``The Den of Thieves'' Realistic magazine exchange is a great respect for Michael Mann *Note! Contains spoilers.

The fate of men depicted in <Magazine Exchange>

*The following sections touch on the core of the story, so we recommend watching the movie before reading.

The climactic gun action of ``The Den of Thieves'' has gone down in movie history along with `` Heat .'' A gang of robbers and detectives begin a shootout with assault rifles on a road crowded with countless cars due to traffic jams. In between, change magazines while shouting "Change magazines!" This is probably because they are letting each other know because they will be defenseless and unable to support their allies while exchanging magazines. The detectives gradually close the distance while chasing the robbers, and the way the sense of distance is depicted is exquisite.

In my opinion, good gunfight production often emphasizes distance. In other words, the key is to make the audience feel how far away the people who are shooting each other are. This is because imagining the distance at which bullets fly apart creates a sense of tension. In this scene, they succeeded in skillfully expressing the sense of distance by having a gunfight take place between traffic jams. (I made good use of it).

In the climax, the assault rifle is fired, and the protagonist and the leader of the robbers engage in a handgun duel (again, a shootout occurs with a parked car in between them). Victory or defeat is finally decided, but the act of exchanging magazines actually has a great theatrical effect. The leader of the robbers chooses to die by pointing the gun at the protagonist, even though he knows he is out of bullets. Running out of magazines to replace means the end of life. This is an unforgettable scene that depicts the fate of the Jack Reacher with an empty magazine.

Sam Peckinpah once depicted the main character's slow and poetic action of discarding an empty magazine in `` The Cross of Iron '' (1977), and Don Siegel cleverly depicted whether or not he had fired all the bullets in `` Dirty Harry '' (1971). He showed a performance that can be used to great effect. You can always trust the work of directors who know how to handle a gun properly.

Text: Tetsuya Inagaki

TV director. My personal goal is to realize a documentary project that depicts the obsessions of manga and movie creators. Programs he has directed in the past include ``Gekiga The Godfather : The Man Who Revolutionized Manga'' (WOWOW) and ``Takeshi's Birth: Master of Oira and Asakusa'' (NHK). Currently, he is planning a documentary about a famous manga artist.

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*Information at the time of article publication in November 2018.