Picking Nits
The panel challenges Gruber’s research and getaway, Takagi’s bonds, Argyle’s phone, Karl’s return, McClane’s lack of shoes, and the scale of McClane’s injuries.
In the discussion (8)
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- Hans’s otherwise meticulous team apparently does not know what Takagi looks like.
- Takagi should either disclose the vault combination to live or explain why $640 million in bearer bonds are stored on site.
- The ambulance appears too small for the full crew and equipment, and the plan to earn ordinary interest on stolen bearer bonds seems implausible.
- Argyle’s early cell phone works perfectly from a skyscraper basement, and he waits there drinking for the entire crisis.
- Karl survives an apparent hanging, passes through police lines with a machine gun, and returns solely to attack McClane.
- McClane should prioritize finding or modifying shoes after recognizing how much running and fighting lies ahead.
- McClane’s glass wounds, fall, hearing damage, and likely tendon injuries are incompatible with his continued mobility.
- The public knowledge and single-site storage of the bearer bonds remain implausible.