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Never take your bulletproof vest off in the middle of a firefight

posted 15 years ago by Anticitizen
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Yeesh, how often does this happen in films? 'Help me get this off, I can't breathe!' Kevlar vests don't work that way. Being shot while wearing one will hurt like hell, and may bruise you/crack ribs even, but taking the vest off isn't going to help, and it's generally unadvisable to do so *when the bad guys are still shooting at you*.

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[–] buckaroobanzai50 15 years ago

"...taking the vest off isn't going to help, and it's generally unadvisable to do so *when the bad guys are still shooting at you*."

That's one reason why this movie SUCKED big time IMHO!

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[–] brucecarson2008 15 years ago

It's so silly, and totally unneeded. Just have him be shot in the throat and bleed to death that way. Or the leg. But no... he has to be shot in the chest, so we'll abrogate common sense to achieve that.

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[–] Xcalat3 15 years ago

In know right!

wtf

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[–] daisylane 15 years ago

Also, I'm curious about why he was wearing a vest in the first place. He didn't check his messages and make arrangements for the meeting until after he went out. Are we to assume that he wears a bullet proof vest every time he leaves his house?
(I'm not saying this isn't possible. I probably would if I were him.)

[–] RodFtLaud 15 years ago

SPOILER - Thank YOU! I didn't get that either. It didn't seem to even further the story any. If he's going to die without divulging anything, then why not let him keep the vest on and have one of the assassins shoot him in the head.

My only guess is that the director had to let you know how he survived the first few shots. The only way to show the vest was to invent a reason for pulling it off.

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[–] DubbinMau5 14 years ago

u guys are *beep* idiots, when u have a vest on ur body movement is limited, also it doesnt stop every bullet- after he got hit with those 2-3 rounds- the vest is useless and will affect his movement to survive....

[–] RodFtLaud 14 years ago

Oh. Okay. I didn't know that. Thanks.

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