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Anyone consider the fact that...


Filmmakers will often create a film that deals in people's fantasy fears and wasn't trying to be realistic?

1. Yes, we know it's impossible to get locked into a train station, but have you ever taken one past midnight before? Haven't you ever remarked to whoever you're with a joke fear "I hope we don't get locked in!" Although security guards exist as do maintenance workers, the actual station itself is quite the scary ghost land with nothing but the sounds of florescent lights humming.

2. Yes, we know that the abandoned train with a dead body exists, as do numerous other dead bodies. However, this isn't going to hinder the fact that the stations open their gates at 5am. If a train had been coming at the end, then complain, but two businessmen walking down and waiting is not a major plot hole. It's just a sign that the stations just opened and no one had discovered the dead bodies yet.

3. Trains were not periodically running throughout the night. Craig was using the one he killed the conductor in, and yes, we know the improbability of train theft occurring in reality. This too deals in a fantasy fear.

I enjoyed this movie(clearly) and I feel it gets a lot of unfair criticism. I mean you're dealing with an experimental creature killing people in a subway in the first place. A few "that couldn't happen because..!" is bound to occur in a horror movie.

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I hate it when people cant suspend their imagination a little when it comes to watching movies. Too much criticism all because "this wouldnt happen in real life."

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real life is for idiots. This movie was about a crazy Dr.CHUD.

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Did anyone notice Dr.CHUD checking his Oyster card?
This freak sneaked for free! Kill him!

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no this movie was *beep* from beginning to eng. all unlikable character and worst bad guy ever. I hate movie when directs throw at us stupid *beep*
IN THE END THERE WILL BE ONLY CHAOS

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I agree. While I wasn't that keen on the film, it did capitalise on a popular hidden fear of every tube traveller. Including me as I often travel on tube late at night. I know some of my friends refuse to travel on tube that late for various reasons. Potential muggers, rapes, murders and more, and no help would come fast enough. No one likes the idea of being accidentally locked in for the night.

I think what makes the idea more creepy is remembering all those news about finding a corpse here, a skeleton there, the discovery of a forgotten tunnel that hadn't been seen since Queen Victoria's time, and a did-you-know? trivia, like there are 400 or 500 miles' worth of tunnels and sewer tunnels down there.

I reckon that's what Kate's last look was about. "It could happen to you, too."

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