Would Riggs really have been able to...
pull down that house on stilts, just using his truck? That always seemed highly unlikely to me?
shareMaybe the Mythbusters should test it; they already tested the toilet bomb scene.
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Well... we saw Riggs do it, didn't we?
But if you're asking if it's possible in real life, then I don't know. I wouldn't doubt it.
Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!
Yep, it was stupid, like most of that movie. Loved LW2 when I first saw it. Now I only see the stupidity.
Gibson and Glover are great, though.
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If the house had one main supporting member and he pulled that away then maybe but that supporting member would likely be thick concrete/metal buried deep in the ground, unlikely a regular pickup would pull it.
shareThe idea of those cantilevered houses in such a quake-stricken region is absurd, so I don't have any problem suspending the disbelief and watching Riggs pull it down.
When you step back and think about it, yeah, it's a ridiculous stunt. But at that point in the movie, Riggs is super-pissed, their fellow officers are all dead, Leo's being smacked around and something's gotta give. So when he finally does that crazy thing, we're right there with him. Plus, it makes a pretty loud bang.
It's still not as stupid as Riggs dropping Rika back at her house.
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Schlotkin! We're done with you. Go back to the golf course and work on your putz.