By now anyone having watched the other movies in this series should realize it is merely fun entertainment and not meant to be a dramatic drams. It wasn't the best in the series, nor the worst. As far as taking the idea from "The Thomas Crown Affair" (I knew I had seen this plot somewhere but couldn't figure out where until I read a previous review) that was a trifle weak but still entertaining.
One thing that has always puzzled me about 'speeding down hill with no breaks' scenes: why don't any of those drivers have sense enough to simply jam the gear shift into reverse or park? Sure, it will tear the crap out of the transmission, but it will keep the car from going out of control and over the cliff and/or a deadly head on crash, won't it? I can't say for sure about automatic transmission, but I do know that with a manual transmission you can down shift a gear at a time and use the engine as a break.
One thing that has always puzzled me about 'speeding down hill with no breaks' scenes: why don't any of those drivers have sense enough to simply jam the gear shift into reverse or park? Sure, it will tear the crap out of the transmission, but it will keep the car from going out of control and over the cliff and/or a deadly head on crash, won't it? I can't say for sure about automatic transmission, but I do know that with a manual transmission you can down shift a gear at a time and use the engine as a break.