Corrected entry: After Hale arms the nuclear weapon (and only has thirty minutes to dispose of it), he and the park ranger decide to lower the weapons into the mine shaft (and potentially get trapped down there with them because bad guys are coming). Instead of using the elevator, why not just drop the bombs into the shaft? If the armed one doesn't explode, fine. If it does, big deal; it's at the bottom of a half-mile deep mine.
BocaDavie
7th Sep 2009
Broken Arrow (1996)
26th Aug 2009
Broken Arrow (1996)
Corrected entry: Near the end of the film, Hale and Teri are on top of the train engaged in a gun fight with one of the bad guys. At one point the bad guy has the good guys right where he wants them, his gun pointed at them and ready to take them out. But instead of simply firing away at them - as he had just done seconds before - he yells at them to "freeze". This then conveniently allows Hale to do the "fall-down-and-grab-the-gun-out-of-Teri's-pants" trick and shoot the bad guy. The decision by the bad guy to suddenly act like a police officer by having them "freeze" makes absolutely no sense. It can't be characterized as a character mistake since he had just been shooting to kill seconds earlier. It was only done to give the good guys an "out" in this situation.
Correction: Definately a character decision; the circumstances have changed from the previous attempt to shoot them. In the event described here the shooter had a clear shot at the subjects and opted not to shoot them in the back (probably wanted to see their faces when he fired; he is quite evil, afterall). In the previous attempt while they were fleeing he did not have a clear shot; he had to keep firing hoping that a round would hit them.
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Correction: If they dropped the bomb down the shaft and it detonated the force of the explosion would travel up the shaft and release radiation into the surrounding area. Their intention was to push it deep into a side tunnel to prevent this. If they dropped it and it failed to explode Deakins could retrieve the bomb and continue his plans.
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