Didn't help that the family was....

Okay, so let's assume Tim Roth makes this huge, heroic one-legged leap and smashes one of the guy's face in. Cool. Then what happens? Then Tim Roth falls down on the floor because his one good leg cannot hold his leaping body in balance. And the other guy steps closer, kicks him in the head and busts his other kneecap, too. In other words, the chances that a family man with only one useful leg could overpower two healthy lads with golf clubs, is close to nil - something which Tim Roth is well aware of and thusly views at as a measure to be taken only when the lives or health of his family are in immediate danger.

And, come to think of it, he actually 'does' take that measure and attacks the invaders when they're about to take his son to the other room - with results not dissimilar to what's described above.

Generally, I'd suggest watching fewer action movies with unrealistically badass character behaviour.



"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

Hate to burst your bubble but I've gotten into fights broken bones and kept fighting. It doesn't hurt as much as people say until the next day. Sooooo this pussy coulda at least tried to fight back.

Maybe I'm a minority. I would have pulled a rick grimes and ripped the dudes throat out with my teeth

Agreed.

Hot and cold for the dog and Roth could have lunged and gotten 2 thumbs into psycho's eyes. Roth was a huge gaping vagyne.

It works in different ways. You can't expect someone to be able to tolerate pain in the same way as everyone else.

Plus, it doesn't work from a movie perspective either. If Roth's character would have been able to effectively attack with a broken bone or whatnot, people would be chiming in about how he wouldn't have been able to do that with said broken bone.

You try being in that situation! They fought as much as they could before they were beaten - think about the situation at the Tate/Polanski house on August 9, 1969. They fought as best as they could, but were overpowered.