Old

Old (2021)

5 questions

(4 votes)

Question: Why didn't the lady who was originally with Mid-Size Sedan decay quicker, and we were able to see her body intact when she hit young Trent in the water?

Answer: Because she was 'freshly' dead when she hit Trent.

Question: Why didn't Mid Size Sedan age sooner since he was there longer than the others?

Answer: I submitted this answer previously, but it was deleted for maybe appearing to be inappropriate. The reason for his slower aging is addressed in the film when he says "Black don't crack." Black people tend to age better than other people in real life, due to having a higher production of melanin and other factors.

Phaneron

Answer: Guests with medical conditions were given drugs in their drinks, and so they didn't age as fast as the others did.

The drugs had nothing to do with aging. The whole point was that they aged fast.

Chosen answer: Trent admitted to having sex with her, stating that he thought people had to have sex around 10 times for pregnancy to happen, to which Guy told him it only takes one time.

Phaneron

Answer: She and Trent had sex. It just wasn't shown but implied.

Bishop73

Question: Why didn't they need more than one pill? We take pills daily. These people took one dose the first day and then never again. They were there for about 50 years with one dosage but somehow they still worked?

Answer: The people were only there for about a day. The beach they were taken to rapidly aged them at the rate of one year every thirty minutes. The pharmaceutical company used them as test subjects by continually spiking their drinks with experimental medications for various health conditions to simulate a 50-year long drug trial within a 24-hour period.

raywest

Question: Why didn't the people going through the cave on the way in, experience the same mental effect as when they tried to leave?

Answer: Because in the film, it's a one-way effect. That's just the way it is.

Answer: It's just like the difference between swimming downstream and swimming upstream. It's tough to bring yourself out against the gradient.

Other mistake: How did Trent (who started as a six-year-old) end up with an adult-size watch and bracelet?

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Prisca: There's something wrong with this beach.

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Trivia: The driver of the hotel van service taking the guests to their secluded beach is none other than the director M. Night Shyamalan. He has a speaking role in this movie as well.

Tricia Webster

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