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Question about the ending in the car

posted 11 years ago by lunchboxwanderer
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I really liked this movie.

But a while after watching it, I wondered about them not hot wiring the car.
I know they didn't do it because they didn't want to screw up the wiring as they had before in other cars.

However, IMHO it was worth another try.

Also, I have a little experience with ignitions. Basically, they could have knocked the plastic casing off the steering column, smashed off the piece where you put the key in, and jammed a flat head screw driver in with their baseball bat.

Turn the screw driver and voila, the car starts.

I thought, that in their desperation, they might try and exhaust every last ounce of creativity in order to get out of the situation.

[–] forrykook 11 years ago

They're just ordinary guys with no experience in theft or hot-wring cars. I wouldn't have the faintest idea how to do it and I don't think it would be as easy as shoving a screwdriver in the ignition. During the "trapped in the car" scene my mind was busy devising escape plans and reckon they could've escaped if Mickey wasn't such a soft cock.

[–] Bead1971 11 years ago

I agree. My brother knows everything about cars, but I wouldn't have a clue how to hotwire. I always assumed movies used hotwiring as an easy out when they needed to move the story along.