Briefcase trick in FRWL
SeanIsTheOnlyOne
Posts: 406MI6 Agent
I recently heard a comment about the briefcase trick in FRWL: "If Grant allows Bond to open his case, one can imagine he would also let him repeat the operation a few seconds later with the other one. Then Bond's effort to save his life would have failed. All of this seems too convenient plotwise."
Does anyone here agree with that ? I just don't.
Bond handles Nash's case very quickly on purpose, making Grant suspicious enough to take the case and open it himself. Of course the whole trick is built on bluff, but that's what makes the scene so great. And it works perfectly.
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No, I don't agree either. As you say, Bond deliberately appears eager to open the second case so that Grant will become suspicious and want to open it himself.