19. The Hoover Dam Explodes, But Not Beyond 'The Barriers'
Paul Giamatti and his partner (let's just call him Goner) are at the Hoover Dam taking seismic readings in order to prove some sort of earthquake-predicting technology, but then everything goes south and a massive earthquake causes the dam to burst. "Get behind the barriers," shouts Paul as waist-high columns that are about as thick as traffic bollards rise from the ground. Sure enough, the entire dam basically explodes every which way, taking Goner with it, but Paul Giamatti is safe because he's literally inches behind these 'barriers'. They are traffic columns, yet they protect people from dams erupting concrete and steel a few feet away from them? Lazy.
