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Ending question - Did I miss something?

posted 9 years ago by agentdc7
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I know this movie isn't the most well made, but I was really confused about the ending. The crew are told there's a huge storm around and they cannot be rescued for another 48 hours. The crew make it to the surface and see it's bright and sunny, which means the woman was lying. So why is there a rescue chopper looking for them? On top of that, the company declared them already dead, which really doesn't make sense to why there would be a chopper at all.

[–] AmBa2012 9 years ago

hmm that's a good point.

The only explanation for that i can think of is that after the Doc released the escape bubbles and wrote that email to the company, Beck sent another email telling them to disregard that (actually I think the email was to the coast guard) maybe need to double check what's on the computer screen when he's typing it. Therefore, they realised that they were alive and sent rescue for them.

[–] AllTracTurbo (28) a year ago

Just before the scene where they find out that they were pronounced dead in the news, Peter Weller's character flips open a cover on the wall in the computer room, pushes a button, and red "SOS" letters light up. The lady from their company shows up on the screens and mentions that their SOS will have been received by the coast guard and navy.

So, the SOS signal goes directly to emergency services to get search and rescue started as soon as possible. This lets them know that people are still there and need to be rescued.

[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

The OP always missed Amanda Pays being examined in nothing but her racy, lacey lingerie