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Why does the palm tree fall on Patricia?


I've seen this film a hundred times but this is the first time I've tried to properly dissect this. Is it the ninjas that push the palm tree on her, or is the falling tree caused by her flipping the car?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

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karma

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I've found this article on palm trees that fall by themselves, are you insinuating that this is how we're meant to interpret this scene as an audience?

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/causes-palm-tree-fall-68884.html

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She flips it over a palm tree that has already fallen down. Then another falls on her. I guess you could argue the fallen palm tree pushed hard into the standing one, but that's a long stretch isn't it?

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