Mexican standoff 1966 Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", where the titular characters played by Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach face each other at gunpoint. Director John Woo, considered a major influence on the action genre, is known for his highly chaotic action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and frequent use of slow motion. Director Quentin Tarantino (who has cited Woo as an influence) has featured Mexican standoff scenes in his films like "Pulp Fiction" (restaurant sequence); "Inglourious Basterds" (the tavern scene features multiple Mexican standoffs including meta-discussion); and the climactic scene of "Reservoir Dogs", which depicts a standoff
Lee Van Cleef Edwin Van Cleef, who is inspired by Lee Van Cleef. The Black Library magazine Inferno! featured several short stories, within the Necromunda setting, starring a bounty hunter called Nathan Creed, who was written as a clear homage to Lee Van Cleef, writer Jonathan Green described the character as "Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, The Man With No Name and John Wayne all rolled into one"., illustrations in the magazine clearly showed Creed as physically near identical to Van Cleef. Phillip Pullman, author of the bestselling trilogy "His Dark Materials", stated that the first name of his fictional American explorer, airman,