I love this movie but the scene where he is handcuffed to the pipes, and the guy strangles him with a belt from behind always bothered me because he only got out because the pipes were lose, but what if that hadn't been the case, how else would he have got out? It's like he just got lucky that the pipes were lose, but I personally would've liked him to get out another way using his 'particular set of skills' although I don't know how.
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lazy writing...
I was pleased with the movie up until this point since he was getting by using his skills, but at the auction he was ambushed and had little to no chance of getting out of there alive. The pipe being loose was just pure luck.
Good point. Movie is really full of equally implausible stuff like this. (E.g jumping on a moving boat without getting serious injury; driving wrong way on street at high speed; avoiding hundreds of bullets; getting clear image of kidnapper in reflection in photo; every ruse working (e.g. pretending to be cop, getting into elevator).) I suspect those pipes are very well anchored. Plus, the pipes are secured to themselves to some extent. And not to be too picky -- but hot air or steam comes out. Are they using radiators to heat that hotel? Are there steam pipes in modern buildings? (I don't know.)
shareYeah that was a cheat. Terrible writing. He should have used his ‘skills’ to find an ingenious way to escape that predicament.