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

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 11 years ago

The academy thought he deserved an Oscar for it though.

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[–] jdkraus 11 years ago

Hey, it was a great performance.

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[–] GuyOnTheLeft 10 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 11 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 9 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 11 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 10 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 10 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 9 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) 7 years ago

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

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[–] davcalla777 9 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 9 years ago

Stranger things have happened, and people have survived worse.

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[–] Degree7 9 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) 7 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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