In the discussion (19)
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- Jack answers an improbably timed payphone
- He could have disabled the tires before the bus reached fifty
- LA traffic and the hairpin turn cannot sustain the required speed
- Weekday-morning college football is implausible
- Jack’s screwdriver grip and prolonged fuel leak are questioned
- Harry’s limp disappears before the raid
- Jack setting down gun and badge is contrasted with period LAPD behavior
- Helen’s explosion damages surprisingly little and uses up the door bomb
- Airport access and the delayed choice to use its runways are questioned
- The blown tire should affect stability immediately
- Harry should anticipate a bomber’s booby trap
- A 1994 wireless bus camera is questioned, though the tape-loop trick is praised
- Paying the ransom is considered against the enormous damage
- Airport-to-downtown travel time is implausible
- Howard’s dead-man trigger during the gunfight and fistfight is debated, including an objection that he retains it
- Doors and Howard’s missing dye stains create continuity problems
- Howard choosing a fistfight over a gun is questioned
- News of the bus explosion should reach Howard sooner
- The panel emphasizes these flaws do not spoil the movie