Indeed it does. But it makes for good drama and graphic violence, as in Barzini keeling over backward with blood gushing out his back, tumbling down the steps...

Hollywood will stop at nothing to make improbable use of guns and shooting situations. Consider "Dirty Harry," in which Clint Eastwood did for the .44 Magnum what Playboy did for breasts in the Fifties. The reality is that the .44 Mag is the absolute least likely firearm that a plainclothes cop would carry. But...