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How Much Of This Movie Couldn't Happen Today?


I'm just thinking given this movie will be 30 years old next year, there is so much of it that wouldn't be the case these days.

1. They wouldn't be building a sub that big in the first place because we wouldn't be worried about the Russians. Maybe China or North Korea, but definitely not the old USSR.

2. Pretty much any data request done on a computer could be found in ten minutes by someone being paid $35K a year.

3. They would have had Susan Atwell's last known locations triangulated by satcom and traffic cam.

4. Tom's DNA? Not a problem. He'd be nailed for nailing her.

5. The two 'bookmarks' would have been far more subtle in getting to Nina if they needed to be.

But look on the bright side: the background music would be so less annoying. I swear, that alone almost ruins the movie.

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"A real friend or mentor is not on your payroll."---Prince, 1958-2016

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They didn't have all the traffic cams in the 80's.
What I found super implausible was them finding the one sailboat rental place in Annapolis that they rented the boat from.

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Oops. Ignore the part about the traffic cams.

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A Russian plant in the U.S. government; more relevant than ever, going by the election.

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No need to find payphones or other phones. Could have phoned up Iman to tell her to hide from the guys and avoided two huge chase scenes.

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The PC Police would never allow the villain, Scott, to be portrayed as homosexual.

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