In an interview, Tarantino said that movie shootings can be either spectacular or realistic. And he personally, like most Hollywood directors, chooses the first option. Therefore, rivers of blood, shooting from two hands and from the hip, aimed shots from a pistol a couple of tens of meters away, and other similar "cool" are necessarily present in almost every American blockbuster. How far from the truth?
How not to shoot pistols
We know that most of the goodies in action movies shoot very accurately, no matter what weapon is in their hands. Moreover, it is as if there is no return for them. Although in fact it is quite decent. Especially when it comes to large-caliber pistols like the Desert Eagle, which Hollywood directors love so much. It is almost impossible to shoot from such an aiming even with one hand, which is why it is not in service with any army in the world. And to an unprepared person, recoil is quite capable of damaging the hand or elbow.
Shooting from pistols with two hands and completely from the category of fantasy. Especially when the hero, arms crossed, fires in different directions.
As L. M. Weinstein, in his book "Basics of Shooting", in this case, the complexity of coordination and recoil are the reasons why you can shoot yourself rather than enemies. Moreover, if you do it in a jump or fall.
By the way, have you noticed that almost all action heroes constantly keep their finger on the trigger? This is a very traumatic habit, from which those who deal with real military weapons are first weaned. Muscles' natural reaction to fear or pain is contraction. It is worth twitching - and trouble can happen.
The ability to interrupt the chain of handcuffs with a bullet is worth noting separately. Unfortunately, this is again far from reality, even if the hero is a clay trap shooting master. At a minimum, burns and damage from bullet fragments and chain links are guaranteed to the freed. But most likely he will simply rotate the small bones of the wrists. Especially if the hero is not using a pistol, but something more serious. And the bullets ricochet. From walls, earth, even water and snow, it all depends on the angle of impact. Therefore, it is unrealistic to lay the command of the spetsnaz in a closed room and remain unharmed.
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What about other weapons
By the way, the directors are even more free to deal with shotguns, machine guns and machine guns. Suffice it to recall Iron Arnie, who fired from a
cut-off Winchester Model 1887 with one hand. The recoil of this lever-action shotgun is such that, even in the normal position, it is easy to earn a bruise all over the shoulder. However, Terminator is quite forgivable for this liberty - he is still a robot. What can not be said about Rimbaud or Mack (from "Predator"), which thrash from the hip from stationary miniguns, which are not easy to hold in hands without shooting.
Finally, it is worth mentioning a quiet weapon - a sniper rifle, which, by the way, is not so quiet, even with a wound silencer (but this is a topic for a separate conversation). Shooting from it, you very easily plant a bruise under the eye or even lose it if you lean close to the telescopic sight.
Isn't the weapon used dangerous for the actors? The head of the Mosfilm weapons department, Sergei Zakharov, says: “All weapons are being converted for firing only blank cartridges, and a live cartridge simply will not fit into them. This is done for the sake of safety, even if someone brings a live cartridge to the site. So you can be calm about your favorite movie characters.
Yaroslav Gorbunov
