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Why the grenades??

posted 14 years ago by littlefuzzy
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After Cutter took out Forget, he was messing around with the parachutes or whatever was back there. He pulled out a couple of grenades, and stuffed them in his pocket.

I was thinking Rane was going to go for a walk outside the plane with the grenades stuffed in his pants, but nope, he just fell... I've seen a shot like that in other films (House, for example.)

My question is, since the grenades weren't used for anything, why bother showing them, and having Cutter take them along before he went up to fight Rane?

[–] atac57 14 years ago

Actually, its interesting because in the script Cutter stuffs the grenade in Rane's pants and then throws him off the plane and then he explodes.

[–] littlefuzzy 14 years ago

I found the script online, it is interesting to see the differences (Rane was named Wolfgang).

215 INT. 747 - MAIN CABIN 215

Dodging flying debris. Cutter makes his way to Wolfgang. Wolfgang is barely able to hang on. It's as though the shattered window is a gaping, sucking mouth and it wants Wolfgang.

A fork flies out of nowhere and embeds itself in Wolfgang's forehead. He screams and his fingers begin to lose purchase on the headrest. In a moment he'll be sucked out if Cutter doesn't do something.

WOLFGANG

(begging)

Cutter... help me...

CUTTER

Take my hand!

Cutter offers his hand.

In desperation, Wolfgang grabs it and comes away with the grenade -- the detonating pin dangling from the end of Cutter's finger. Cutter smiles grimly. With a look of betrayed horror, Wolfgang is sucked out of the jet and into the HOWLING night.

WOLFGANG

(screaming)

Cutterrrrrrr!!!

216 EXT. NIGHT SKY - 747 216

The grenade goes off. blowing a bright red hole in the night sky. The jet, untouched, continues on its way.