Film Riot puts an iPhone inside a Street Fighter-style shoot

Ryan Connolly's action breakdown brings professional stunt performers, wire work and a fully rigged phone to a distillery.

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How Good is the iPhone 18 Pro for Action Scenes?

Preston Schrag and Dawson Towery fight over a briefcase bomb, and an energy blast raises the stakes. Then Film Riot pulls the scene apart to show how much of that impact came from stunt work, lighting and a phone surrounded by rather more equipment than fits in a pocket.

"How Good is the iPhone 18 Pro for Action Scenes?" was the channel's only new upload, collecting nearly 4,000 views in its opening four hours. Ryan Connolly joins stunt coordinator Tyler Galpin and rigger Jeff Galpin for the breakdown. Justin's contrasting red and green lighting covers the distillery in every direction, allowing the crew to move quickly within a ten-hour shooting window.

The phone's small size is part of the appeal, but Connolly doesn't want his hands directly on it. A cage, external storage, monitor and battery turn it into a working camera rig. His practical reservation is the lens choice: the main wide camera suits much of the action, while the telephoto produces a noisier image. The episode also contains a paid music-licensing sketch featuring Dojo Master Jericho.

Viewers have technical follow-ups: one asks for a wire-removal tutorial, another wants a front-facing version with sideways camera movement to echo the game. Those are fitting questions for a channel whose older "What's the Point of Shooting Anamorphic?" remains its busiest upload by daily views.

Across the channel, the subscriber count held steady and the archive helped bring in roughly 84,000 views over the week. Daily viewing is a little below its usual level. Full Time Filmmaker had a similarly modest week in the neighboring creative-channel group, while Film Riot's own active back catalog also includes the Last Light making-of and its classic-film effects series.

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The videos drawing views on Film Riot right now

What's the Point of Shooting Anamorphic?171,877 views How We Shot a Horror Short Using Smart Lights & In-Camera TricksHow52,957 views Amazing Effects in Classic Films - How Did They Pull It Off? | Part 15280,606 views

The numbers

Here's Film Riot's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Printsculptors

41,941,047

BRIKLE - Lego Instructions

9,646,340

naztazia

5,567,288

Pidgin Doll

5,217,738

Howard Lee

2,641,228

All New Bricks

1,976,186

coolirpa

343,914

Full Time Filmmaker

104,481

Film Riot

84,362

subscribers

2,260,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

246,622,143

views per day

12,077

typical day: 13,597

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Howard Lee

2,450,000

coolirpa

2,390,000

All New Bricks

2,350,000

naztazia

2,350,000

Film Riot

2,260,000

BRIKLE - Lego Instructions

2,250,000

Full Time Filmmaker

2,180,000

Printsculptors

2,130,000

Pidgin Doll

2,100,000

As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.