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Top 10 Movie Traps


welcome to watchmojo.com it’s a trap and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movie traps for this list
we’re focusing on movie moments where
characters are caught off guard by a
cleverly concocted trap however we’re
leaving out ambushes like The Godfather
Tollbooth scene also we already have a
top 10 saw traps video and we’re
excluding torture porn flicks as well
congratulation you are still alive
number 10
Laser quizzing art Resident Evil
in this zombie infested epic a defensive
artificial intelligence system known as
the Red Queen quarantined the
underground hive research facility in
order to stop the spread of the t-virus
after a group attempts to infiltrate the
Queen’s Chamber she fights back with a
series of lasers for commandos tried
outsmart her but as we all know evil
computers learn fast and the result of
that is one human waffle destruct
sequence completed and engaged number
nine the auto-destruct Star Trek 3 the
search for spot code zero zero zero
described
Siri destruct sequence is activated
this trap is a vital sacrifice of
gigantic proportions with cruises
Klingons boarding the enterprise Kirk at
his men wave a bogus white flag and
pretend to surrender my lord the ship
appears to be deserted
meanwhile they sneakily activate the
enterprise’s self-destruct sequence a
more and more of the Klingon race piling
on to the starship Kirk and company
transport out of there leaving their
foes to perish
number eight rattlesnake trap hard
target
when jean-claude van damme saves the
gorgeous Yancy Butler from being
attacked by a rattlesnake he goes all
MacGyver on us and constructs a trap out
of the stunned reptile what are you
doing I’m leaving a surprise for my
friends an unsuspecting soldier is
trumped by Van Dam’s classic tripwire
maneuver or in this case trip vine which
alerts the hidden snake let’s just say
the soldier is surprised when the
creature latches itself onto his face
son of the bitch yo number seven rigged
an MoU box put to watch it this trap
reflects how brutal and unexpected the
world of war can really be when
searching an abandoned hideout on Patrol
two soldiers Sal and Sandi discover an
ammo box containing enemy max so cool
Augusta you got Maps we got STDs a gook
stuff let’s get out of here no sir this
is important this is important although
they take extra care to make sure the
box isn’t rigged they get complacent
which causes them to be caught off guard
by an explosive booby trap see
number six spring spear trap First Blood
Sylvester Stallone is a one-man army as
John Rambo and in this flick we delve
into his expertise with guerrilla
survival tactics
one such tactic is to use booby traps to
wound prey which in this case is a
series of police officers in one
incident Rambo rigs a tripwire that
sends a spear full of spikes flying into
the legs of one unlucky victim number
five the snake suitcase Kill Bill Vol –
to get back at him for taking credit for
the bride’s murder infamous deadly Viper
swordsman el driver sets up a
transaction with her former teammate but
in exchange for a genuine Hattori Hanzo
sword she brings him 1 million in cash
but she’s surely but a nasty surprise
buried in the bundles of cash a deadly
black mamba if multiple snakebites to
the face weren’t bad enough el then
describes how notoriously lethal the
black mamba is in true monologuing
Tarantino style but only with the Mamba
and this has been true in Africa since
the dawn of time is debt sure hence its
handle death incarnate it does all come
back to bite her in the end though
number four
swinging paint cans home alone how can
we forget home alone and it’s enjoyable
yet potentially deadly house of tricks
dad kid with Kevin McCallister
played by Macaulay Culkin flying solo in
the house and two thieves trying to get
in the eight-year-old must fortify his
abode with a series of improvised traps
after battling their way in
the thieves face the staircase mayor
Kevin’s waiting with some swinging paint
cans which smack them square in the
schnoz don’t worry mom I’ll get him for
you
you guys give up
oh yeah thirsty for more number three
falling boulders The Goonies
instead of booty trap booby traps that’s
what I say Sam settin booby traps in
case of anybody’s for Goonies never say
die with both the goony gang and the
infamous Fratelli mob after one-eyed
Willy’s treasure the race is on when
navigating through the labyrinth of
caves the gang encounters a number of
booby traps set by the deceased pirate
in an attempt to stop all those who
would try to reach his treasure look at
this you see what I found
one classic Buccaneer trap in particular
is the tumbling boulders which catches
both the Goonies and Fratellis off-guard
number two
crushing log creditor while on a rescue
mission based in gorilla territory a
group of elite soldiers ends up as
trophies for a strategic and murderous
alien after it picks off
Schwarzenegger’s entire team one by one
Arni sets up a series of traps to try
and trump the beast in a tense scene
that delivers one of Arnie’s most
memorable lines come do it do it
he finally lures the creature into a
trap and crushes it with a hanging log
before we spring our number one movie
trap here are a few honorable mentions
number one older scene Raiders of the
Lost Ark stay here archaeologist Indiana
Jones is tiptoeing through a
booby-trapped crypt in an attempt to
take an ancient gold idol
when he switches the treasure for a bag
of sand he thinks he’s home free but boy
is he wrong a few seconds later the
walls of the tomb start crumbling around
him and he’s met with flying arrows and
the legendary rolling Boulder
this is nail-biting cinema at its best
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