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Originally posted by Sig209:
lets take down the violent felons with machine guns in this line of traffic with 100+ innocent civilians everywhere

sounds like a great idea

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Didn’t hear you complain when Pacino did it.

“Watch your back drop, watch your back drop”

I liked it and yeah, its plot was a lot like heat but I looked at it like a sort of tribute to heat. I'm a sucker for heist movies, especially if they've got some good gunplay going on.

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Originally posted by sigspecops:
I liked it and yeah, its plot was a lot like heat but I looked at it like a sort of tribute to heat.

I would agree - lots of similarities but they certainly made it their own.

During the range scene, imfdb says the ringleader was shooting a 226. Initially I thought it was a 220 as he shot strings of 8 (reload), 9 (reload).

I enjoyed the movie. I like most of Butler's stuff. Time for my usual complaint of how he would have made a so much better Reacher than Cruise.

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Originally posted by f2:
During the range scene, imfdb says the ringleader was shooting a 226. Initially I thought it was a 220 as he shot strings of 8 (reload), 9 (reload).

It's more apparent when he's reloading it, double stack magazine / P226.

re-watched this last night on Netflix

liked it better the second time -- not sure why

probably picked up a couple points I missed the first time and 'overlooked' a few of the inconsistencies

it is definitely great for complete lack of SJW BS and the obligatory bad-ass female with a chip on her shoulder who's 'just as good as the guys dammit'

check it out if you haven't seen it

and yes -- the 'similarities' to HEAT are numerous

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