forum bump.

The movie was a pretty decent "prequel" of the Jack Ryan franchise. Ben Affleck played a pretty good young Jack (he did much better than Alec Baldwin, but nowhere near as good as Harrison Ford.. but anyway)... The premise was awesome, the set up was great, the execution of the climax was great, but the ending was pathetic! I mean, how are we to believe that just after a nuclear terrorist attack in Baltimore, anyone in any department of government would be lazing around a park enjoying a picnic? ;~D

but the ending was pathetic! I mean, how are we to believe that just after a nuclear terrorist attack in Baltimore, anyone in any department of government would be lazing around a park enjoying a picnic? ;~D

Absolutely correct on all counts. The ending "sucked", BIG time! The whole point of the thread though was the fact that the scenario is all to possible.

terrorist smuggle a nuclear device into the country in the form of a cigarette machine and place it at a football stadium in Baltimore,MD. Where it's set off

wouldnt surprise me a bit if suddenly a cigarette machine showed up somewhere in the us. they could hide it between the betamax stand and the buggy whip dispenser.

wouldnt surprise me a bit if suddenly a cigarette machine showed up somewhere in the us. they could hide it between the betamax stand and the buggy whip dispenser.

Hehe...this is why I love ya...

terrorist smuggle a nuclear device into the country in the form of a cigarette machine and place it at a football stadium in Baltimore,MD. Where it's set off wouldnt surprise me a bit if suddenly a cigarette machine showed up somewhere in the us. they could hide it between the betamax stand and the buggy whip dispenser.

So exactly what are you saying? That you don't believe that this is at all possible?

Hehe...this is why I love ya...

and that's why it's mutual

So exactly what are you saying?

i can't recall when i last saw a cigarette vending machine. while there may be a few around somewhere, i can't think of a import shipment more likely to attract suspicion. well, other than a cigarette vending machine inside a box with a label describing its contents as: 'ACME FAKE CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINE--CONFORMS TO ALL US STANDARDS FOR CONCEALING NUCLEAR DEVICES'.

Read the book!  It is much better.  And it was islamic terrorist, and the SB was in Denver, not Baltimore.

They changed it so that the parallel with Clinton would not be so obvious.

i can't recall when i last saw a cigarette vending machine. while there may be a few around somewhere, i can't think of a import shipment more likely to attract suspicion. well, other than a cigarette vending machine inside a box with a label describing its contents as: 'ACME FAKE CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINE--CONFORMS TO ALL US STANDARDS FOR CONCEALING NUCLEAR DEVICES'.

ROFL!  Yea, it would have to be a coke machine.  In the book, it was just in a van in the parking lot.  And it did fizzle as the islamic terrorist killed the Scientist before he blead off the stray netrons.  Still, it killed 20k people.