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HUGE plothole

posted 11 years ago by joakimcullin-787-529689
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I really liked the movie. However, one thing kind of ruined it:

How did he manage NOT to lose 5-6 people in a big jungle?

I mean, how hard could it be? Just run left, right, down, up, left, more left, a little right, then back etc.
How is it possible that the guys chasing him always found out which way he was running?

I've probably only been to the forest once or twice in my life but give me a 60 second head start and I'd lose them 10 times out of 10.

[–] seth-shaw23 9 years ago

In addition to them being expert trackers, e wasn't just trying to escape. He needed to get to his family immediately. They could easily assume he was going back to his village.

[–] Karl Aksel (1498) 8 years ago

In addition to them being expert trackers, e wasn't just trying to escape. He needed to get to his family immediately. They could easily assume he was going back to his village.

That's the only sensible reply in this thread. The tracking argument doesn't fly at all, because he did[/i] lose them at one point - by climbing into the trees. Besides, you can't track while running at full speed. And when we [i]do[/i] see them track, they are walking. During these scenes, we see Jaguar still [i]running[/i] - and [i]still they are magically gaining on him.

But yeah, they had every reason to assume that he was running towards his home.