September 11, 2004







The Cellular

The way of con artists.



I just saw the movie: The Cellular. This is an entertaining film for sure. Don’t be worry, I’m not a film critic. Why am I writing on the film then? Because there is some interesting things to say about it!

I’ll not resume the film here, it’s why I talk to people that saw it. For person that doesn’t know what I’m talking about, you can always refer here for more information.

One thing stroked me particularly: the bad guys was working in the LA police, they shot at people a couple of times during the film and the only thing that they needed to say was: “I’m from the police [leave me alone then]”. Are people naïve? Some yes, others no… In the film, they were police officers, but what if they were not and wore false badges? How people can know, in few seconds, if it’s a false or not? There is no way. The only way is to call at the police station and ask them. The second problem, whom will do this? Probable no many people, me included. It’s exactly why con artists use this old trick, because people have respect in anybody that wear uniform and badges. Just to tell few, it was the strength of legend con artists like Kevin Mitnick or Frank W. Abagnale. Think about it, if you were at them place and had some doubt, would you ask for his badge number and call at the police station? The only thing that I can say is: be alert.


Just another interesting thing that I saw is the way Jessica killed the first man; she cut his brachial. If I refer to Get Tough! this is a medium size artery at ½ inch of the surface, he will have a loss of consciousness in 14 seconds and death in 1 minute 30 seconds. Personally, I think that this is a realistic way (possibly lucky) to get rid of this man.


Finally, I wish you enjoyed the movie :)

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