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The guy who Cage threw into the empty cement pool...

posted 10 years ago by BreaKingBatZilla
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Either that's the best stunt work I've seen or that guy dislocated his shoulder.

[–] seth-shaw23 9 years ago

I thought the same thing and I went back to watch it again just now. The walls of the pool are rounded so that lessened the blow but he still made direct contact with concrete. There was a huge impact. He's wearing a jacket so hopefully he had some kind of padding underneath. Otherwise that guy definitely was injured.

[–] holbrookp 9 years ago

Maybe the stunt failed on the first take but since it looks better than what was planned, they went with that instead of a retake?

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[–] TheAstor 9 years ago

It actually took me out of the movie because all I could think about was if the guy actually got hurt or not, it was a big fall.

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[–] Pwaaaalieee 8 years ago

Ha, ironic because the theme was someone being hurt for real on camera.

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[–] TheAstor 8 years ago

It is ironic. It was just so real I'm like wow, I hope that stunt guy was alright.

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[–] StarWarsMoviesSuck 8 years ago

you suckers...
they probably lined the floor of the pool with foam

[–] grybop 8 years ago

Either way, it looked totally real and kudos to them.