Possibly the silliest coincidence..
in a movie so loaded with coincidences that it's in danger of collapsing under its own weight like a soggy water laden tunnel, is when they happen upon the film set of Robert Siodmak's Escape From East Berlin (aka, Tunnel 28, a movie that actually chronicles their experiences after the fact. I am sure it was intended as a nod, but feels more like a bizarre time warp. I did like the acting in The Tunnel, but still prefer Siodmak's version. For all it's flaws and inaccuracies, it's a tighter, more suspenseful and better constructed film.
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