Doctor Macy (Miguel Ferrer) explains how someone was shot by saying he was shot with a .22 caliber bullet in the shoulder, which "spun him around".
Hollywood has long refused to accurately portray what happens when someone is shot. A .22 bullet can't "spin" anyone around. For that matter, no rifle or pistol round can do that. No bullet can overcome a body's momentum (in this case, that of a man standing still). Simple physics.
Hollywood loves to show people being "blown off their feet" by bullets (impossible), or being "spun around" (ditto). In turn, this has led many novel writers and screenwriters to ask people to believe in the impossible. It is a common belief among many that bullets are capable of causing all kinds of aerobatics when people are shot. The truth is far less dramatic.
Hollywood has long refused to accurately portray what happens when someone is shot. A .22 bullet can't "spin" anyone around. For that matter, no rifle or pistol round can do that. No bullet can overcome a body's momentum (in this case, that of a man standing still). Simple physics.
Hollywood loves to show people being "blown off their feet" by bullets (impossible), or being "spun around" (ditto). In turn, this has led many novel writers and screenwriters to ask people to believe in the impossible. It is a common belief among many that bullets are capable of causing all kinds of aerobatics when people are shot. The truth is far less dramatic.