Angelina Jolie's boys show off shooting skills

She has previously said that she enjoys making action movies because her children are impressed by them.

And now Angelina Jolie, 36, may be passing the torch on to her little boys.

She took Maddox, ten, and Pax, eight, to a party store today and bought them some toy rifles. And the boys could not wait to start playing with their new toys.

When they left the shop and headed to their car, Maddox took it upon himself to protect his mother from the awaiting paparazzi.

The ten-year-old, whose camouflage toy gun exactly matched his outfit, took pretend shots at the photographers.

He then began pulling faces at the paparazzi, much to the amusement of his brother.

At one point Maddox even pretended he had been shot and flailed his arms dramatically.

His movie star mother could not stop laughing as she watched her son enjoy the fun and games.