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I am watching/participating in a reality show not unlike Man vs Wild, only instead of Bear Grylls the host is some cop or security expert who looks like Owen Wilson. Tonight’s episode: how to chase a perp who is getting away. Playing the perp is special guest star Henry Rollins.
Rollins is tasked with escaping from an office building. He runs from room to room, down corridors, like in a maze. Wilson is chasing him, but since he is constantly losing visual sight of Rollins – who is, of course, taking advantage of this to try and shake him off – he has to use his wits to figure out which way he’s gone.
The director uses split screens, replays and multiple angles to show – in real time – how Rollins is using the office building’s layout to his advantage, and what Wilson does on the fly to figure out different possible routes Rollins could take, and how to deduce which ones he did or didn’t take.
At one point Rollins manages to double back on Wilson very cleverly using adjacent doors, and hides by lifting a huge shower drain in a washroom and diving into the water-filled basement/sewer below. Realizing what Rollins is planning, Wilson grabs a plunger and races straight to the lobby, where there is another drain. Rollins is clearly planning to take a shortcut to the lobby drain and get out the front door, at which point he wins.
Wilson rips off the drain cover, and dives into the basement/sewer, where he and Rollins struggle underwater. Finally Rollins makes a break for it, climbs out of the drain, with Wilson hot on his heels. Wilson manages to get between him and the front door. Rollins drops into a fighting stance, and after a bit of sparring, Wilson takes him down with a clothesline.
Demo concluded.
Wilson helps Rollins up, thanks him, and together they review the footage to analayze for the audience how Rollins had almost won, and how Wilson had figured out his plan.
And then I woke up.
No exit,
This is dF
Rollins is tasked with escaping from an office building. He runs from room to room, down corridors, like in a maze. Wilson is chasing him, but since he is constantly losing visual sight of Rollins – who is, of course, taking advantage of this to try and shake him off – he has to use his wits to figure out which way he’s gone.
The director uses split screens, replays and multiple angles to show – in real time – how Rollins is using the office building’s layout to his advantage, and what Wilson does on the fly to figure out different possible routes Rollins could take, and how to deduce which ones he did or didn’t take.
At one point Rollins manages to double back on Wilson very cleverly using adjacent doors, and hides by lifting a huge shower drain in a washroom and diving into the water-filled basement/sewer below. Realizing what Rollins is planning, Wilson grabs a plunger and races straight to the lobby, where there is another drain. Rollins is clearly planning to take a shortcut to the lobby drain and get out the front door, at which point he wins.
Wilson rips off the drain cover, and dives into the basement/sewer, where he and Rollins struggle underwater. Finally Rollins makes a break for it, climbs out of the drain, with Wilson hot on his heels. Wilson manages to get between him and the front door. Rollins drops into a fighting stance, and after a bit of sparring, Wilson takes him down with a clothesline.
Demo concluded.
Wilson helps Rollins up, thanks him, and together they review the footage to analayze for the audience how Rollins had almost won, and how Wilson had figured out his plan.
And then I woke up.
No exit,
This is dF
