In December 2024, Carry-on was released by Netflix. First, the thriller landed in 1st place on the Netflix charts in Germany and then with 172 million in second place on the all-time top list of the streamer, right behind Red Notice with Dwayne Johnson.
In the Christmas action thriller, Taron Egerton is blackmailed by a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman) as security employee Ethan Kopek at an airport. In addition to many positive voices and comparisons with Die Die, some voices from the audience have found that the film theoretically also could be ended after 5 minutes.
The “mistake” of the Netflix film Carry-on: The villain relies too much on the collaboration of Taron Egerton
During his layer, Ethan Kopek is pointed out by a woman that a container was pushed through the scanner who does not belong to her. There is an in-ear headphone in this. When Ethan holds the device in his hand, he receives a message that he should put the headphones in his ear and thus learns to his extortionist. Either Ethan does what he is told, or his girlfriend Nora (Sofia Carson) has to pay with life.
On Reddit, some users have pointed out how easily ethan The problem could have been handled from the beginning. A user opened the discussion with this proposal:
Receives a random SMS: ‘Put the earphones in, Ethan.’ ‘Yes No. That is suspicious. I report it to my boss, let the woman who gave me the earphones arrest the police and we examine what is going on instead of blindly following the instructions of a random SMS. ‘
Film end. Toxed.
Crazy how easily people can be entertained.
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Many comments support the procedure or provide similar suggestions as one should react to such a situation. Creator @byron_langley even has the same on YouTube even a version posted for the film.
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These reactions show how much the mysterious traveler, whose plan Ethan has to prevent in the film, depends on the cooperation of the same.
Although he has a credible means of pressure with his girlfriend, the plan shows clear weaknesses beforehand. However, you may not have to take such conditions too precisely if you just want to be entertained.