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Shootout
Shootout noun - A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
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During one major shootout in Alone in the Dark (2005) the lights go out, death metal strikes up, and the viewer is treated to a seizure-inducing muzzle flash light show while the protagonists mow down Mooks.
Source: Darkened Building Shootout - Chin's version of the final showdown between O and Lok involves a shootout in a warehouse that stored fireworks, and O is shot dead after being flash-blinded by an accidental explosion.
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The second shootout (the one not dictated by Steve Buscemi) of Desperado features Antonio Banderas firing two full clips into the camera, and in the extras Robert Rodriguez points out that the force of the blanks and the closeness of the pistols knocked off the flash dampener.
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