question of believability

Rating: 8/10 (19 March 2006)

I hope you already watched this movie, since my comments contain definite spoilers
the movie was wonderful to watch because of the possibilities of a carefully regulated life (played by Stratham), i.e., here is a man who determines all eventualities in advance - that was clearly portrayed at the beginning when the news broadcast stated that three robbers had been picked up because of their bad driving (they ran into a taxi going wrong on a one-way street in Avignon) - if they only would prepared a better agreement in advance to cover the extra distance?!
but then, what's this? - he gets a flat tire for god's sake! - how did he miss an eventuality as mundane as a flat tire (supposedly, it can happen to anyone, right, but this is our perfect hero?) - but why doesn't he only use run-flats on that BMW? - run-flats are not even high tech anymore, but our supposed hero didn't even consider using them on his otherwise very well equipped vehicle well, I gave an 8, but I was tempted to drag my rating down all because of the flat tire goof - anyway, the rest of the movie (before and after that FIRST incredibly annoying "break in the rules" by our hero - NOT opening the package as our hero said) was really very good