If you can't walk 13 miles in one day...

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I usually jog about 6.5miles in 50minutes, and then I'm not even pushing myself, and I'm not in an awesome shape :p They could easily have made it to the checkpoint and back 2 times before sundown, even in norway midwinter where its like 5hours of sun=p

Your (the TC) whole problem is that you're looking at the situation logically, and in these types of movies, there either is no logic, or there's an ambiguous, bent sort of logic that applies to whatever alternate universe this is happening in. I tend to over-analyze movies myself, much to my husband's chagrin, so I try to keep my suspension-of-belief highly suspended while watching movies, so as not to ruin his enjoyment of them. I very often get the "it's ONLY a MOVIE!" response when I start nitpicking, even to glaring issues.

But yeah, anyone physically fit enough to do the hike in the first place would have WELL enough energy, if not pure motivation, to get the hell outta there. 13 miles is nothing for young/physically fit hikers.

"If you just talk, I find that your mouth comes out with stuff." ~ Karl Pilkington

i assumed that after they found out something horrible had happened to Uri, that they were operating on adrenaline/fear, and not logic. plus, Paul feels responsible for talking his brother Chris into the trip, and now Chris is injured. later, he berates himself for getting Chris into risky situations multiple times in their lives. so, i figured Paul was highly motivated to ~not~ leave Chris behind.

the silliest events were: Uri running off into the darkness with only a small pistol to defend himself. what was he hoping to achieve? why not remain in the van with the others until morning? and then, Chris running off after Uri; no weapon, no special training. why?

they ~all~ should have stayed in the van until morning, and then pushed it out. with one person steering and six pushing, a group of healthy people could do this. and if someone/something attacked them, they could jump into the van for safety. after Uri disappeared, and Chris was not able to walk, they def should have pushed the van out, using it as refuge. and yes, it would take a long time, but they would have had shelter, once they realized that there was something hostile in the city. and yes, the van was overturned, but with only two people in it; they would have had a chance with six or seven.

but then, there would be no movie. :-)

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Still, this is just a movie. If they did all the smart things normal people would do, then there would be no need for a scary movie.

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Yes I found myself calculating how long it would take me to walk 13 miles and I reckoned on 4 or 5 hours at a fast pace. I'm totally unfit - someone fit could run it in 2 hours. I'd have been heading out of there at first light but then there'd have been no film so

I am ANYTHING but a pugnacious upstart

I always imagined they talked about Russian miles. 7Km = 1 Mile. That would take them about 14 - 20 mins driving the distance out of town to the check point. But they wouldn't manage to walk that distance before night falls. Depending on the seasons, where dark hits much faster during winter / fall. And the movie looks like it's being shot during fall. So expect things to get dark around 7-8Pm. And dusk starting at around 6-7am. That leaves them with less than 12 hours of full daylight. They would need to walk 91Km in less than 12 hours, which is not possible. It would equal to about 56 US miles. It takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes to walk 7 km. Now time that with 13. They would not make it.