8 Things That Don't Look Anything Like They Do In Movies

8. Jumping Through Windows Is A Horrible Idea

At some point during virtually any fast-paced action flick, the hero will go crashing through a window for one reason or another. They might be escaping a terrible threat or heroically knocking seven shades of excrement out of a baddie, but neither of these outweigh the horrific consequences of throwing your fleshy bod through a pane of glass.

When you break a glass at home, you tell everybody to freeze and probably walk around in shoes for a bit until you can be sure that every last shard has been cleared up. This is a good idea, because even the tiniest glass shards hurt. Shards of broken glass can slice through clothing and skin with even the lightest pressure, so slamming your whole body through a window with enough force to break it will force thousands of razor sharp pieces into your skin. Far from leaping up and continuing your fight on the other side of the glass, you'd be very lucky if you were able to move at all without experiencing excruciating, debilitating pain. And that's just the splinters, a larger, heavier piece of broken glass might well just put you out of your misery by slicing you in half.

You could always tactically throw yourself through safety glass. This would certainly cut down on the laceration levels, however, laminated safety glass, such as that found in car windscreens is made by sandwiching a sheet of plastic between panes of glass, making it incredibly difficult to actually break. The amount of force you'd need to go through it would probably break some bones.

So, deadly lacerations or knocked out cold?