Sarah: Help me! I don't want to die.
Gabe: You're not gonna die.
Kynette: No bullets, bitch!
Eric Qualen: Kill a few people, they call you a murderer. Kill a million and you're a conqueror.
Eric Qualen: Travers, have you lost your mind?
Travers: Have I lost it? Fuckin-A, I've lost it, Qualen! Pure fucking Section Eight.
Qualen: You want to kill me, don't you, Tucker? Well, get a number and get in line.
Travers: Get off my back, Qualen.
Qualen: Off? I haven't even got on it... yet.
Qualen: I must admit you're a real piece of work.
Gabe Walker: Yeah, and I must admit, you're a real piece of shit. (01:37:45)
Jessie: This rope looks 60 years old. Will it hold?
Gabe: Don't think so.
Jessie: Bad answer.
Gabe: Remember, shithead! Keep your arms and legs in the vehicle at all times.
Hal Tucker: You son of a bitch! You said you wouldn't kill him.
Eric Qualen: Sue me.
Eric Qualen: Tucker and Walker, you resiliant bastards! You're still alive.
Hal Tucker: Gravity's a bitch, ain't it?
Gabe Walker: I've been working up in Denver.
base Jumper 1: Work? Don't say that word man.
Evan: Man, I hate work. Even when somebody else is doing it.
Eric Qualen: Love is a killer, isn't it?
Answer: For one, they fell into snow which would have softened the blow. Also, as common in aviation or even just cases that are meant to contain valuables like money, they are designed to withstand impacts or attempts to break them open.
Quantom X
Wouldn't the bad guys have to spend what could be weeks trying to find the money if the cases were to break open?
Probably yes.
Quantom X
Snow softened the blow? I thought objects went through snow.