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WTF Moments ruined this movie

posted 9 years ago by edoman2000
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I loved the 1st one.... In an era of diluted Action movies OHF was a good throwback to 90's action movies.

Now this one took that formula but unfortunately, the set up was way too 90's for me. What I mean is that the movie had so many WTF moments that could fly in the 90's but not these days.

So I just watched the movie and these are the ones I can remember atop of my head....

First off, The whole bad Guys just keep appearing out of thin air and everyone is a bad guy at some point BS..That is so 90's... There is no way in hell its even Plausible all those bad guys could convene there with weapons and all that hardware without setting up any type of flag. I mean that was the most watched and surveyed area in the planet at the moment with all those World Leaders there. And yes I know there was a mole but even with that, its just too convenient.

Another WTF (at least for me) is that I cannot believe they wouldn't have aerial support ready on call when the attack started. They should've had at least 2 gunships ready to decimate the terrorist when they were pinned down in the 1st attack. I call BS on that. Leave the president to "Jog" to the extraction point in case of an emergency?...yeah right.

Why would they rescue the President, have him in the Chopper, yet fly at a very convenient RPG RANGE??? I mean all that time I was like, Fking Pilot, get that chopper UUUPPPPPP!!!!!! That Puppy can climb up to 19,000 ft and cruise at 170mph, so why the whole tourist view there just strolling around...That chopper should've been out of range in 3 minutes after liftoff....

Another idiotic moment is when the chopper crashed, Mike tells the President to "Get Out, casue the chopper might explode at any moment", yet when they actually get off the Chopper, they just stand RIGHT BESIDES THE CHOPPER AND HAVE A 3 MINUTE CHAT THERE WITH NO SENSE OF URGENCY... I Mean WTF??????

The whole Drive up the Embassy.. Now Cmon man..... Yes it was Badass, but u gonna tell me that they just drove thru that ambush and lived to tell about it??? Cmon Man,,,,,

The action scene when they attacked the bad guys headquarters. yes the scene looked bad ass as hell but cmon.. That is so Commando/Ramboesque... They just keep shooting and somehow the massive wave of bad guys just keep missing them even at CLOSE RANGE???

Yes I know what u gonna say...Its a movie, not real, I KNOW THAT... But I cannot just unthink some logical stuff just for the sale of having fun... Ya know?

[–] Bakezz 9 years ago

BAYSPLOSIONS!!!!! this movie isn't really about a plot or words.

Which makes it so much more pathetic because it tries to be at times.

[–] mkmuhr 9 years ago

He told the President to get out of the chopper because he knew there was nothing he could do for the dying lady.

[–] ydobon-1 9 years ago

Another idiotic moment is when the chopper crashed, Mike tells the President to "Get Out, casue the chopper might explode at any moment", yet when they actually get off the Chopper, they just stand RIGHT BESIDES THE CHOPPER AND HAVE A 3 MINUTE CHAT THERE WITH NO SENSE OF URGENCY... I Mean WTF?????

Actually, at that point I was thinking "Terrorists just shot down your chopper and are probably on the way there to finish the job and you want the president to go stand out in the open?"

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[–] peterwilcox88 9 years ago

Just to add at least one more moment.. He tell's the President to 'Brace for impact'. Yet they don't even fasten seat belts??
The film seems to assume lots of infiltrators but no good guys? The British SAS would have already been standing in the shadows waiting.
ALL the protection would have had additional units nearby.
You could infiltrate a couple of people, but not into every service.

Still, I enjoy the make believe action :)

[–] leiastarkiller 9 years ago

Haha I hated that! Why even say brace for impact when none of them do it. Surely the president should know the bracing position in case of an accident. And yeah, seatbelts should've been obvious.

[–] Snarkier 9 years ago

Plus "Hey, a missile has locked on. Let's fly straight and true until it hits us".

But they'd already done that for a while, knowing they were MANPADs, instead of even trying to climb (except briefly at one point), so apparently the only tactics they knew were "Fire flares" and then "Get Marine Two [which wasn't Marine Two, because Morgan Freeman wasn't on it, as others have noted] to sacrifice itself".

So bad, for no good reason.

[–] bakerstreet-862-612840 9 years ago

"I don't know about you, but I'm thirsty as *beep*."
*gulping down a glass of water*
"Mmm."

I laughed so hard at this one.

[–] notsocrazyroy 9 years ago

I've read six or seven pages of posts about this movie and it sounds so bad it's got to be good. I've just ordered a DVD.

This means something, this is important.

[–] bakerstreet-862-612840 9 years ago

Plotwise, i like the first film story better. The action's satisfying enough for me, i felt like watching one of those first person shooter video games movie cutscenes.