7 Ways Skyfall Borrowed From Batman

5. Train Derailed

skyfalltrain In the climax to Batman Begins, Ra€™s Al-Ghul, having weaponized a microwave emitter, has hijacked a monorail train heading directly towards Wayne Enterprises. He plans to make airborne the hallucinogenic toxin that has already infiltrated Gotham€™s water supply. However, Gordon has broken the railway line, and with its brake control jammed, the train shoots off the track and explodes into the street below. Compare this with the scene in Skyfall in which Silva, having eluded 007 through the London Underground, pauses to allow his pursuer to catch him- almost. bbtrain At the push of a button, a subway train plunges from its line and crashes only a few feet away from Bond. A similar scene in The Dark Knight Rises shows Bane detonate a bomb directly above the Batcave, thus allowing the Tumbler to drop as though candy from a piñata.
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