The movie ends when a bunch of US Marshals and FBI agents kick down the door and arrest Kevin Bacon for stealing artifacts from public land.

And Riggs had a Special Forces tattoo, not a SEAL tattoo.. (snorts.. has asthma attack)

Yup, it's a serious hike which kills a few people each year.

I read somewhere that the machine gun scene from Public Enemy was done for real. Cagney steps back from the edge of a building and a WWI vet shot the edge off of the building a moment later.

I always wonder how many civilians Bullett killed chasing those guys. I think I like the chases in the "Seven Ups" or "To Live and Die in LA" a bit better. In "To Live and Die in LA" the guy in the passenger seat looks genuinely scared shitless.

The Grand Canyon is best experienced by hiking down into it and away from all of the tourists. Just remember to take a lot of water.

To be fair, you have a bit more latitude in production design on a post-apocalyptic chase film than you do on a historical survival film.

"He used.. gulp…. sarcasm."

Here's a crazy suggestion, instead of remaking the movie, re-adapt the book. The book had the whole planet run by the young and I think the life limit was 21. That would give writers something to work with if they want a trilogy. Heck, the first film could be the Deep Sleep revolution.

6000 MILES under water?

Chris Makepeace (the kid from Vamp) and Mel Gibson

The US has tried many vests since 2000, but they basically all have problems with fit, protection or usability. The biggest problem I see is that a vest that really protects you from rifle fire is too bulky and heavy. I have a buddy who's a firearms instructor for the US Park Service and is on the regional response…

There was a great Farside or Outland cartoon where Opus muses "Gee, if only I lived in a world where a guy that looks like he smells of raw herring can get a hot babe like Christie Brinkley." Then he breaks the forth wall and says "Thanks Biilly Joel!".

True, but still at low velocity.

True. A level IV vest will stop high powered rifles firing ball ammo. A level II vest will only stop pistol rounds and shotguns. Nobody wears level I vest anymore (as far as I know). Anyway, the big heavy vests with ceramic plates are only good for a couple hits before the plate fails (it's designed to absorb…

Actually, I know quite quite a lot about vests. A few of my friends wear them to work every day. While a vest doesn't protect you against blunt force trauma, being shot with a gun is not significantly worse than being hit with a large hammer (provided the vest is not penetrated). The energy transmitted by most…

Billy Joel would like a word with you.

Sorry, but nope. If a shotgun blast into a bulletproof vest macerates your torso, then firing the gun would macerate your shoulder. Even the lowest level vest sold will stop a shotgun.

Shotguns fire small soft lead pellets of low mass at relatively low velocity. Notice that a Level I vest will stop a .22LR or .380ACP either of which would be similar or superior to a buckshot pellet at the muzzle. https://www.officerstore.co…

I wonder if he and David Niven (also a commando in WWII) spent any quality time beating up Nazis in a ever-so gentlemanly British manner. THAT would have made a hell of a movie.