22lr strong enough for this please reply

[@viperdagger7732]

If you talking about strong enough to kill with two shots to the chest and one in the head then damn straight it is. Sound wise, well Vincent did fire in a alley way in a city. So the sound is magnified thanks to the concrete and steel and enclosed space of the alley. Did I answer your question? I was not sure what you meant if a 22LR was strong enough.

[@Trevlee74]

Hearing Larry Vickers say the word *Homie* was worth the watch alone. Glad I wasn't mid-drink when he came around that corner instead of Vincent. This scene is why I like and respect Crusie's work. He does his own stunts, and clearly puts in a ton of research and training for all his roles.

[@gabehcuodsuoitneterp203]

Vincent from Collateral has got to be my favorite movie assassin ever, even above 007 himself, James Bond.

[@GangstaStan010]

gabehcuoD suoitneterP My fav movie Assassins. Raizo: Ninja Assassin John Wick: John Wick 1-2 Vincent: Collateral Snakeeyes: GI Joe Storm Shadow : GI Joe Leon: The Professional Melvin and Cisco: The Big Hit And everyone from Kill Bill and Jules from Pulp Fiction.

[@arnoldjack7956]

Wallace Thompson oh c'mon no Anton sigur??

[@dkellydude1432]

arnold jack Ageed!! No country for old men would be up there as well.

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

Same, Vincent is so calm and objective driven, plus he's just a badass assassin

[@drummer7557]

This is probably why people don't ask for autographs from Tom Cruise. ;o)

[@CesarChavez-bn6iv]

Loved how Tom Cruise was Surgical with that USP45 V1

[@Kalashinator]

Gotta hand it to him, he takes training for his roles seriously. Mann had Vincent drawing and making those 5 shots in 1.6 seconds in the screenplay. Tom was a smidge faster (per IMDB)

[@CesarChavez-bn6iv]

@@Kalashinator I definitely can’t wait to get my first USP45 V1 I’m definitely will train with James Williamson

[@Falco2847]

Cruise was trained by an ex British SAS operator for this, and clearly put a lot of time into making himself look very, very believable as an ex-SF Bloke. Hats off to him. One scene please, please if you can @Vickers Tactical. The fire and manoeuvre gun scene in Heat. Same guy co-ordinated it, but your view on the mechanics and your personal view on it would be sensational. Mainly due to the unexpected 3 man dynamic and flanking that occurs rather than the 4 man drills. Hope you see this!

[@Neur0bit]

Navy SEAL Dom Raso recreated that scene. Take a look at his channel, Dynamis Alliance. You can find it there. Larry, awesome video BTW. Keep'em coming!

[@PattyKakes7787]

If not done already, do it.

[@drumtravelfun]

Correct, credit to Mick Gould. Who also helped trained the actors in Mann's 'Heat'.

[@raymondkelly3234]

Mick gould and Andy mcnab choreographed heat..

[@raymondkelly3234]

Jimbo Jangles??

[@Davesworldyoutube]

Tom is a perfectionist on film I would expect nothing less than perfection from him. His form was a 10 out of 10 in that gun play scene

[@g.w.7893]

Finally this scene gets the attention is deserves. Well done Vickers.

[@douglasewald7506]

"I thought Tom Cruise was a bad guy in that movie" "Correction: Tom Cruise is a bad motha f****** in that movie"

[@robertpatter5509]

Vincent is Darwinism in the flesh. He does not discriminate. His awards are for everybody.

[@jedidalek]

Some of the scenes in John Wick could deserve this treatment.

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

John Wick breakdown is in the works! Stay tuned.

[@kinggeno32]

jedidalek If you have the dvd and watched the extras you will see Keanu did all his own gun manipulations and fighting in real time.

[@Fergesslich]

***** Great! Just made a comment demanding John Wick scenes, now you do it! GREAT!!!

[@MrKeefuh]

***** I'm subbing just for that. And now I'm adding collateral to my Netflix queue (idk how to spell that commie british word)

[@Snowy0123]

Absolutely... John Wick was amazing..

[@coolnamesTV]

"Yo Hommie!" bahaha I laughed out loud

[@handoverthejewgoldkyle3321]

Michael Srite *homie

[@Poetry4Peace]

Lool.

[@MrMZaccone]

One of my favorites as well. Super tactical and realistic. You don't see nearly enough of that in film.

[@P90XGetRipped]

Collateral is such an underrated movie. The alleyway scene was perfectly done. My personal favorite scene is the coyote scene when Shadow On The Sun by Audioslave starts playing. That scene doesn’t really add anything to the movie, but it really set the tone for the whole movie. Michael Mann did a great job of making a unique movie with very memorable scenes and characters.

[@grammar_shark]

I read somewhere that coyote wasn't in the script and ended up in a scene by accident, but they decided to keep it.

[@OK-1K1]

good stuff. Cruise was trained by Mick Gould (there's video somewhere on youtube) - same ex-SAS dude who worked on "Heat" shootout. I'd suggest looking at "The Way of the Gun" as well for some nice handgun scenes.

[@gregorytyse9419]

There's a very underrated-scence in Steven Segal's "Under Seige" at the 1:01:29, (point of the movie), when he shoots and kills four automatic weapon carrying mercenaries, by delivering 3-head shots, a round-house kick to one's neck, while holding the forth bad guy in a single-hand rear choke-hold, only to deliver a "coup de gras" shot that enters his spine and exits his chest cavity in about 4-seconds time. It's quite impressive.

[@ashishshinde9871]

🤣

[@prezentoappr1171]

Ffs mercy blow

[@tjames2222]

The scene has such great detail. There is such a subtle mind game there that was brilliant. The slight raising and lowering of the right hand to see if the tweaker would react to the draw hand moving. He didn't react so Tom immediately took the fight to him. Amazing scene one of the GOATs

[@ZAKU-GD]

honestly this scene had me shook in the theaters, i actually thought is was a stunt double and gci face mapping that pulled this off but glad to see Tom if found out later yrs always did all his own stunts and gun play scenes. Crazy talented he is

[@scottgreen6538]

Lol, The Jamie Foxx impersonator kills me Everytime.

[@likaboss7654]

He made a similar move in MI:Fallout, worth a look

[@ReneMacias1978]

Correct!! Outside the garage to save the lady cop’s life. Excellent point out 👍🏼

[@MilitantX1]

I'm an HK guy. It's my favorite pistol brand and I have multiple models. I just picked up my HK USP 45 today! Yes sir! I've been rewatching "Collateral" over and over and over again stirring myself up to make that move. Now, I will be carrying it as my EDC, like Vincent the hitman! Lol! 😎 Great video!

[@ellijahsmith4445]

When Larry walked out and said “yo homie”, I lost my shit lololol. Felt like my dad doing it hahah.

[@Kenzierose93]

Great job.

[@Treadongear]

I've already started saving my pennies!!

[@craig2e46]

I agree when I first saw it I thought it was one of the coolest scenes in a movie I've ever seen. You did a cool reenactment. Good job.

[@jimcameron9848]

Years later still one of my favorite KZbin videos.

[@saltykrug]

Thanks for these breakdowns. I've had a gun pulled on me twice in my life & I wasn't armed. Not going to be a problem anymore since about 2 months ago. People can say what they want about Tom Cruise. The guy is one of the best gun play actors in movie history. I loved this movie, I know his character was on the ruthless side but hated to see how it ended. Thanks again for breaking down this scene on realism. Goes to show, the shit happens fast.

[@miguellowe2407]

How else would it end? He wasn't backing down. It was either him or them.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

@@miguellowe2407 I think he meant how the film ended, not this scene.

[@christopherg2218]

Larry, love all of your stuff, but tactics videos like this are the best. This video really got me into defensive shooting. Hopefully I can train with you someday.

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

One of my favorite movies. More vids like this Larry!

[@MrLeonidas0001]

I remember I watched the club shoot scene like 5 times one night LOL!!!

[@scottcarter2362]

Tom Cruise takes his craft very, very seriously. The man really knows how to make a great movie.

[@milspecmachine3014]

Hey Larry at 2:05 you even nailed the facial expression that Vincent has in that scene 😬 👍🏽😎

[@femoralslasher]

That movie was the reason I went and bought an hk usp

[@claycoff87]

Same! And Metal Gear Solid (PS2), too:)

[@femoralslasher]

@@claycoff87 correction metal gear solid was the reason I bought a hk usp. Collateral only made me love mine even more

[@Immortal.Dragon]

Excellent demonstration, always loved this scene and how he does this perfect move. The block while simultaneously draws and hip shot to the body was just too awesom 👍🏽

[@BranniganCarter]

Those five shots made me fall in love with Michael Mann and Tom Cruise movies all at once

[@Hank..]

So glad I clicked on this video! What you said about getting your head over the pistol is really interesting. It's not intuitive, since you're used to your hand not being directly in line with your head, but it makes perfect sense when it comes to getting your shots on target, even up close. Something I wouldn't have considered if I hadnt watched!

[@0ne-Two]

The sound production of that scene was also 10/10

[@ReneMacias1978]

Yeah they left the actual sound of the gun without any editing of it. Just like the bank shootout in Heat.

[@ZacharyE]

Great breakdown! This is definitely one of my all time favorite gun scenes.

[@nigelhutchinson5332]

The gunshot sounds in this moving were very loud and believable, it adds so much to the scenes. Similar to heat, the really add the realness. So many movies underplay this effect.

[@TheCrusaderRabbits]

thanks for keeping in the final shot of the tweaker on the ground eating lead. makes me warm and fuzzy.

[@escopeto7849]

Fascinating analysis and re-shoot! Also, you're quite the fast drawer your self, having performed Vincent's mozambique drill at almost equal speed - must've taken a ton of practice! The booming sound of the pistol in the empty alley gave us all the rush.

[@Swagmonkeyfan1306]

Great analysis! This is the most famous scene in this movie, but the night club shoot out and the subway shootout are also pretty great and intense. Show the skill and realistic firearms manipulations Tom Cruise learned. More reviews of this movie would be cool. Loved your heat review as well

[@kennygordon70]

TC was smooth as heck in this scene and indeed the whole film.

[@andrewharris7517]

That was Electric!!! What brought me to your channel is I’m a New York City Police Officer.and have been for 18 years..Here in Brooklyn, New York. I’m also Brooklyn born and raised and still reside here. Just yesterday off duty I had a similar situation and All praises due to No one including myself were hurt. But the incident brought me back to this scene in Collateral and how Tom Cruise handled it. In attempt to study it I found your channel. And I’m studying this video. I subscribed to your channel .. Thank you and keep up the Fantastic content… Inshallah and Peace..

[@MM1300-PeaceKeeper]

One word...AWESOME! Very well done (both the action scene in the movie and this video). Keep up the great work.

[@tucko11]

I’ll remember this tutorial next time I take a cab driver as hostage and two homies jack my briefcase in a Downtown LA alley lol

[@forhisglory700]

That scene is badass. Tom Cruise killed it. The movie is also grossly underrated. In my opinion one of Tom's best role.

[@timpatz1994]

im no gun fire expert, but this is my favorite gun scene in movies.

[@doctorsorder414]

No matter how many times I practice this, its still difficult to repeat.

[@ReneMacias1978]

Keep doing it. Try dry fire at home with a DA pistol and a laser cap. Trust me you will get it down to a T

[@kyleruby2296]

This video rocks! Please make this a series.

[@craigdaniels712]

that .45 sounds so boss in that ally, love Michael Mann's use of raw audio, heat was a masterpiece!

[@Baltimoreborn]

Larry’s efficiency of movement is amazing he made that look so easy dudes a stud

[@cliffchambliss]

Hope you make more movie breakdown videos like this in the future. Thanks Larry!

[@atolmasoff]

You should go over these more often. Your opinion on the Wick movies would be interesting to watch.

[@simonmariani5085]

I remember watching this movie when it came out and this scene came along….And I totally agree, until this day it is the best display of firearm defence techniques I have seen played by an actor 👏🏻 flawless

[@4vndd]

One professional..and " gun" expert".. praising Tom cruise's professional abilities..and rightly so..in every movie he does he.literally lives the role / character...and if that means a new learning..or mastering a certain technique.. he's more than up for it..see him in the last samurai.. simply superb... thanks for sharing...!!!

[@TriumphBlueRider]

"Yo Homie, that my briefcase?" ... *me totally gives Larry back his briefcase* "Uh... My bad. Sorry" ...'cuz I don't wanna die.

[@robfrmny21]

The movie heat had good gun action as well, would love to see you have a team shoot like that movie running and gunning

[@mademuney]

Agreed

[@nickbeckwith6211]

robfrmny21 Heat was also a Michael Mann film.

[@losifer45]

Nick Beckwith Michael Mann films have been a little on the "Meh" side lately, but he has always directed some of the best on screen gun play in his films.

[@losifer45]

Look up Media Lab | Episode 5: "Shoot, Move, Communicate" from Dom Raso to see the HEAT shootout reenacted.

[@nickbeckwith6211]

The Man With No Name. Regrettably I agree. Even though he started as a writer his best abilities now are cinematography and shot composition and he should leave the screen writing at this point to others if he can, and I say that as a serious fan of his work overall. I like to think he has one or two great films in still in him. I will check out the Dom Rasso video, I appreciate the tip.

[@Metoobie]

Beautifully executed violence of action. Right hand ready to draw, left hand higher, ready to remove/disarm. Remove threat/draw. Index. Fire. Sight, acquire, fire on target 2. The footwork especially, pushing forward with the back foot in a small step for stability instead of lunging forward with the front foot first in the second engagement. The training showed.

[@pacibaco]

Extreme realism to all Cruises gun work in this movie . Sets itself apart from the run of the mill gun play in 100’s of other films

[@heavyharris5580]

Awesome video. Such a good scene

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

Thanks!

[@Bojanglesz89]

“Red light, Max!”

[@mmabagain]

Could not agree more. Best gunshots scene in movie history.

[@chesterpuffington8368]

Wow this has always been one of my favorite gunfight scenes. Tom is a great action star, weather you like him or not.

[@leadpersuasion]

Hey Larry, would love to see some breakdowns from scenes in Way of the Gun.

[@hydjrasierra1557]

Fantastic! I know almost nobody that has seen that movie. A very epic last battle scene that is under rated.

[@brucecalhoun1716]

@@hydjrasierra1557 That, or "The Veteran"

[@tubeman25]

@@brucecalhoun1716 awesome movie too especially the project scence

[@trevillyan5515]

Amazing concept for a series, keep it up! I wish someone could do the knifeplay scenes from the movie "the hunted"

[@grahamcracker2344]

Hearing Larry say “Yo Homie” just made my day absolutely beautiful

[@lateapex9420]

Although short this is one of my favorite scenes in movie history. The clinical way he goes about his business and uses the perps arrogance against them is near perfect.

[@ColWalterEKurtz]

Is replicating "The Matrix" lobby scene out of the question?

[@kinggeno32]

Glenn Howerton yes.

[@ColWalterEKurtz]

KING_GENO Why?

[@kinggeno32]

Glenn Howerton if you have to ask you'll never know

[@mr.pocket575]

+Glenn Howerton Lol.. if that Matrix scene was a real scenario.. they both would have been dead within 4-5 seconds, riddled with 5.56 rounds.

[@GGman2019]

@@kinggeno32 i have to ask why it cant be done?

[@malcolmsmith6324]

Tom as a bad guy. Tom should have a Vincent the early years. I'm sure it would be a hit.

[@jimmyfleebot]

I've been saying this to friends for a while, this film needs to happen. I think it could still work well with Tom Cruise being an older Vincent, wise, measured yet broken inside, maybe from a tortured past... Maybe only one or two jobs before Collateral, what made Vincent who he was? It just makes sense as a film: imagine the simple title, "Vincent“ who wouldn't want to watch that?! Fan boys from all over would pay for that. I could even imagine a 3 second hat-tip cameo where Vincent does a slowmo eye lock with John Wick as he assesses him for threat, maybein a bar or a suit store, right before Vincent casually proceeds to do what he does. I would pay for that film!

[@keithjackson4985]

Mr Vickers! You are still the man! No matter how old you get or whatever your dealing with! This infantryman has nothing but respect for you! Keith Jackson.

[@FatSlav]

It's all in the name, Michael Mann is the man.

[@LastCaress7]

This scene is really awesome. Ive really been looking into working on these types of techniques. Practice, practice, practice. I will also agree with everyone aboht John Wick. They did a good job on that too.

[@Lunchladydoyle]

Watched a making of documentary on Collateral and Cruise spent 4 months in pre-production learning these setups with live ammo. The guy is a seriously fast draw. Impressive.

[@nosidezero]

Michael Mann films have some damn good gun audio

[@sendstevemail1]

Badass flick. Also the way he takes out the guy at the jazz bar and grabs his head before it hits the table

[@mikeyhall6091]

Well, Tom Cruise was coached by an ex member of the British SAS for this movie.

[@rakshithak8717]

Mikey Hall daint no

[@Treadston3]

Yeah it was ex-SAS Mick Gould. Who together with ex-SAS Any McNab choreographed Michael Mann’s infamous crime-saga HEAT (1995). Which arguably has one of, if not, the greatest shootout in cinematic history.

[@BXBZ88]

Mick Gould,Ex British S.A.S.,,was the coordinator for that scene.

[@HalRamersby]

there's no non-British S.A.S. It's like saying "American Navy Seals"

[@BXBZ88]

Tobold Lygo So Australian SAS Doesn't exist,New Zealand SAS as well?...former Rhodesian SAS regiment was just someones imagination?....during WW2 there were French and Belgium SAS squadrons.....please tell me more how you know the history of the various SAS around the world......

[@BXBZ88]

Tobold Lygo Also the Philippines Navy and South Korean navy have maritime spec forces using term 'Navy Seals'....

[@HalRamersby]

BXBZ88 imposters!

[@HalRamersby]

but you are right, I never knew Australians had an SAS too. Point taken.

[@Element_Z48]

i was in shock when I first saw this scene in the movie, had to play it back several times to take it all in. excellent gun play indeed, very realistic.

[@ericbauer4897]

Great movie! And this is the best scene in it. The shots sound amazing in surround turned up!!! I remember seeing a behind the scenes video of this, where they wanted Cruise to get 5 shots on two targets in under a certain time and he nailed it, he got all 5 shots in less time than they had planned. Cool video homie! :)

[@carlosdanger4648]

Def. one of my favorites the accountant has a good scene in the girls apartment

[@HeFilmsTheClouds69]

Hey Larry, for the next one how about you, Ken Hackathorn and Super Dave do a shot-for-shot remake of the bank robbery in Heat. Don't let me down homeslice.

[@demongawl]

Its already been done by Dom Raso and done very well. look up Media Lab

[@sykeraid4944]

I honestly have to ask you: is that the xhamster icon? Lol

[@Kenneth45]

I agree, that scene has always been one of my all-time favorite scenes...

[@tomclip4696]

Tom cruise best performance Best movie ❤❤ Can't bore watch again and again.

[@magic11387]

This was the first movie I remember that used realistic gun fight tactics. But John Wick took it to a whole another level..

[@Defender78]

Anthony Cole John Wick is gun kata

[@handoverthejewgoldkyle3321]

That movie was fucking horrendous

[@SkAryWaLkEr]

John wick is so fucking unrealistic

[@taniabachhar2962]

🤣🤣 really?? U compare this masterpiece wid John wick😂😂😂

[@magic11387]

@@taniabachhar2962 I enjoyed this movie it was the original in realistic gun fighting and CQC period. But John Wick was a bit more extreme not to say cartoony but a lil more out there.

[@p9a9r21]

I can only offer my kudos to Mr. Cruz and the firearm specialist he trained with for this awesome scene in Collateral. Having had combat handgun training I know the difficulty of putting together weapon deployment, body control, close range assailant engagement, and sequential firing.

[@bengaltiger96]

The last shot where he closes out the first tweaker just makes the scene. No look, bang.

[@ReformedHistorian]

can you please do more of these videos?

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

We are going to be doing a lot more of these. Thanks for watching!

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

***** A video series of these would be PERFECT. Not only was this really entertaining, but there are so many other movie scenes you could break down, the list is pretty much never ending, especially with new movies like John Wick.

[@isaachaze1]

***** what about a breakdown of the miami vice scene in the 3rd ep? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnKQqXypqMyHY9E

[@georgeshorter142]

This was awesome! Taking requests for other scenes? Also nice slo-mo face ;)

[@VickersTacticalLAV]

Suggestions are welcomed, we are definitely doing Heat, John Wick, Way of the Gun and Saving Private Ryan.

[@RadioactiveSince1990x]

***** Point Break, the bank shootout scene. I could list off a thousand more, but that one came to mind first.

[@EvolvinEvo]

***** John Wick, either the home defense or the russian club scene

[@nbates9893]

***** heat is my favorite movie of all time...you could do any number of scenes from heat but you should do the drive thru theater money drop scene. Shihirless covering Neale with the hk91 (could have been an fal, I forget) up top and cheritto covering the back door with the binelli m2...haha fuckin awesome scene.

[@TonyMontana-zk6ib]

+Vickers Tactical do it bro.

[@rickysingh616]

Loved this scene, my only question is using the left hand to block inwards, what stops the tweaker firing off a shot whilst the hand is deflecting back in fourth. Would it have been safer deflecting outwards out of line from your body? Granted the rotation to the right would.mske it easier to draw the weapon I guess.

[@baronvg]

I remember watching this movie in theaters and this scene left the packed house STUNNED! Cold blooded!

[@mr-dbs]

Maybe a breakdown from Way of the Gun?