Who puts a car theft business in a fancy skyscraper?
I guess it's the last place anyone would expect, but you'd think the expense and property taxes on the building would eat into the profits.
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I guess it's the last place anyone would expect, but you'd think the expense and property taxes on the building would eat into the profits.
That's the same thing I was wondering! How does the mob even afford a tall skyscraper? Are they that rich? I'm sure the government would see a red flag somewhere.
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hilarious.
Yeah, but the skyscraper also housed a parking facility (where high end cars could be stolen and just secretly moved to another floor - the last thing the cops would expect) also, they just didn't steal the cars - that place seemed to be a high end "chop shop" for luxury cars.
As for the taxes, with all the unoccupied space, maybe Ryland was claiming a loss for both towers ?
All that having been said, yeah, it was a very impractical albeit cinematic location for a chop shop; all it would take is one guy to snitch and the whole operation is over.
Probably explains Ryland being so pissed when Linda Hamilton steals a unique, impossible to re-sell vehicle like the Black Moon, which would bring unwanted attention to the facility, which it did.
Which of course begs the question why didn't he just put it back on a truck and have it dumped somewhere away from his place of business?
But then, of course, you wouldn't have a movie. :-)
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CBikle wrote:
Probably explains Ryland being so pissed when Linda Hamilton steals a unique, impossible to re-sell vehicle like the Black Moon, which would bring unwanted attention to the facility, which it did.
I agree it's ridiculous, but as was much in the 80's.
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