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Poison sprayed on the Minivan's Door Latch

posted 16 years ago by Xclibur2001
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The Jackal sprayed something very highly toxic on his Minivan's door latch because he knew there were some vandals persuing him, but What kind of poison would cause someone to foam from the mouth and then die instantly just by simply touching it on a vehicle's door latch??????????

I don't believe this to be true...................But does a poison that lethal exist???????

BTW...............Why were those Car Jackers persuing the Jackal??????? Or was it just a coincidence that some bad guys wanted to jack our main villain's minivan or his belongings inside the minivan.

[–] hcrapwhitman 10 years ago

They weren't carjackers, they were hijackers. They'd intercepted Jackal's online order for the machine gun and were trying to snaffle it. Having spotted them following him, Jackal didn't know if they were hijackers or cops, which is why he popped into the Cyberia Cafe and had their status as thieving pyakaroons confirmed. Also, the spray on the door latch is weapons grade aerosol dog turd - highly lethal.

[–] layton59 9 years ago

I think the real question is not what kind of poison it was but instead why would the Jackal want one, two or three dead hijacker bodies all around his van holding his illegal gun?

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[–] snakej32 9 years ago

"I think the real question is not what kind of poison it was but instead why would the Jackal want one, two or three dead hijacker bodies all around his van holding his illegal gun? "

Exactly. I always wondered the same thing. And does anyone know who The Jackal called later in the movie? He was in a bathrobe in the hotel and when he called someone and got a message saying that they could no longer be reached.

[–] manram24 9 years ago

nd does anyone know who The Jackal called later in the movie? He was in a bathrobe in the hotel and when he called someone and got a message saying that they could no longer be reached.

Same here.

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] dreid234 9 years ago

"nd does anyone know who The Jackal called later in the movie? He was in a bathrobe in the hotel and when he called someone and got a message saying that they could no longer be reached. "

He was trying to get in touch with the Russian "mole" he had working for him. Remember the scene after Gere told them someone was working for the Jackal where they bugged everyone's phone to see who it was?

[–] snakej32 8 years ago

Thanks so much for the response, I really appreciate you clearing that up. Was there a scene with the "mole" or was it just something that was referenced in dialogue?

[–] dreid234 8 years ago

No, there was an actual scene where they are all sitting around a conference type table where they told the mole he was going home. The scene I mentioned with The Jackal trying to call him proves they got the right man.

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

Yes, a lanky Russian policeman in a suit with a moustache is tipping him off (probably Terek is bribing him). In the original Jackal book and film, the information the Jackal gets is obtained through pillow talk and clearly keeps him one step ahead of the pursuit. Especially when he learns one ID is blown and he needs to move into another. This film does not make it so clear.
In the original book and film there is quite a lot of back story to explain how there was somebody in a position to give the Jackal tip-offs. In this film he is just another suit present at meetings.

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[–] mail-924 8 years ago

A type of sea snail creates a poison that can kill you instantly.

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[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

The automatic gun was from Poland, and I think I caught a bit of dialogue among the would-be hijackers in that language, they were probably Polish organised crime figures wanting to obtain his gun to sell to customers of their own. I found the poison spray unlikely - something so deadly would be almost as deadly to an unprotected sprayer as to someone touching it, but that's Hollywood. If he wanted to escape notice, a dead body near the van is not the way to do it.

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[–] dhmason6155 7 years ago

Dead bad-guy wouldn't be a problem. They were looking for a white van. It was now a blue van. The only person who saw a blue van is dead. No other witnesses in the garage. Jackal drags the body off to one side and hides it behind a car to give him a little more time. He gets in the van and leaves. Even if he was caught on camera, he was wearing a disguise. He also kept changing the color and plates on the van.

The question no one else on this thread has thought of asking is, now that he sprayed poison on the door latch how does he open it?

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[–] stevekaczynski 7 years ago

There are problems with the scene. Guy dies next to the van. This is the kind of thing they notice on CCTV. This also tends to attract attention, including police attention. If the Jackal removed the body, we never see it and he actually seems to be putting some distance between himself and the van, not going to it although he must have gone back to it later. What did the two cohorts of the dead man do? Did they find the body, remove it, or find it and just flee in panic or what? I wonder if there is a cut scene that ties it up because there are actually quite a few loose ends here. As to the poison, maybe after time it disperses into the atmosphere and loses its effectiveness so the door handle can be touched, but its properties are never really explained anyway.

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[–] dhmason6155 7 years ago

He also had those rubber gloves. Keep in mind, he wasn't planning or expecting those hijackers to show up in the first place. He had to act on the fly and improvise. So, yeah, there would be loose ends. Maybe he loaded the body into the van and dumped it later.

But, re CCTV, It WOULD be a serious problem if someone was watching it in real time. like I said, he was wearing a disguise in the first place, and changed the plates and color of the van. He also ditched it in Canada when he got the boat.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

"This is the kind of thing they notice on CCTV."

Very little security footage is ever watched until there is a reason to watch it. This is a hotel, not a high security prison.