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Movies where an item or object saves someone from a bullet, knife, weapon, etc?

posted a year ago by orangeflava (1891)
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In movies many times characters are saved by something in their possession. Not talking about bulletproof vests but things people have on their person.

Some examples:

Rush Hour 2: Chris Tucker's Carter is saved by a stack of bills in his jacket pocket which prevented him being stabbed in the heart
Hot Shots: Part Deux: Valeria Golino's Ramada is saved by a pendant that prevents a bullet piercing her

I think there was a movie where a flask saves someone but I can't think of it. What are some others? Thanks in advance!

[–] twinA (4921) a year ago

I'm gonna' cheat here and use a real life example, James Doohan, who portrayed Scotty on 'Star Trek':

I don't remember the full details. He was part of the Allied invasion force during WW2, storming the beachhead of Normandy against Nazi held France, when all the sudden, he was shot in the heart by a German sniper. He later found himself waking up from unconsciousness after the impact. After regaining composure, feeling relatively safe from more enemy fire, he went for a smoke, reaching for his cigarette lighter, only to discover much to his shock and half-hearted amusement that there was the snipers' bullet lodged deep into the titanium lighter, extremely close to where his heart would have been fatally struck.

Doohan later jokingly remarked about it, saying "smoking saved my life."

~~/o/

[–] PaladinNJ (21582) a year ago

Teddy Roosevelt was saved from an assassin's bullet by a copy of his speech stuffed into his jacket.