I don't understand the boat explosion
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BecJ5 — 16 years ago(September 19, 2009 12:01 AM)
The killer could not have known who would be in the boat, so he was willing for just anyone to die? What would be the purpose of that? If it did not end up blowing up Rachel, it would alert them that the killer was there and put them even more on guard, making it harder to kill Rachel, which he was not able to do.
Maybe he was playing the odds that Frank would be in the boat, thereby killing Frank and making it easier to get to Rachel in that remote location.
It was not explained but it was a fantastic scene.
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baby_kicks08 — 16 years ago(September 29, 2009 01:01 PM)
My guess is that he did not expect any of them to use the boat at that time. He probably planned for them to notice the cut telephone lines and dead cars first, thus requiring them to make an escape via boat. Let's say that 2 people can fit on the boat. It would probably be Frank and Rachel, because her safety is the priority. Therefore, she would have been on the boat at the time of explosion, if all had gone according to planned.
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NINnerd — 15 years ago(June 16, 2010 02:06 AM)
You have the best explanation baby_kicks08, BUT -
Why not just disable the wires in the boat like he did the cars? Or even more, why not rig the boat AND the cars to blow?
If he'd cut the boat wires, and someone noticed that first, then they would check everything and determine they were in trouble but couldn't leave.
If he puts a bomb on the boat and the cars, no matter what they use to leave, they die.
- Jane (formerly Formula86)
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roboh-1 — 13 years ago(January 28, 2013 02:52 PM)
We see Frank check a car earlier in the movie. Maybe the killer assumes he would spot any tampering on the car but not the boat?
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lobotomyboy63 — 16 years ago(November 14, 2009 09:26 AM)
Notice that the boat blew up AFTER it stopped in the middle of the water. Suppose for instance that Frank's father had been the one to start it. Rachel might not be in the boat at all, so that's not foolproof. Wait till the boat stops and you know everybody who's going to be in the boat already is.
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astonishing — 15 years ago(June 16, 2010 11:38 AM)
I always assumed that the boat blew up because of Whitney's very powerful voice. Remember, she was screaming at Frank and then BOOM the boat explodes. Whitney has the most powerful voice on the planet, that's why she's known as "The Voice".
Here's another example of what Whitney's powerful voice can do:
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rockiebattles411 — 14 years ago(June 16, 2011 02:21 PM)
I had assumed that he had rigged the boat to kill Frank, not Rachael, and that he rigged the cars AFTER the bomb-in-a-boat failed. That's probably wrong, but that's what I thought. Remember that this guy was as much a professional as Frank had been, so he would've wanted to get rid of Frank first, thus clearing a path to Rachael. If the boat-bomb had succeeded, he wouldn't have needed to rig the cars, because he then could've come into the house while they were still panicking and killed Rachael and everyone else.
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tomaszkumor-100-611377 — 14 years ago(July 07, 2011 08:14 PM)
Frank taking Fletcher on the boat sets up the following scene. No professional is going to make a move without some recon. He saw Frank in the boat earlier so he set it to blow so it would kill frank and make Rachael an easier target with him out of the way. It's pretty straight forward, in any fight the primary target will always be the biggest threat.
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chris88cooper — 14 years ago(September 06, 2011 11:12 PM)
I agree, the boat explosion was designed to get Frank out of the way since it could be assumed that Frank would always be one of the people in it. The cars were disabled and the phone lines cut, most likely at the same time, because the assassin was leaving nothing to chance.
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djmike247 — 14 years ago(September 17, 2011 09:31 AM)
I believe that the boat was rigged to kill no one in particular. It would have been luck if it was Rachel or Frank, but mostly it would have caused panic and confusion. During this time it was easier to gain entry to the house and make the kill. In the darkness the killer went after a female figure and got the wrong one. Most of the scene was about confusion and chance and it played out very well. It was a game to the killer who had plenty of opportunity to kill her but after Miami it became personal and he wanted her to feel fear before she died.
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comm-12 — 14 years ago(February 20, 2012 08:03 AM)
There is a scene in the original script with Rachel, Fletcher and Frank on that boat.
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prettygurlA — 14 years ago(March 10, 2012 08:48 PM)
Yeah, I agree with that statement that the boat was rigged for Frank so that Rachel would be an easier target to get to. There wasnt a timed explosion on the boat either, It was set to explode when the boat stopped moving.
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GIRobotII — 13 years ago(August 30, 2012 10:04 AM)
I would say it wasn't meant to kill anyone. What happened was exactly what the killer intended. I believe it was remote detonated, for them all to see and hear it right then, so to cause increased panic, basically toying with them, to let them know he had found them.
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info-13388 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 11:56 PM)
the boat was rigged so that when the motor started the bomb was activated. the motor was rigged to then stop a few minutes later, coughing and spluttering, so that whoever was on it would be crouched over the motor trying to get it restarted when the bomb went off, thus ensuring it killed whoever was in the boat.