I found this two-parter to have some of the most hilarious suspension-of-disbelief-required moments yet, though it was all the more fun and exciting because of it.
I don't know which part had me howling the most: 1) That Cinnamon could get major newspapers to publish a fake story about a fake but "well-known" U.S. Senator with fake pictures, or 2) that she could remove Rollie's disguise whilst pretending to give him silicone injections when they were being closely observed on ALL SIDES by mobsters, just by holding a towel kinda sorta over her hand as she was peeling away the latex, or 3) Peter Graves walking around with this false, hollow, half torso on his back as he gets into a car, then ducking down, leaving the half torso in the driver's seat, so it looks like he's still sitting there as seen from behind, then dropping through a hole cut in the floor of the car into a sewer manhole. Actually, I DO know; it's that last bit that really had me holding my sides.
Still, lest anyone think I didn't enjoy these episodes, rest assured that's not the case. Pretty exciting and interesting as always, especially watching all the effort they go to with the drilling and the sawing and the elaborate preparations. And there's a neat use of split screen toward the end, which I hadn't seen M:I use before, showing parallel elevator shafts that come into play with some nifty "sleight of hand." All in all, not very believable, but don't let that get in your way of the fun.
I don't know which part had me howling the most: 1) That Cinnamon could get major newspapers to publish a fake story about a fake but "well-known" U.S. Senator with fake pictures, or 2) that she could remove Rollie's disguise whilst pretending to give him silicone injections when they were being closely observed on ALL SIDES by mobsters, just by holding a towel kinda sorta over her hand as she was peeling away the latex, or 3) Peter Graves walking around with this false, hollow, half torso on his back as he gets into a car, then ducking down, leaving the half torso in the driver's seat, so it looks like he's still sitting there as seen from behind, then dropping through a hole cut in the floor of the car into a sewer manhole. Actually, I DO know; it's that last bit that really had me holding my sides.
Still, lest anyone think I didn't enjoy these episodes, rest assured that's not the case. Pretty exciting and interesting as always, especially watching all the effort they go to with the drilling and the sawing and the elaborate preparations. And there's a neat use of split screen toward the end, which I hadn't seen M:I use before, showing parallel elevator shafts that come into play with some nifty "sleight of hand." All in all, not very believable, but don't let that get in your way of the fun.
