Mexican standoff refers to a
situation where
two-
plus people have guns pointed at each other and they're all afraid of moving, what with the
weaponry and all. Found in the film
The Mexican, and also the following
films (first four featuring
Quentin Tarantino, it being a
trademark of his):
Reservoir Dogs: between
Joe,
Mr. White and
Eddie
True Romance: between
Lee's men,
cops and
mafia
Natural Born Killers: between
cops,
Mickey and
Scagnetti
Pulp Fiction: Between
Jules,
Vincent,
Honeybunny and
Pumpkin
Face/Off: between
John Travolta and
Nicholas Cage's characters
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Wild Bunch: the namesake and a gang of
Mexicans.
The Matrix: between Neo and
Agent Smith.
The Matrix Revolutions: between Trinity, the Merovingian, and the Merovingian's thugs.