Really?!?! Riddled with machine gun fire and...... - The Untouchables (1987) Discussion

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 10 years ago

The academy thought he deserved an Oscar for it though.

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[–] jdkraus 10 years ago

Hey, it was a great performance.

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[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

There's no way of knowing, but I hope it wasn't that scene that nabbed him the Oscar. I thought he really was quite good (almost like he was in a better movie) before that ridiculous death scene.

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[–] Degree7 10 years ago

I guess you haven't seen the Godfather, where it takes dozens of round just to kill Sonny Corleone?

What a stupid post.

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[–] FilmMuscle 10 years ago

No, it didn't They just happened to keep firing. You think that he'd be alive if they just emptied a clip into him?

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[–] Degree7 8 years ago

So he has enough time after being shot around fifty times, to get out the car and dance around for a good ten seconds, all the while being riddled with 9mm or 45acp, and then finally die after a kick to the head.... Clearly not meant to be realistic, but operatic. Like The Untouchables.

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[–] stewie-3 10 years ago

It's not realistic, but I think it works within the framework of DePalma's morality tale. I tend to view his take on The Untouchables, much like his remake of Scarface (whose ending wasn't exactly like real life, either), as having a fairy tale quality. The characters are larger than life, and realism sometimes gave way to artistic license with the storytelling.

Each to their own, of course. And just MHO.

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[–] manofsteel4455 10 years ago

These were also the good ol days when movie audiences weren't so PC about a damn movie.

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[–] GuyOnTheLeft 9 years ago

How is it "PC" to find it risible to see someone get filled full of bullets and live some time afterward, drag himself down the hall, etc.?

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[–] ecarle 9 years ago

It was Sean Friggin' Connery. Big guy. Huge. If the bullets didn't reach his heart, he probably had time to make the crawl.

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[–] bass-player-blues 8 years ago

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[–] jellyree 10 years ago

Define "machine gun".

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[–] bradford-1 9 years ago

If you have to ask such a question, then you misunderstood Connery's character. He was larger-than-life, a middle-aged tough guy whose only reason for being was to be a good cop. No mention of a wife, kids, siblings. His SPIRIT kept him alive for so long, you dunce!

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[–] LukeLovesFilm28 9 years ago

There is actual proof of men throughout history unexpectedly living through attacks like Malone, at least for a few hours. Those 9mm slugs - shot from a good distance didn't go through him. Who knows how deeply they penetrated. I think the greatest risk to Malone was bleeding out.

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[–] MajorWoody (21) 6 years ago

Tommy guns use .45 caliber ammo, not 9mm. Much more powerful, and damaging to bodies.

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[–] davcalla777 8 years ago

I must agree.... if any human is shot 20 plus times, one of those bullets will either hit a vital organ, or at least the blood loss will put you in shock and shut down your senses until you bleed out

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[–] grrrdevin 8 years ago

Stranger things have happened, and people have survived worse.

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[–] Degree7 8 years ago

Some variants of the Tommy Gun used .22 caliber bullets, like the 1927A3. Much lower penetrative power or lethality.

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[–] MajorWoody (21) 6 years ago

Those are somewhat recent, and did not exist in the Capone era. The Tommy gun was a .45 caliber weapon in that era.

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