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ANY parents here ??

posted 13 years ago by Ironman54
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I haven't read every last post here but so far I haven't seen this mentioned:

What parent, after finding their child apparently drugged, drugged by murderous thugs no less, wouldn't have had their child IMMEDIATELY in an ambulance (if not shopper with EMS team aboard) and rushed to the nearest hospital to be evaluated?

Its a lot to presume that the sc*mbags would have insured a correct dose of meds were given to insure the child wouldn't be harmed. As it was, she could have choked on her own vomit etc., so they clearly didn't care that much for the childs safety. <-- I know she was supposed to die anyway but Foster and co. didn't have the time at this point to have thought through the plot etc.

Anyway, I can't believe anyone associated with the filming didn't point this out because I'm sure % 99 9/10ths parents would have ran with the child directly to the nearest ambulance.

[–] TrumpIsAHump 13 years ago

I'm not a parent, but I totally agree with you. When they showed Kyle sitting there calmly with her daughter in her arms, the first thought that entered my mind was "Okay, why is the daughter who isn't waking up not being attended to by medical personnel???"

Just one of the many flaws in the movie...I was entertained by it, but there were SO MANY implausible things that happened, that the writers, or somebody, should have said "Wait a minute..." to.

[–] Scarlett-Lili 12 years ago

OK, this is long overdue but I just saw the movie again, so...

For a minute, I wondered about that too, but I honestly think the DID have her daughter examined by medical personnel. They just didn't show it in the movie, but I'm pretty sure that right after walking away from that plane with Julia unconscious in her arms, Kyle and her were both attended to by doctors (there were several ambulances on the tarmac, and there certainly was a medical team at the airport as well).

The doctors probably examined Julia immediately and decided that her life wasn't in danger (Carson must have used some drug or anaesthetic, but that could be pretty harmless), and therefore let her go. I can't imagine that Kyle would have let her sleep without getting a doctor, especially considering how careful - and borderline paranoid - she was acting at the beginning of the movie, over-protecting Julia all the time and all. I guess they just didn't want to show these scenes because they weren't necessary.

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