Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Channing Tatum, James Woods, Jamie Foxx, Richard Jenkins, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cale: Special Agent Todd keeps making those sounds, I'm gonna start looking at him.
Walker: You just killed the Secretary of Defense.
Stenz: Well, he wasn't doing a very good job.
President Sawyer: I lost the rocket launcher.
Cale: You lost... How do you lose a rocket launcher?
Walker: You want some cake?
Stenz: No, I don't want cake! I'm a diabetic!
Factual error: During the morning scene where snipers on top of the White House investigate a window curtain, they use a thermal imaging sight. They then see the heat signature of a couple through the window, but a thermal sight cannot detect a heat signature when it's behind glass. (00:03:45)
Question: At least a couple of times the grenades make a clear "clockwork" noise before going off, which I don't recall happening in many other films. Do any grenades actually make a noise like that? Or is it actually accurate, and silent grenades are the inaccurate "movie" versions?
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Chosen answer: Grenades generally do not make any sound until they detonate. When you release the spoon (lever) as you throw it, it can make a "ping" sound as its separates from the grenade. No clockwork noises. (I'm ex Army).
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