I just saw this movie today and missed a few parts .. got to watch it again when I have time ... but the two way mirror in the bathroom .. did that imply that he was watching his daughter when she was in there or did it have to do with security in some way .
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I'd like a chance t' shoot at an educated man once in my life .
Ha I never even thought of that now you mention it it is extremely weird.
shareThe back half of the two way mirror is in a safe room so my guess is that has something to do with it. That and it's a plot device so the kids can see Mars through it.
shareGood catch. I too just figured it made sense for something like that in a safe room, but it slipped my mind that it looked into a bathroom....Especially when he lived there with his kids. On the other hand it was probably a company bathroom without a shower. Yet with all those cameras in the house why would the safe room need a two way mirror. Strange any way you look at it
shareActually, bathrooms are excellent locations for panic rooms. In some cases where there is a hostage situation, especially when there is more than one intruder, and they are not experienced crininals, like Kevin and his brother, they will give the hostages bathroom breaks. They will probably check for windows, but a panic room can look like a closet or shower. Once you're in the bathroom, make a run for the panic room, and you're much better off than you were 10 minutes ago. I'm an architectural drafter, and have designed several homes with panic rooms. One had a door that looked like it led to a wine cellar, two were in bathrooms, and another had what looked like a sliding pantry door, but it led to the panic room. I don't have one in our home, but I do have handguns in each bathroom, and a phone with a separate line in my bathroom closet.
The 2-way mirror in this case was not so that the father could watch his daughter in the bathroom. The mirror disguised the bullet-proof glass, which allowed whoever was in the panic room to see if their captors were still in the room.
Finally someone talking sense.
It was clearly a security measure, and it looked into HIS room, not theirs. They wouldn't be using his bathroom.