The firearms advisors reckoned that that's just about the most realistic gun battle committed to celluloid and they were amazed that Val Kilmer had had no formal military training, he was that good at the magazine changes and his tactical awareness spot on.
Good film which I had the good fortune to watch at the cinema when it came out, surround sound was invented for scenes like the bank robbery.
De Niro batters Pacino in the acting stakes too.