How many bullets does a Tommy gun magazine hold?
I swear Leo fired like hundreds of bullets from his Tommy gun. Not that I minded, the scene was awesome, but I was just wondering.
shareI honestly have no idea what the correct answer is. But the actual answer is of course, "As many as the film-makers need to make the scene work!" I'm not trying to be smarmy or sarcastic, I understand your point, but that's just one of those film universe cliches, where guns don't ever run out of ammo, teens wander backwards through dark forests, every time a hero is shot it's merely a flesh wound, etc. Roger Ebert once compiled a list of oft-committed movie cliches, and of course films such as "Last Action Hero", "Airplane", "Scary Movie", "Scream" and the like have fun pointing out the ridiculous nature of these things that have just become generic film language.
These days there are plenty of non-spoof films that could learn from the examples of their forebears; "Now You See Me", for instance, is the kind of modern mystery film that leaves very little wiggle room for any kind of original ending. If one was able to pause the film halfway through and poll the audience, most people would probably correctly guess the conclusion, even if they're hoping to be pleasantly surprised by something more. But where's the fun in that?
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