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The movie Clockstoppers (Nickelodeon, 2002) features both a paintball store and paintall guns.
Warning: some spoilers.

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The first appearance of anything paintball-related in the movie is... a paintball hit on a target.

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The target is apparently located in the middle of an upscale sporting goods store, where there's virtually no protection
given to other customers. :)  The marker is a Kingman Spyder Special Edition, with a vertical 9-ounce CO2 tank and
a slightly crooked Viewloader Revolution. Note the odd round, grooved handgrip and molded plastic trigger cover.

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Here we meet Meeker (Garikayi Mutambirwa) who apparently works at the store- and who, for some reason, has multiple
paintball splats all over his jumpsuit. Does this place also have an indoor field?

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As they're talking, Zak (Jesse Bradford) picks up another apparently loaded, gassed-up Spyder that was just left laying
around on the counter, and takes aim at the nearby target. Note, again, the odd cylindrical grip and plastic trigger cover.

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And pop! He manages to hit the target that must be at least eight to ten feet away. :)
While that would make for a cool test target for a store, it would have to be set up
so no stray shots could potentially endanger other customers.

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The wall behind the pair is covered with even more markers- virtually all of which are
Kingman Spyder Special Editions. Note the middle two also have the odd cylindrical grips.

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Later, as they raid the store at night for stuff to build their weapons, we see the same array of Spyders, and another
red one in the glass display case along with a selection of what are probably bolts and barrels.

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Francesca (Paula Garcés) grabs several clear, blow-molded plastic loaders.
Another Revolution can be seen in its packaging on the wall above.


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Meeker carries off two more Spyders, and we even hear him test-firing them, despite neither one having a tank.

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In the workshop, Zak starts combining the markers into a super gun, starting, as shown here, by removing the
decorative Special Edition barrel shroud. :)

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Meanwhile, Dr. Dopler (French Stewart) and Francesca are making their special ammo:
First, use a syringe to remove the paint from a Tiger Stripe paintball...

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... And then fill it with liquid nitrogen. The idea is that the liquid nitrogen "freezes" people who are in "hypertime",
back to "real time". (It makes sense in context.)

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Once prepared, they break into the facility- there always seems to be a back way in.

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The computer detects their "unauthorized hypertime", and sounds an alarm. Note Zaks' giant backpack assembly
and over-under double gun made out of two Spyders.

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Francesca comes up to a stairway, and pretty much without warning starts blasting away at somebody.
Note the 3.5 ounce tank and convincing "frost" effect on the loader. The smoke/flash is digitally added.

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She crosses to the other side of the stairs, and blasts some more.  I wonder why the hand grip is covered in tinfoil?

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Their target is Stair Goon #1, with his laser-sighted spraycan of liquid nitrogen. Apparently those N2 balls hurt? :)

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After a daring bike chase through the labs (again, makes sense in context) Zak uses his super-gun for the first and
only time, to subdue Elevator Goon #2, who he then uses to pass the elevator's retina scanner.

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Inside the elevator, Zak removes the apparently already-empty hopper (despite having fired maybe six shots so far.)

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He replaces it with another from a pouch on the backpack strap. He rather accurately portrays the hoppers as
being very cold as he does so.

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And finally, Dr. Dopler pops a few at the bad guy, despite that particular gun not having a tank.
The 'flash' is again digitally added, as are most in the movie.

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