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Plot hole

posted 11 years ago by pauljwarren
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When Axel & Jennie are in the warehouse the first time. Why do the guys unload the box from the van, bring in the box of bonds, unload them, then take them back out to the van? Why did they even need to go to the warehouse?

[–] Sinister23 11 years ago

Axel Foley explains exactly what happened here later on in the film, somewhere around 60 minutes into the film.

They took the bonds out of the box, packed them into a bag and closed the box again. They needed the box as a camouflage.

I don't know why they did it in the warehouse, but they couldn't do that on the street, right?

I doubt that this is a plothole. Writers and producers usually don't make this stuff up. A lot of things you see in films are based on real life events. They have that knowledge before or they do research on how it's done in reality.

For example, most things on the Sopranos is based on stuff from the reality.
A lot of things in "Traning Day" with Denzel Washington is based on reality.

[–] pauljwarren 11 years ago

I guess what I meant is they could have just done it in the van. Had the crooks taken something else from the warehouse or left something there, it wouldn't feel as forced. Maybe "plot hole" isn't the best way to phrase it, but it seems like they went to the warehouse strictly to be seen by Axel.

I'm hoping someone can give me a reason to think something different, I hate finding plot holes.

[–] Sinister23 11 years ago

Hmm I haven't looked at it that way.
They appeared at the warehouse the exact same time Axel came there.

[–] Anorensic 10 years ago

There are lots of plot holes actually like Murphy getting inside expensive hotels, restaurants discount included only with his smooth talking, also his investigation of the custom warehouse (how can so many stupid people all be in one place same time).. cops busting in an apparently rich and influential businessman's house without a warrant and murdering him and his security team, the chief making an obvious phony report in front of the commissioner and them all getting away with it..

But regardless we just enjoy the film because it's a Eddy Murphy comedy, not a Sylvester Stallone action thriller, because then we will have to dissect it and give it a 5.