Best action movie visible crew/equipment of 1988

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Visible crew/equipment: In the first scene of the Christmas party when Takagi steps out of one the offices and greets a couple of his guests, the camera pans left to show the orchestra and other guests. A huge shadow of the camera and its operator is being shown on the back wall, then the stage light gets moved to light a different area and the shadow is gone. (00:02:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the shot where Dirty Steve is on his horse, he asks, "Hey Dog, did you see the size of that chicken?", and then he fires his shotgun. You can see someone's hand come up to grab the reigns of the horse. (00:43:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the film when the guy in the wheelchair is rolling down the stairs you can see a burst of gas (presumably from a CO2 cylinder) fire the man up. (01:18:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Carol-Anne is running away from Kane's voice in the garage, she ends up standing in a puddle, only to have hands pull her in seconds later. But when the camera moves down Carol-Anne's body to the puddle, you can see the platform the actress is standing on.

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Visible crew/equipment: Crew and cameras can be seen reflected in the silver sphere numerous times, especially as the sphere is embedded in the crematory henchman's hand and back. My personal favourite is when the silver sphere flies into the Tall Man's head, in a frontal shot you can see two crewmembers standing by a large grey camera, reflected in the silver ball. (01:25:00)

Hamster

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Visible crew/equipment: In the radio control car chase scenes over the humpy streets, camera equipment is visible in the rear seat area of the lead car.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Mel Gibson is getting his red boat ready to put in the water, his friend comes out of his house to talk to him. You can see the camera crew reflected in his friend's sunglasses.

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Visible crew/equipment: Just after Nico leaves the church in his car, a cameraman's hands and camera can be seen in the side rear view mirror if you look closely. (00:55:15)

The-Immortal

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Visible crew/equipment: During the fight on the boat Jackie runs up some stairs and is attacked by a thug, Jackie kicks him in his crotch making him fall down the stairs on to another thug. As the thugs land on the ground you can see the blue crash mat they fall on. (00:44:10)

Mortug

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Visible crew/equipment: When the General is explaining to the scientist that everyone in the immediate area must be killed to contain the virus, the shadow of a crew member is seen on the wall behind the General.

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Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the movie, as the hanging prostitute's corpse is dragged along the roof of the boat under the shocked eyes of the tourists, the shadow of the camera is visible on the seats as it passes on them.

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Visible crew/equipment: During the chase, following Lieutenant Lemont's death, several pyrotechnic rigs can be seen on the floors in the hallways.

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Visible crew/equipment: Near the ending when Braddock and the kids are about to escape and Braddock is killing off the rest soldiers in the camp, an explosion goes off by him which causes him to fly into the air and get injured. When he flies in the air, if you look at his feet you will see a chute/trampoline that launches him in the air.

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