It's not a flame thrower btw... it's his rocket boosters. He coated them in oil, and then turned them on to float away, they had the deleterious effect of igniting the oil and setting the two on fire ... which was the intent... heh
I dunno...I always liked it heh... but you are right about slowing down the action...I left it on the beginning of these clips because when I zoom out on my editing program to select a region, I couldn't quite tell if I was getting it all, so I was adding a few seconds before and after the fight lol...