I believe that if you're transporting nitroglycerin in two trucks, it would be best if the two trucks were not driving nose-to-tail. It would be better if they were separated by a time difference, so that if one truck blows up, the other doesn't go with it. I'm sure I saw this in the two previous versions of this film.
The principle of using two trucks is to improve the chances of at least one getting through. However, nobody in this film thinks about this, or they wouldn't be driving nose to tail. The glass canisters containing the nitroglycerin look quite fragile, and they are simply stacked in crates with nothing to cushion them against each other, so you hear them rattling along as the trucks hurtle around hairpin bends. I remember that "Sorceror" had the nitro sticks buried in crates of sand.
Anyway the nitro is not that powerful, because we have the heroine throwing some canisters at an attacking vehicle, and she needs three tries before the explosion is enough to knock the vehicle off the road. I'm surprised she didn't blow herself up with the overhand throwing, so once again, the nitro isn't much more powerful than apples.
Also we should question the bandits chasing a truck the size of a barn door, and failing to put one bullet, from a 50 cal machine gun, in the back of it where the nitro is stored. They can't even hit the heroine when she's climbing out of the cab and onto the roof of the nitro vehicle.
At some point, one of the crew shoots his co-driver so that he can get his share of the money that they are promised when they get there. Did I fall asleep and miss something? The hero and his brother were promised a million each to do the drive. At what point was it stated that there is a reward for completion of the job payable to whoever survives? It was quite clearly stated in both previous movies, but not in this. Suddenly, out of the blue, one driver shoots another and comes up with this fantasy idea that he will now get his share.
Anyway, point of information, the European release of "Sorceror" was a re-edit, and put the four back stories as flashbacks throughout the film. A much better version in my opinion.
The principle of using two trucks is to improve the chances of at least one getting through. However, nobody in this film thinks about this, or they wouldn't be driving nose to tail. The glass canisters containing the nitroglycerin look quite fragile, and they are simply stacked in crates with nothing to cushion them against each other, so you hear them rattling along as the trucks hurtle around hairpin bends. I remember that "Sorceror" had the nitro sticks buried in crates of sand.
Anyway the nitro is not that powerful, because we have the heroine throwing some canisters at an attacking vehicle, and she needs three tries before the explosion is enough to knock the vehicle off the road. I'm surprised she didn't blow herself up with the overhand throwing, so once again, the nitro isn't much more powerful than apples.
Also we should question the bandits chasing a truck the size of a barn door, and failing to put one bullet, from a 50 cal machine gun, in the back of it where the nitro is stored. They can't even hit the heroine when she's climbing out of the cab and onto the roof of the nitro vehicle.
At some point, one of the crew shoots his co-driver so that he can get his share of the money that they are promised when they get there. Did I fall asleep and miss something? The hero and his brother were promised a million each to do the drive. At what point was it stated that there is a reward for completion of the job payable to whoever survives? It was quite clearly stated in both previous movies, but not in this. Suddenly, out of the blue, one driver shoots another and comes up with this fantasy idea that he will now get his share.
Anyway, point of information, the European release of "Sorceror" was a re-edit, and put the four back stories as flashbacks throughout the film. A much better version in my opinion.