100 THINGS I LEARNED FROM 'TAKEN 2'
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Taken 2
dveiga62 — 13 years ago(October 31, 2012 09:47 AM)
- You will fit perfectly into the clothes of a random hotel staff person and be able to run from them.
- Hotel security aint worth a D@MN! I mean Dime!
- One can perfectly pass a driving test in California after driving the mean and crazy streets of Istanbul.
- After being held captive for days, one can go out for ice cream sundaes at the pier just three weeks later.
- You can get cut by a huge knife in the neck and just yell "Ow!"
- This was the only movie where Luenell (driving instructor) said less than ten words in a movie!
- and you can pass the driving test when your instructor is asleep.
- Phone service in Istanbul is flawless
- You can call your buddies in the US on the golf course to call the Embassy and let them know you're good peoples.
KEEP IT GOING FELLOW IMDBers.
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Madonna-whore — 13 years ago(October 31, 2012 09:46 PM)
- Even though you could barely drive an automatic car, you can drive like a nascar pro in a stick shift through the most crowded streets in Istambul without hitting a single pedestrian.
- You can run around all Istambul throwing grenades without any police attention whatsoever.
- Even though you just grabbed a shirt and jacket, perfectly fitting jeans and tennis shoes will automatically materialize on your body.
WHAT THE FVCK IS A BIEBER????
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JSSTyger — 13 years ago(November 02, 2012 05:53 PM)
- You can smash your car to pieces and it will still be driveable.
- If you make a left turn and somebody turns in behind you, you should be immediately suspicious and tell your wife you're about to be kidnapped, even if there is no apparent reason.
- Terrorists would never strip search their victims for phones.
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Sir_Cadogan — 13 years ago(December 10, 2012 01:18 AM)
This I actually have to reply to. By listening to the ticking of your watch, you know how long you were driven. With an estimate of the average speed, you could work out the maximum distance you've travelled. Hence the circles drawn on the map. Listening out for key features may help you out with directions. If you here s lot of traffic, a main road. If you hear the ocean, heavy machinery and a lot of voices, you are probably near docks. Anything that stands out can be helpful. This is a common theme in a great many secret agent/spy texts. This part of the movie is in no way a mistake.
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Mighty_Michael88 — 12 years ago(May 04, 2013 07:51 PM)
@what_is_the_light
This I actually have to reply to. By listening to the ticking of your watch, you know how long you were driven. With an estimate of the average speed, you could work out the maximum distance you've travelled. Hence the circles drawn on the map. Listening out for key features may help you out with directions. If you here s lot of traffic, a main road. If you hear the ocean, heavy machinery and a lot of voices, you are probably near docks. Anything that stands out can be helpful. This is a common theme in a great many secret agent/spy texts. This part of the movie is in no way a mistake.
Touche! The creme of the creme that is behind the "implementation of those moves" begins by having the capability to stay centered while being mindfully aware of one's own settings. There is an unique skill to it.
The current setting of our society where most of the technology-dependent people who have an attention span of 1 min and have the immediate need for automatic gratification, will not be able to do anything like that.
There is a methodology to this. But those who know, don't say.
Hint: It starts by mindfully knowing the order of one's own settings. Yes. It is that simple. -
cinephyler — 12 years ago(June 07, 2013 07:15 PM)
he didn't say he was IN the circle, he said he was ON the circle, which means he isn't mapping his max distance, but his exact distance. he only knew path length, not distance from start. his math would only work if he was driven in a straight line, where path length = distance.
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wunderdunder — 12 years ago(February 18, 2014 08:22 AM)
More people than you realize if you pay attention (I do realize you're probably joking). I wear one everyday and so do about half the people in my office. If you're on the phone a lot it comes in handy or if you're sick of having to pull out your phone and drain battery every time just to see what time it is. And very few (if any) watches tick loud enough to hear unless you have it pressed against your ear, which he didn't. The ticking could have just been for the audience and he was counting in his head.
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vestdennis — 12 years ago(February 18, 2014 11:52 AM)
I do wear myself. Of course I'm 56 & bull-headed about such things. It often amazes me the number of people who, while not wearing one, always ask me what time it is. So apparently they are still important
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j_d_stagpump — 13 years ago(January 02, 2013 05:11 PM)
Nope, sorry to be picky but I feel that this film needs all the help it can get.
He was suspicious before the left turn. The left turn was to go to his chosen location for escape or to confirm his suspicion. Perhaps both. -
Qaoz — 13 years ago(January 03, 2013 06:21 PM)
I once drove a car into the side of another car, completely trashing the front of one and the entire left side of the other. Both cars were able to leave the scene on their own. A car can withstand a lot of punishment as long as the vitals aren't damaged.
Also, Liam's character was likely keeping an eye on the traffic the entire drive. He probably noticed the car a while back (when the bad guy said "Not too close"). He took a sudden turn into a populated street and the car behind him followed. I'd be suspicious by then as well, especially if the car was Albanian and I'd just killed a bunch of Albanians in the previous movie
They're not terrorists. They're Albanians seeking revenge for the death of the people in the first movie. They didn't appear to be the sharpest tools in the shed either, or they would have kept the guard inside the room with the prisoners as well as a guard outside instead of just watching football while grandpa took a nap.