Larry At The Movies EP 1 - 'Heat' 

Hi, I'm the guy who made the gun sounds for this film. In this scene production sound *was* used (I lent Lee Orloff the "right" mic's for it) but we are augmented for extra punch. Remember, part of what we are "trained" (by watching so many films) to need the crack (sonic boom) which, of course, blanks can't provide. We worked like fiends on this scene!

One of the best sounding shootouts in movie history .

Mick Gould, SAS, was a technical advisor on this. He's a personal friend and I was told during their training Val Kilmmer was the beast. Took to training very well and got everything pretty quickly. Love the guy...

IMO, Pacino's firearm handling is perfect for his character. Competent, but not practiced regularly with a carbine. Cops don't sit on the range perfecting firearm technique.

Surprised he didn’t mention that Val Kilmer tapped his fresh mag against the car bumper before putting it in. Very easy to miss but shows he trained a lot with experienced guys.

This needs to be a regular segment I love this

My favorite guy in the Industry doing my favorite Movie. Needless to say I've never clicked on a link so fast in my life.

Hanna presents exactly as the character was designed. He made mistakes and wasn't as sharp because he's a cop, not a dedicated operator. The Heist crew was clearly training regularly and kept up their military discipline, whereas the Cops were using Cop tactics.

I think the fact that Al Pacino's character isn't that proficient with gun manipulation actually makes sense. He is supposed to be a detective and not an SF guy, maybe they did it on purpose. And I love these videos so definitly keep doing it.

Very interesting segment. Keep it up Larry!

My three years as an active soldier in the swedish army tought us that you want to use your palm to hit the bolt release instead of the thumb, because the muscle memory is easier to remember and use when in a high pressure situation with bad guys shooting at you and alot of adrenalin flowing through your body. To summerize, You are less likely to hit it with the thumb when you are stressed and filled with adrenalin, you have 900 other things to worry about. Great video, you have my subscription!!

I can confirm, in Marine Corps boot camp at MCRD San Diego in around Late July/Early August 2006, they had us watch this scene and my Senior Drill Instructor said "if you can't reload as fast or faster than this actor you do not belong here and we will weed you out".

Great new series and what a great movie to pick!

You can react to the border shoot out on SICARIO? , the first one .

I remember watching this when it came out on vhs in 96. I looked at my dad after this scene and said woah, that was intense. He replied, that's exactly how its sounds and looks.

"Law enforcement officers wont take shots that could hit civilians" LAPD: hold my beer

The Pacino eye over will have been a film choice. They want to see his eye. Especially with the left eye closed. It’s a camera awareness thing from Pacino as well

Now how cool is this? The sound guy who worked on creating the great scene jumps into the comments. Heck that alone makes my day by just getting read his comments.

Michael Mann has always made an effort to make his gun scenes realistic

Best thing about this scene was how loud the audio is. You never see this in movies

"You can tell he is shooting blanks" -my ex wife

Hey dude, I haven’t checked in on the channel in a while. You’re looking really healthy these days. Stoked to see it. Keep on truckin man. Thanks for the content

HEAT is amazing. Classic legendary movie.

oh the irony of a getaway driver that sells me auto insurance... great movie, excellent breakdown.

Trained by former SAS? Did Di Nero ask "What colour is the boat house at Hereford? " lol

1:57 I fucking love that part of the film where Kilmer just throws down without a millisecond of hesitation

I remember my first time watching HEAT. Had a good sound system, this scene almost blew out the speakers. We no longer have that TV and surround system. Great movie!!!

One of the most amazing things about that scene, listen to it with a good set of speakers or earphones.

I remember watching this in the classroom/auditorium during basic training in the British armed forces. Hardest place i've ever experienced trying to stay awake in some presentations because it was so warm in there(especially after you've done a 12m tab) that I was happy for some really loud footage of something interesting to watch.

The audio from this shootout was so dope. I remember the first time i watched Heat i had the stereo cranked up and it literally gave me chills

“Fully automatic fire doesn’t have a lot of merit in the real world”... Except when used as a means of fire superiority to effect egress, as depicted in this scene. You are not trying to put a few well placed shots on target, you are trying to keep them behind cover as you escape. Fully automatic fire is a great way to accomplish that task. That is why we have SAWs and 240Bs.

One of the greatest action sequences I've ever seen.

The standoff from Wind River would be great. I was surprised how it shows body armor.

11:58 Pacino didn’t flinch. They edited two shots together because apparently he got a stoppage but they wanted to use the footage

"not necessarily something you're gonna wanna do in the real world" Perfect, I'll keep that in mind next time me and the boys rob a bank!

They showed us this scene before we hit the range to practice bounding overwatch.

i think the lack of training for Pacino is part of the story. the bank robbers are pros, Pacino is the "normal guy".

Heat is one of the greatest dramas ever made. The acting is superb, the screenplay is a great and well written story, and Mann is an amazing director/producer as well who does a great job of getting the audience to fell sympathy for the bad guys. The bank shootout and even the armored car robbery at the beginning of the film are action scene masterpieces. Watching them use basic military tactics in the bank robbery shootout is awesome. There's a scene (can't remember when) where you can see an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor tattoo on De Niro. So the movie implies that at least some of them had military training. Supposedly this movie inspired the guys that did the real North Hollywood bank robbery in LA. Every time I watch it I still wish that De Niro would stay on the highway toward the airport with his girl instead of taking the detour to kill Waingro. Damn you Jon Voight! However, seeing De Niro kill tha POS Waingro execution style is extremely satisfying. Of course, with most Hollywood movies there are parts that would seem to be unrealistic in real life. As former Security Forces in the AF I find the part where Pacino headshots Tom Sizemore while Sizemore is holding the little girl to be problematic. I don't think many officers would risk taking that shot and possibly shooting the little girl. However, it is very apparent that none of these guys would probably allow themselves to be taken alive. It's always interesting to think about how you would have acted given these type of scenarios.

Hope you do the John Wick movies Larry :)

Last vid I watched was your vid on working out. You look really good, Larry! Keep up the good work!

I love these videos with former special forces critiquing shootout scenes and giving a breakdown of what’s going on. Much love and respect ✊🏻

When you tell your grandkids this was before John Wick.

Best FATHERS DAY present yet! TOP THAT FAMILY!!!!

One bit of attention to detail I love in this scene is the way De Niro fires off to the sides during the car park sequence. At first I thought he was just panicking, or maybe the editors had messed up and made the scene too chaotic, but I realised that De Niro's character is spraying bullets around randomly to flush out civilians. If he was just firing at Pacino, the civilians would have just kept their heads down, but because of the bullets flying near them, they lose their cool and run in front of Pacino's rifle. Most movies would just explain through dialogue that the character is a skilled tactician, but Heat shows us through the character's actions.

The sound captured in this scene is also what makes it one of the best. No dubbing. What you hear it how it went down.

He is right, USMC OCS shows this scene to candidates when I went through. I think this was the only screentime I had the entire school haha

The Town, last shoot out at the stadium. Would be a good one to review.

I'd love to see you do the (criminally underrared and under-seen) Proof of Life!

Every home theater I designed got this scene played on it immediately after I was done.

Honestly, I think the most impactful aspect of the shootout is the sound of the long guns reverberating off of the buildings. It puts the audience right in the action.

If that had been a real shootout, Pacinos character would have been deskbound until retirement sorting out the paperwork on this incident. Accounting for shots fired by him with full auto around civilians and his team,lawsuits, inquiries,and general paperwork tonnage.The rather unsexy side of policework post a shots fired incident,that is never shown in the movies.

Please do Sicario, Lone Survivior, Zero Dark Thirty. Thank you for the awesome content!

This is the series I've been waiting for my entire life.

Met Mr. Vickers in a local store by chance. Really nice man in person! It was awesome.

Larry should be a gun consultant for hollywood movies

can't believe this movie is 25 years old now. still one of the best films ever made.

Larry, I hope you also review the scenes from Den of Thieves.

Great video. Surprised you didn't mention the Sound Design. Commonly discussed as being very "accurate" as far as loudness and realism. Thoughts on that?

Love how detailed you are on how much time the actors spent training. Whole new perspective on this. Thank you!

Awesome! Next up... Den of thieves? Appreciate you LAV!

The collateral video was awesome! Keep them coming!👍

huge factor on the shot on sizemore is paccino has been running for several blocks.

Do one of Commando when John Matrix invades Belvedere island ! 😄

British SAS 'Andy McNab' gave advice on the scenes.

This is my favorite movie of all time and this scene is the best

Heat(1995) is action filmmaking perfection and a masterpiece it’s in my Top 5 favorite movies for all you writers and directors take note this is how you do an excellent action movie

I saw this movie in a theater located in urban Philadelphia. The shootout scene was accompanied with incredible sound that was overwhelming. I was at full alert because I seriously thought someone in the audience was going to open fire as well. This might sound weird to some......some that have not been to Philadelphia.

Ill never forget the first time i saw this scene. So badass.

Do you guys know Mr. Michael MF Mann shot that scene on Mothers day on a Sunday Afternoon. Apparently people all over the city were freaking out, especially those down a few blocks who might not have known they were shooting the Greatest Movie in my Opinion. Michael Mann is my favorite Writer, Producer, Director. I own all but maybe 3 of his movies. Ali, Hancock and The old Miami Vice type movie he made way back in the day, And i don't own Lucky. Everything else i own. Blackhat got no real credit or respect, i think because it went over most people's heads. Great shooting scenes, Prison style stabbing on the streets, i could go on and on. Thank you Vickers

Heat? Vickers? Today's my lucky day.

Interesting thing, as I watched this movie during my military service (Swedish Army) with my training officers (who praised DeNiro's shooting over Kilmer's, the latter tending to wave his rifle around while shooting, in a bit of spray-and-pray manner). Doubly interesting since we were trained on the AK5 (Swedish FNC) and were taught the same reload procedure as Pacino uses (ie racking with your trigger hand). This was how it was taught around the turn of the millennium though, and when my brother went in, about five years ago, he was taught to turn it over on rack with his off hand (and was taught a completely different shooting stance).

Sicario bridge scene next please!

Awesome breakdown. Pacino's character carries a 1911 as a primary in the movie and mention he's a former Marine.

gotta love how fond people are of this great film. It was the first R rated film I ever saw and it was fantastic. Thanks dad, thanks

Wes Studi who plays one of the detectives (The one that puts Kilmer out of the fight at 7:10 ) was a combat veteran in Vietnam in real life...Just FYI.

"Taking off, back's wide open, groceries pouring out the back." I love how matter of fact you were about that. lol

This video came in my recommended and seeing that robbery scene got me instantly hooked. I've now just finished watching this movie and it was superb, brilliant. That street fight scene gave me eargasm and the acting and pace of the movie overall was brilliant. My rating of it would easily be 8/10 and I'm gonna buy this movie on blu-ray (if that exist) for sure so I can watch it again with my dad.

still the best shootout scene ever made period, but thanks for the good points

I love this!!! One of the best videos I've seen in ages! I think lone survivor would be a great one for larry to analyse!

By far the best shoot out sene, my alltime favorite action movie💪💪👍👍

I think the first time I saw this movie was right around the time it came out on VHS with my grandma who was a HUGE fan of Di Nero and Pacino. I remember this being a big part of loving firearms and tactics when I was a kid. I remember not having a clue about what the FNC was but loving the way it looked. My grandmother was a trip because she was fascinated with guns and gunfights (at least in movies) and would buy me all sorts of GI Joe vehicles and the big packs of guns for them. This just brings back some good memories.

Do 13 hours! Loved the video. This is something I can share with my friends that aren’t to much of gunguys in to gunstuff, tsctics and get them interested.

Had a Company Commander back in the day that had us watch this back in the day. For the time it was a good way to get the boys spun up. Thanks.

Please do a review of The Way of the Gun (2000) climax shootout.

One of my Top Picks for movie Recommendations. Thanks for the Review and you thoughts Larry. Our Best to you. B9USA Sr.

Thanks for doing this video and thank you to everyone involved in the movie HEAT. Just an absolute masterpiece.

Bravo Zulu! Like it. "Way of the Gun" and "Street Kings" if you need sugestions.

this is absolutely one of my all time favorite firearm scenes in any movie Ive watched. thank you for breaking it down and adding incite to its tactical awareness. my favorite explosion scene would be swordfish, if you havent seen it, they do a slow motion 360 perimeter around a (Claymore ?) explosion and it is just fantastic (not sure how realistic, but still fantastic cinematography)

As a LEO I can say that the skill set that is displayed by each character is definitely believable. Typical range time is quarterly for hand gun and semi-annual for long gun. Tactical guys get much more because of mission requirements. The bad guys only job is to shoot. Military service to go along with gun handling is also mission specific and depends upon the military specialty and duty station. Great review... Look forward to future reviews. "Sicario" (boarder shootout), also the opening scene and end of movie shootouts for "Den of Thieves".

One thing I really love about that scene (besides how iconic it is) is how realistically loud all the gunfire is. They were going to use edited gun sfx for the scene but it sounds way better with the raw audio. Blanks or not, have you ever watched a movie that just sounded too real?

Think of how one man and his actions, Wangro, screwed up so many lives in this movie.

Request: Miami Vice! 2006 Michael Mann version, two great scenes in that

Would love to see your take on Sicario!

Damn Larry, you lost a Ton of weight there brother...

This movie was on tv last week. First time i watched it. That shooting scene was epic. Sounds effects were spot on. Val kilmer and de niro nailed it.

Please cover the North Hollywood shootout! Not a movie but changed the law enforcement game nonetheless

please do 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Michael Man is the man when it comes to excellent scenic movies, the best in the business.

Great episode, I want more! Best regards from Poland Larry! PS i have a Galil SAR:)

Would like to see a video like this on "Den of Thieves." Nice video, sir.