Duel
Shootout
Shootout noun - A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
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Staging an awesome fight scene, be it a shootout or a Sword Fight, a duel or a Mêlée à Trois, in a (usually Catholic) cathedral, chapel, or church apparently has something thrilling for the directors, as does any forbidden fruit.
Source: Blood-Stained Glass Windows -
He's first fought in a shootout where you have to dodge his aiming cursor to keep him from shooting you; once that's done, he closes in for a sword duel.
Source: Mirror Boss -
The shootout with Sundance Kid and the subsequent three-way duel with him and Butch Cassidy were the real final boss fights.
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