Written by Mr. Mouseburger 9th Jul 2005
Having misappropriated a unit of secret agents to help him pork his wife (as you do), Tasker really shouldn't have been surprised when the terrorists the agents *should* have been monitoring invade the hotel room and kidnap them both. Tasker and his wife are then taken to the Florida Keys where for some reason, not established, Harry is going to be tortured by a man called Samir.
Samir decides to give a truth agent to Tasker before beginning the interrogation and so injects him and leaves the room. The truth agent is a bit of a mixed bag; one moment Tasker is lolling about babbling incoherently, the next he is lucid enough to pick through the handcuffs.
Tasker feels a bit of a prick having just been caught / Schwarzenegger shows the full range of his acting skills / Samir prepares to give Tasker a rectal examination
Samir returns and methodically prepares to begin the interrogation. Like all good tormentors, he barely raises an eyebrow when Tasker details how he is going to escape, kill the guard and then use Samir as a human shield before breaking his neck.
The revelation that Tasker has picked the handcuffs ("what with?" you may ask) changes Samir's attitude somewhat, but this wiry man is no match for the muscle-bound Tasker, who proceeds to fulfil the prophecy he detailed moments before. Samir finally has his neck broken by Tasker's stranglehold and, with the prophecy complete, Tasker and his wife escape.
Harry "Houdini" Tasker, despite being drugged, has no problem picking the handcuffs with nowt but thin air / Samir wins the "Terrorist gurner of the year" award
There was no strangling going on here, just good 'ol American neck-breakin' action.
And I thought it was plenty satisfying. Comedically satisfying, but nonetheless.
How is this a "Prophecy"? Tasker had a formulated plan, not a crystal ball.
nah, this was clearly a prophesy in my eyes, albeit a self-fulfilling one. he explains what will happen and then sees it through, even predicting the guards will come bursting in, so he needs to use Samir's body as a sheild.
Shot, as Arnie used him as a human shield.
But he wasn't actually shot.
How do steroids come into play as the murder object?
I actually am happy to see this death in the unsatisfying place, as it was too quick, too quick that I blinked my eyes as Tasker broke free and ends with Samir lying on the ground.
There's also the fact that Tasker picked the cuffs with thin air.
Yeah.. that made NO sense, a minor plot hole.
Looks silly, though.