What movies or shows do you think have good sound design for firearms?

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ITmonketime@reddit

Everyone forget about Warfare, Civil War, and Tarkov raid a mile better than heat

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An8thOfFeanor@reddit

Heat is the gold standard. No music, full blanks, actual firearms training for the actors.

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ITmonketime@reddit

Warfare and Civil War are rigth there 🔥

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I know they couldn't have done it for a practically limitless number of reasons but the only thing that could have made it better is using live ammo like they did in Act of Valor, you don't even realize it but even the best blank firing sound effects pale in comparison to the raw power of live MG and minigun fire.

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fuzzycaterpillar123@reddit

Yall gotta check out [the Veteran shootout](https://youtu.be/7K_cqGAoxks?si=AGZdf5u_mUP0P9S6) https://preview.redd.it/y07ihpc2rhsg1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ffc30fe549ea9f5a0a5bdfbec06e2c0bc43e611

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Seinnet@reddit

“Come and See” goes a notch up and uses almost exclusively live ammunition in actual firearms

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Sagybagy@reddit

That silence. The absence of music makes it just so much better.

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MattyS71@reddit

It was so in your face loud in the theater. It wasn’t until now I realized the absence of music and the now obvious impact it had.

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Sagybagy@reddit

It’s the moments between shots. Just pure silence then the gun shots reverberating off the buildings.

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djchanclaface@reddit

Inception and every Nolan movie after it. Heat. Which is a big influence on Nolan.

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ITmonketime@reddit

I think you were sleeping because Nolan guns don't sounds as loud

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Frosty48@reddit

I thought Inception had pretty muted gunshots. Great film but that was a failing in its sound design IMO

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Mammoth_Classroom896@reddit

It's a world running on literal dream logic. Having movie-style suppressors is perfect sound design.

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

It's pretty well known it was the primary influence of the intro Joker bank heist in The Dark Knight (2008), even had William Fichtner in it.

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harbourhunter@reddit

and and and Ben affleck was watching heat in the town

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djchanclaface@reddit

Of course! I forgot dark knight was earlier in his filmography.

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

Nbd. Saw it several times in the full IMAX. Pretty damn great.

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PM_ME_YOUR_HANDCUFFS@reddit

Anything done by Michael Mann seems to be great. Heat, Collateral, Public Enemy, Miami Vice, Tokyo Vice.

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ITmonketime@reddit

Unfortunately, Warfare 2025 has toppled it

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USS-Hellcat@reddit

The scene in Collateral where Tom Cruise takes out the thugs in the alley with the USP was phenomenal.

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Nice_Strike5198@reddit

Larry Vickers actually recreated that pretty accurately.

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PM_ME_YOUR_HANDCUFFS@reddit

Legendary scene.

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USS-Hellcat@reddit

"Yo homie! ...that my briefcase?"

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ErikTheRed99@reddit

"Yeah it is. Why, you want it back? How 'bout your wallet?"

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Gutaimer_@reddit

What movie is it from?

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jassack04@reddit

If you’re referring to the “Yo homie” one, it’s Collateral.

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rugernut13@reddit

Ba-bang, ba-bang, bang.... Bang.

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Hawk382@reddit

Michael Mann really ruined other gun scenes for me, everything else just sounds worse after Heat

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

*Public Enemies I hadn't heard of Tokyo Vice, I'll have to give it a watch, thanks

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accountnameredacted@reddit

Really good series

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PM_ME_YOUR_HANDCUFFS@reddit

Based off a book of the same name. Doesn't have a ton of gun play because of the setting (Japan) but I feel that the few scenes with guns were well done.

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MonsterMuppet19@reddit

I feel like Seal Team did a pretty decent job. Being that some of the technical advisors/cast members were in the actual SEAL's and one of them was former 1st SOFD-D/CAG.

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Nice_Strike5198@reddit

You should check out "Act Of Valor." This movie is supposed to be very accurate to Navy SEAL stuff.

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MonsterMuppet19@reddit

Act of Valor was a good one. Haven't watched it in quite a while though.

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Tactical_Epunk@reddit

They didn't terrible.

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beaureeves352@reddit

Well, they're SEALS, what did you expect?

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Tactical_Epunk@reddit

Exactly what we got.

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Former_Dealer_972@reddit

Always liked Raiders of the Lost Ark. In particular the Nepal bar shootout scene and the sound of Indy's S&W M1917.

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Nice_Strike5198@reddit

He also used a Browning Hi-Power during that scene.

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Nice_Strike5198@reddit

Anything done by Michael Mann is pretty technically accurate.

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KageArtworkStudio@reddit

I dunno bout movies or shows but if you play video games I really liked the sound design in Destiny

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PrimarchOfEightPeaks@reddit

Webley Mk VI and Lewis Gun in Peaky Blinders have very satisfying sound for me.

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pizzaguy4378@reddit

The Mummy (1999) has amazing firearm sounds.

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firearmresearch00@reddit

Fr. Great gun guy movie in general with some awesome yet generally unconventional guns to get the tism flowing

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LukeNOTSkywalkerr@reddit

I really don't understand people naming Warfare and Civil War in here. I must have watched versions with bad sound then 🤔

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firearmresearch00@reddit

Me personally, I was not impressed by civil war but it could have been the sour taste in my mouth from all the nonsensical bullshit biasing me against it

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

I haven't seen either but did you watch them on your phone lol

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UseACoasterJeez@reddit

The rest of the soundtrack after the firefight should change to, "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

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firearmresearch00@reddit

meep

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

#W H A T

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DeltaSEALArmyRanger@reddit

Good doesn't mean realistic and vice versa btw

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umbrellassembly@reddit

Warfare

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DarkMatterM4@reddit

That's a bingo.

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Shikamaru_Senpai@reddit

![gif](giphy|DFu7j1d1AQbaE)

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umbrellassembly@reddit

You just say "bingo."

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Cigarsnguns@reddit

That's a bingo

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terrrastar@reddit

You just say “bingo”

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dirtycurt55@reddit

Bingo! How fun

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ramblinscooner@reddit

This guy is definitely hiding enemy’s of the state

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WarlockEngineer@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-uzLCx3awc

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umbrellassembly@reddit

Nice https://preview.redd.it/w42k0sp3kfsg1.png?width=853&format=png&auto=webp&s=c872efba5791cb1a9d05f45154aa408386f0b214

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Smokey_tha_bear9000@reddit

When the medic came back to just hollering. Damn

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HK416fan@reddit

Heat- tier one:)

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Justownit41ce@reddit

Den of Thieves

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TheAlphax13@reddit

Which ones this?

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

Heat (1995) H&K G3

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vckadath@reddit

Open range

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MLDaffy@reddit

Smokin Aces was such a good movie. Wish I could go back and watch it again for the first time. Sequel was meh kinda disappointing but still liked it.

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vckadath@reddit

Agreed on both. I love 50 cal sniper sequences and was shocked at Smokin but doubly on accountant.

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Destroyer1559@reddit

Lone Survivor I thought had pretty good sounding guns. You just have to watch the movie as a work of fiction unfortunately.

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Richard_Chaffe@reddit

Children of men

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Destroyer1559@reddit

Surprised Children is this far down. That movie took me completely by surprise, it's not talked about enough as one of the greats.

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Ok_Muffin_925@reddit

Saving Private Ryan and Warfare.

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Destroyer1559@reddit

Warfare is peak.

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ErikTheRed99@reddit

Both made veterans of their respective war walk out of the theaters because they were too real.

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ArsePucker@reddit

Open Range… I shoot SAA / lever action rifles / coach guns (just like them). The gun fight at end of that movie is by far the most realistic movie shootout I’ve heard. The SAA’s have a distinctive sound, well recreated.

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TechnicalLocksmith92@reddit

No Country for Old Men

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__robert_paulson__@reddit

Yeaaaa idk about this one, the sound of that silenced shotgun makes absolutely no sense. Which is a bummer cause it sounds so cool!

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MLDaffy@reddit

The Veteran with Toby Kebbell. Not really alot in it but they did an extremely good job with it. Awesome little movie

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Fried_Rifleman_6220@reddit

Falling skies.

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HambSandwich@reddit

I’m not an expert, but every piece of sound engineering in Guy Richie’s “Wrath of Man” is incredible to me. Would love for someone who knows guns to chime in

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skornd713@reddit

Ronin.

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r_obbie624@reddit

Warfare 100%

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red_alert24@reddit

Warfare, Civil War, if you have that surround sound these are on point.

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beaureeves352@reddit

Civil War had me saying "holy shit" out loud at points. Wish they'd put it back in theaters

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Missouri_Pacific@reddit

Kristen Dunst’s husband Jesse Plemons character was the pinnacle for the film.

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maybeitsjack@reddit

Civil War in Imax was fuckin nuts, especially that bombing scene at the very beginning

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Sweaty-Lengthiness25@reddit

The Apache scene ruined it for me

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maybeitsjack@reddit

Yeah it definitely had flaws, but a fun one either way.

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Missouri_Pacific@reddit

Heartbreak ridge

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Skinslippy3@reddit

I thought Bad Boys 2's and black hawk down's guns were really well done. Jerry Bruckheimer had a hand in both.

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The_Dude_5049@reddit

Funny you chose Heat for the photo since the man shoot out in that was actually the natural sound of the full power blanks they were firing reverberating off the buildings and stuff. They tried to do it with sound effects as usual but the actual life fire sounded better. So what you hear there is the real thing.

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PaddyBoy1994@reddit

Saving Private Ryan

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Automatic_Fix_2371@reddit

Way of the gun

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anarrowview@reddit

Damn now I want to watch this again. “You know why I can’t trust you?” “Cause I’m a bagman?” “Cause you’re a bagman…”

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RippySkippy@reddit

Does T2 make the list?

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Irorak@reddit

Drive (2011) the gas station scene. It made me jump when I saw it in the theater. Even now having seen the movie a ton of times it still impresses me.

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SopwithStrutter@reddit

Black Hawk Down has amazing sound design. Every moment is painted with such detailed layers

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Uniform_Restorer@reddit

Warfare has peak sound design across the board. Being able to feel the show of force flyover in my chest when I saw it in theaters was an unforgettable experience.

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Tuesday2sday@reddit

Black Hawk Down!!! Won multiple awards for sound including an Academy Award.

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KnightofWhen@reddit

No one has said The Kingdom yet. From 2007. Good movie, excellent sound design.

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ForeverInThe90s@reddit

Great action and solid story. Good acting as well.

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WhtRbbt222@reddit

Den of Thieves

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Sweaty-Lengthiness25@reddit

I cant believe i had to scroll this far for this mention.

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unepic_guy@reddit

Die Hard has pretty good sound design

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MattyS71@reddit

I remember how cool it was to see the Steyr AUG.

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Revenger-86@reddit

Warfare

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Practical-Rub8094@reddit

Black hawl down

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Jacubbb123@reddit

Is that a G3?

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

Ja 👍👍

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CityBoiNC@reddit

The town

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CNCTEMA@reddit

ive only seen the first Wick movie but the sound design was straight bad. every gun has fake muzzle flash worse than a 90s rap video and every single gunshot in the movie is the same sound file of a 12 gauge being fired outdoors 20 feet from the mic.

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ratrodder49@reddit

I watched 1917 in IMAX. Pretty fan-fucking-tastic

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ArchdukeoftheROC@reddit

No other movie made gunshots so loud I loved it. All 3 shots taken in the movie. Also the rat bomb sent me into the ceiling

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Cdwollan@reddit

Bladerunner 2049 theatrical cut. Especially the opening scene.

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Frug5@reddit

All quiet on the western front

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Hawk382@reddit

the recent one goes crazy with sound design, not just guns but every impact feels heavy as hell

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Frug5@reddit

Exactly right

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_axeman_@reddit

Sound might be the only thing; the rifles having zero recoil took me out of the movie

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fatzombie88@reddit

Yea and the trenches were too wide. But concessions need to be made when making a movie. Knit picking weapon mechanics in a movie like that is pretty pedantic.

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ammonthenephite@reddit

> Nit picking such a small weapon mechanic in a movie like that is pretty pedantic. Disagree, it's like canons not recoiling when they fire. It's an expected element of reality, and when it isn't there it can be immersion breaking.

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_axeman_@reddit

Yes and no, plenty of other war movies manage to pull those things off just fine. I imagine necessary concessions are more like not having your lead actor's faces covered by gas masks all the time, some liberties with dates/timeframes for pacing, etc.

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NotADirtyRat@reddit

Wait there's a recent one? Or we talking about the one that came out awhile ago?

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ZeeX10@reddit

I'm guessing the one from 2022

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NotADirtyRat@reddit

Ah dang. I was hoping there was another one. Still a good movie tho.

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gunsies@reddit

Amazing movie!

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

The recent one?

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Frug5@reddit

Yup yup

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Hawk382@reddit

Sicario deserves a shout too, that border crossing scene is tense af and the gunshots sound way too real

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TheScribe86@reddit (OP)

👌👍👍 great scene

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nanneryeeter@reddit

Fury was pretty great iirc. The ricochet was badass.

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number__ten@reddit

I liked Havoc

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jdgsr@reddit

L.A. Takedown (1989)

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BourbonBurro@reddit

“Who killed Captain Alex?”

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Klicky1@reddit

Drop da bomb Man! The man is killing us!

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DarkMatterM4@reddit

Everybody in Uganda knows kung-fu!

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DannyDanumba@reddit

MAMA MIA!

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forrest1985_@reddit

Yes!!!

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barneylax@reddit

I always thought Den of Thieves had some above average quality with its shootout scenes.

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FabiusBill@reddit

Exit Wounds. Yes, the Steven Seagal + DMX flick. It was the first movie I remember seeing where the gunfire was sharp and loud. It has the bark and crack of real gunfire. Nothing like the boom+boom+boom or thump-thump-thump so many movies use to simulate the sounds of firearms.

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Fred_Chevry_Pro@reddit

Miami Vice surprisingly hit hard as far as gun sounds.

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ilovelukewells@reddit

Open Range

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nhgaudreau@reddit

Rambo 4 was pretty great

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mzrdisi@reddit

Sicario

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ogcoolhands@reddit

There's a western called Open range where they took the sounds from every gun being testified in the location it was filmed in

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NearbyZombie45@reddit

I think a lot of commenters are confused on OPs question. SOUND design was the topic 😂

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ZeroPointSpecter@reddit

Collateral is a close second to Heat. Though I believe it was the same director for both movies.

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forrest1985_@reddit

It was. Also did Public Enemies and Miami Vice

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Doc308@reddit

Way of the Gun, particularly the sniper/motel shootout scene.

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Kentuckywindage01@reddit

Came to say that. Perfect movie for gunplay. Also, pretty solid movie all around

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psybertooth@reddit

Saving Private Ryan, Warfare, Heat & Civil War. Warfare and Civil War will have some of the most realistic and brutal sounds amongst those 4, likely in part to the technology of sound design vs their counterparts from 20+years ago. Warfare & Civil War were by the same people so that tracks. Saving Private Ryan was phenomenal when the DVD came out and you could really stress test your 5.1 surround sound at home. The drive in & bank shootout scenes in Heat are absolutely phenomenal in both sound and tactical approaches.

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bullionboyzzz@reddit

Man the movie Eddington! I don’t want to spoil anything but there’s a scene where somebody gets shot from a distance while sitting in a chair… pure cinema ! Chefs kiss !

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