Examples
Some examples used in movies include:
- Spaghetti Westerns (notably the iconic denouement of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly but has also been used elsewhere)
- B-movies (various)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003, The Wachowskis)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Saving Private Ryan, Munich (Steven Spielberg)
- City on Fire (Ringo Lam)
- Inglourious Basterds, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
- True Romance, Enemy of the State (Tony Scott)
- Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone)
- The Killer, Hard Boiled, Face/Off (John Woo)
- The Rock, Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, (Michael Bay)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (movies)
- Trespass, (Joel Schumacher)
- Zombieland
- Shanghai Noon
- Shaun of the Dead
Nevertheless, it remains a staple in popular culture because of its potential for high-tension drama.
The ending of the video game Call of Juarez: The Cartel features the protagonists engaging in a Mexican stand-off. This then leaves the player(s) to decide whether or not to kill their teammates.
Read more about this topic: Mexican Standoff
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