Is cable wire capable of slicing that many people?

To me it felt like a stupid mistake that people were cut by the wire from so many different spots. It's really funny to watch how one person is cut from around the bellybutton and another from his mouth. So I think it was a mistake. I believe it's also mentioned as a goof here on IMDb.

For you second question I have no answer because I have no idea.


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lol, probably the director found it boring to show a dozen people being sliced the same way (and rightfully so).

lol at your second question! why not? if the cable is strong enough, the force is big enough and the cable moves fast enough, why should there be a limit to how many people it can cut?
why do you care at all? it's a cheap horror-flick, forget about realism!

The Discovery Channel show Myth Busters did an episode with a similar situation and they found that it was not likely that a cable would cut any one in half. Still seems possible though under the right conditions.

Note that the ships top had different elevations, that's why some people got their head cut while others where cut at the waist.

I think if the cable was going fast enough, yeah, it could cut that many people, but as for it cutting all those people in different sections, that was a VERY big mistake they had.

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What matters is how taut the cable is. The tighter it's being held in place, the more force it will have when released.. it's simple physics and despite the fact that it would never happen, ever.. it's possible, but it would have to be on mythbusters or something where they create the situation on purpose because you would need advanced equipment to hold a cable in place that strong and wherever that is happening there won't be anywhere near as many people around as on the ship because it's probably going to be at a construction site. I really don't see any place other than a construction site needing the equipment that would hold a cable that tight and even then the cable would probably be vertical so if it snapped it would probably just hit the ground.

That was a pretty serious cable, it looked like flexible rebar and if I'm not mistaken, it seemed like the boat's anchor cable. A few people here have already pointed out that the captain ducked down to protect Katie, who was the shortest one on that dance floor... and even if you believe it couldn't happen that way, you have to keep in mind that there was a supernatural force on that ship. As for all the baddies killing everybody else, well that was a Lot of gold for incentive and Jack was there to collect as many of their evil souls that he could get....

And I really think they were going for the shock value in those crazy scenes as well.



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my mom's friend was decapitated in a snowmobile accident when he hit barb wire going wide open. i guess if the speed's there it could work. even if not, that was a great bit of cgi and gore in the flick.