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What was the significance behind the guy with the hammer who attacked?

posted 13 years ago by Mrs_47
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I know it was a character in the painting in the room but did it have any other significance related to Mike and his personal fears/guilt?

ah...ACHOO!

[–] screwluce48 13 years ago

Jebus that scene scared me so much first time..!! I didn't even know it was from the painting and thought it looked more like some mad farmhand woman!! Think it was just another plot device
of the room 'getting' him, theres only so many things you can do with a room and they sure did them all...!!

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[–] love_cats_hate_dogs 12 years ago

If you look at the photos of the corpses of the room's previous victims, one of them is similar looking, and there is a hatchet lying beside the body, so I guess it's a previous victim.

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[–] gayspiritwarrior 10 years ago

What in the world provoked that vile attack?

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[–] Kotter7579 12 years ago

ok, thanks for that, but that doesn't answer the op's question just cause he happens to be The Jet.

Who's that coming 'round .... that corner..

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[–] cormac_zoso 11 years ago

ooohhh now i really recognize him going to his imdb page ... he was the russian assassine in 'grosse pointe blank' ... in the quiki-mart and the school hallway later at the reunion ...

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so I named it Otis Redding"
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[–] the_la_baker 10 years ago

He looks like a really ugly woman.

[–] Anrkey 10 years ago

His version of 1408 must have been a room filled with mirrors.

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[–] cheapfrill 10 years ago

The guy with the hammer is kickboxing champ Benny Urquidez, btw. He was the "Basque Separatist" assassin in Grosse Pointe Blank. He trained John Cusack to fight in that movie and also assisted in the movies Roadhouse, Diggstown, and a couple Jackie Chan films. Not much screen time here, however, but definitely memorable. I thought the scariest character was that ghoul in the vent. It certainly would have scared me out of the ceiling and damn quick.

[–] CapnDred 9 years ago

Damn! So it is!
I know him from Jackie Chan films like "Wheels on Meals" and "Dragons Forever".
I would never have noticed it was him in "1408" if you hadn't pointed it out!
Cheers!

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[–] TVippy 9 years ago

In real life the guy is just as scary!
http://www.worldwidedojo.com/traditional-based/wp-content/uploads/benny-urquidez-hd21.jpg

Just WTF is a Kickboxing Champion doing playing some ugly guys in movies?
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[–] jmhammerstein-980-842586 8 years ago

The guy with a hammer is just something intended by the room to scare Mike.