Escape Artist Rates 9 Escapes In Movies And TV | How Real Is It?

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Magician and escapologist Matt Johnson rates nine escape scenes in movies and TV shows, such as "The Prestige" and "The Suicide Squad," for realism.
Johnson discusses the accuracy of escape scenes in "The Office" S3E18 (2007); "Breaking Bad" S5E6 (2012); "Taken 3" (2014), starring Liam Neeson; and "The Suicide Squad" (2021), with Margot Robbie. He also comments on magician escapes from "The Prestige" (2006), "Arrested Development" S2E4 (2004), and "Now You See Me" (2013). Johnson analyzes "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), and "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (1991).
Johnson has performed all around the world and now lives in Vancouver, Canada. He has been performing magic and escapes for more than 30 years and is famous for dangerous stunts involving water tanks and saws. Johnson reached the semifinals of "Britain's Got Talent" in series 12 and competed in "America's Got Talent" in 2021. He has toured twice with The Illusionists.
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@Zown-ej3fl Жыл бұрын

In the suicide squad the scene where she unlocks herself was 100% real. Margot Robbie was asked to do it as a joke by the director. They did it in one take. The only part that she didn’t do was strangle the guy. The director even stated that he was upset when they recorded it because they didn’t get a clear enough shot of her face during the recording because it made it look like a stunt double did the trick.

@lefterismplanas4977 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Im with you in that one. This guy is not as supportive of the actors as he should be. Linda Hamilton picked that locked for real too. The cut the scene short because of it even

@deatheater6222 Жыл бұрын

@@lefterismplanas4977 do you expect him to know behind the scenes facts for a movie he has not seen?

@lefterismplanas4977 Жыл бұрын

@@deatheater6222 No. But I've seen more people react to theese. And those people gave those actors more credit than him. Even if they too, didn't know the behind the scense

@mileyuli Жыл бұрын

Also, Harley has gymnastics skills and was a gymnast, so for her doing this wouldn't be hard.. Combining the enhanced strength she got from Ivy, she could probably hold that dude up

@Fluffspeare 9 ай бұрын

If they were that upset they could've done another take.

@tompadfoot3065 Жыл бұрын

The Robie bit deserves an 8 at least, because while she didn't thigh strangle that dude, she 100% did actually unlock the lock with her foot. Robie was a gymnast and trapeze artist before she was an actress and is still a gifted athlete

@Gothamite1 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe the camera guy didn't correct him about Margot doing that for real. She was awesome and that should have been a 10. I totally believe she could have thigh strangled that dude 🤣

@User-54631 Жыл бұрын

Gifted athletes or not, the strength disparity between men and woman is huge. My daughter is a gymnast and has competed on the national level. She is half my age, a base (the one who throws the flyers) she cannot beat me arm wrestling using both arms. Another example would be Texas high school boys squat record is more then the women’s world record.

@djmocha7 Жыл бұрын

I’d give it a 10, but maybe I’m just biased because she’s my wife.. in my mind. Alright, alright.. I’m putting my straitjacket. See?

@commieRob Жыл бұрын

It has been reported that Margot Robbie really did the stunt. I eat she really raise her legs to her arms while hanging. I don't think anyone has suggested that she actually flipped a key into cuffs, or that she was actually hanging from the handcuffs to begin with. Edit: chain and padlocks rather than handcuffs.

@tompadfoot3065 Жыл бұрын

@@User-54631 cool, nobody asked you

@olthac Жыл бұрын

Linda Hamilton deserves a 10/10, because she actually picked the locks on set. She learned the technique to pick both the strap lock and the deadbolt, and that is what we see on screen.

@samaraisnt Жыл бұрын

It looks like it, too!

@sorrenblitz805 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Linda Hamilton did her escape scene legit. Learned how to lockpick while restrained specifically to make that scene look real.

@davidsumner7604 Жыл бұрын

He said that a hairpin wouldn't be strong enough but she was using a paper clip.

@m.adrian Жыл бұрын

only the scene itself got rated... not the preparations that go into them otherwise you would have to rate the "chapter" of the film. Though looking into it, without interviewing and questioning the staff who made the film chapter you wouldnt know how much preperation was needed to make it and that is something that they are probably not capable of, so just because u like that film the most, doenst mean there was less effort used or it deserves a better rating.

@willdavis3802 Жыл бұрын

@@davidsumner7604 I've picked locks using a paperclip after months of work with real lockpicks, this is absolutely doable, the most unrealistic thing is her making a rake out of a paperclip rather than a single pin pick. That'd be a trick I'd love to learn to do without any tools.

@BDogGrizzly Жыл бұрын

Linda deserves a 10 100%. She took lessons to learn how to pick locks and actually picked that lock in the movie. And Margo (Harley Quin) ALSO did the stunt of opening that lock with her foot.

@Shippo28 Жыл бұрын

He’s talking about his real the stunt is not that they did it themselves

@Roguechan Жыл бұрын

@@Shippo28 no, he is rating what the actors are doing. He was way too harsh on Hamilton and Robie.

@ChristophBrinkmann 8 ай бұрын

@@RoguechanOh no, he was so harsh on how two fictional characters did a fictional thing in a fictional movie WHATEVER SHALL WE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@LucianDevine Жыл бұрын

The Margot Robbie scene deserves at least an 8 if you want to factor in that she couldn't overpower and kill the guy like she did, or a 10 if you go just on her escaping. She was able to actually do the whole thing, and the only reason the quick cut happens is because when she was doing it was because her costume blocks her face, and the audience would likely rather see the key going in the lock.

@bishopsteiner7134 Жыл бұрын

big thing is Margot Robie/Harley Quinn actually did unlock the lock while filming, much to Gunn's and everyone else's surprise. You're right about lifting the big beefy guy though. Good video!

@GaryLiseo Жыл бұрын

@@truecocunut421 at first that’s what I thought she was going for… not sure how well a triangle would work from that angle though

@ferielbenabderrahmen7249 Жыл бұрын

Vuyju

@anurag809088 Жыл бұрын

oh wow, so you are one of those who believe those made up stories.

@sophiejones3554 Жыл бұрын

wish he’d remembered that lifting your legs against gravity without using your hands is a lot easier if you were born female. If you are born male, you have no choice but to deadlift your legs with your abs. Your pelvic bone isn’t heavy enough to press against for leverage and your thighs aren’t strong enough to lift themselves. Still super impressive she got that key in the lock with her foot though. It’s hard getting your foot that close to your face, and also hard to aim feet accurately.

@Brabldibrablmann Жыл бұрын

I no longer believe these crazy 'behind the scenes' stories. Like some insane scene being improvised or the crazy method acting shenanigans that were supposedly performed. Movie studios realized a long time ago that this is an easy way to genrate a headline to promote the movie so: doubt it

@KnightOfAwesometon Жыл бұрын

For anyone interested, you can find the footage of Joseph Burrus death online easily. It's a bit sickening, honestly. As Johnson said, he did the trick as he'd done previously, in a perplex coffin and buried under a fair few feet of dirt. But because it was being broadcast, as well as his pride and desire of surpassing Houdini, he decided to add a layer of cement on top of the dirt layer, not considering cement is much heavier than dirt. Literally seconds after pouring and spreading the cement, the perplex shattered, collapsing under around 7 tons of dirt and cement. From the surface, all you see is the wet concrete layer drop about a foot suddenly. What's even worse is, cement dries from the bottom up. In the video, a reporter actually mentioned this to Burrus and, after the collapse, you can see people having to heave and throw large chunks of hardened cement as they dug him up. Meaning he couldn't have dug his way out even if the trick had gone to plan.

@NevTheDeranged Жыл бұрын

goddamn that's horrifying. I think i'll just skip watching that, actually.

@doowappable Жыл бұрын

@@NevTheDeranged It's not really, you dont see anything. People who take these risks and dont even bother to calculate anything dont get much sympathy from me anyway. Like Bill Burr says, its opening lanes on the highway.

@DAMNEvanescence Жыл бұрын

@@doowappable you sound like a psychopath ngl

@KitsuneAdorable Жыл бұрын

@@doowappableI agree to a certain extent with what you said. But I think in certain circumstances idiots deserve an amount of sympathy. However, thats a awful way to go.

@meh7348 11 ай бұрын

@@doowappable a Bill Burr fan calling other people idiots 😂

@Jaysin412 Жыл бұрын

Margot Robbie actually unlocked that lock with her toes while being hung, yes with a body rig and not real chains, but she trained hard for that and James Gunn was stunned

@laemmeelagi Жыл бұрын

James Stunn was gunned

@FlushGorgon Жыл бұрын

@@laemmeelagi Stun gun was jammed.

@JordnD Жыл бұрын

Your telling me she was hanging for the close up shots of her unlocking the cuffs and inserting the key? Idk about that. Whats the point in her actually hanging durning those scenes if we can't even see her hanging? Would be a lot easier to do a close up and make it look like she's hanging for those scenes, wouldn't have looked any different from the final product.

@nekrouni8497 Жыл бұрын

@@JordnD sure it wouldn’t have looked different, but it just feels more authentic because she can actually do that. Also bragging rights.

@Ranga3595 Жыл бұрын

@@JordnD she was quite adamant about doing the actual stunts as Harley. If you bothered to look into it even a bit before trying to correct people you’d know that

@veroooXateez Жыл бұрын

The one from now you see me, isla fisher said in an interview that she couldn’t break the chains apart & she started to panic.. she almost drowned on set. Her reaction was real, from what I remember. 😅

@Tetsujinhanmaa Жыл бұрын

Yes, I heard the same thing. She was actually panicking there.

@CrippledMerc Жыл бұрын

I think the chain got stuck in the grate on the floor and she couldn’t get it loose, which is why you see her yanking on it before she starts to panic, but ya it was a close call.

@kedandunn Жыл бұрын

well that's terrifying

@MrJeezus Жыл бұрын

What a shitty movie to die making.

@rockylindsey1647 Жыл бұрын

the locks on the chains looks like the cheap locks that you can unlock by using a sharp pull. I know because I heard something about it and tried it myself on a key lock and it worked even though the combo locks are easier

@tompadfoot3065 Жыл бұрын

Houdini very much did hide keys in his mouth. He had a dental bridge for some missing teeth that he redesigned to have a hidden drawer in it with picks/keys/etc for different performances. I saw it at the Houdini museum in NYC, it was super cool

@Lucaz99 Жыл бұрын

Houdini was crazy!

@danitho Жыл бұрын

How did he open the drawer? With his tongue I guess but....seems insanely difficult.

@tompadfoot3065 Жыл бұрын

@@danitho yes. It was actually designed to be pretty easy to slide open, and with his escapes he always made it so that it wouldn't be too difficult to bend over to drop a pick or key into his hands, when he couldn't just reach into his mouth directly.

@robbieh.1384 Жыл бұрын

For the famous bridge-drop escape when he was wearing nothing but his bathing suit and his confinements, I believe he actually hid a key in a self-inflicted wound in his foot and then allowed it to heal and then reopened it to retrieve the gold-coated (so his body wouldn’t identify it as an infection and attack)key..which, to me, is some next level ish.

@annikahstebben4425 Жыл бұрын

@@robbieh.1384 I vaguely remember something about using the calluses on his feet to conceal it, but I haven't read up on that since my 2nd grade biography project

@mrgermanvono35 Жыл бұрын

This man casually saying I've drowned twice is insane to me

@connermckay4012 Жыл бұрын

Drowning is less of a big deal than it sounds if you have staff on hand. Pretty much anyone trained at all to hold their breath will not actually get any water in their lungs, the brain naturally knows to hold the breath, even unconscious. Effectively, what will happen is you will pass out, the safety teams will bust you out of whatever you’re in, and as long as they do that in under a few minutes, worst case scenario you’ll wake up with the terminal gasp (a last ditch attempt from the brain to get oxygen before it dies, wherein it foregoes any safety and just takes a giant breath), and you’ll only sustain temporary brain damage at worst. The only way people like this could ever die or even get seriously injured from drowning is by not having someone capable of getting them out of the water on hand.

@Chatterbox-94 Жыл бұрын

I’ve drowned once in my life and that was horrifying enough. I actually spent 4 years putting myself through intense swim training in order to make sure my body could handle intense waters capable of drowning me. Now I can swim using only one arm and nothing more.

@shaneweber2190 Жыл бұрын

Linda Hamilton actually picked that lock for real for Terminator 2. Scene is 10/10 real

@jsullivan2112 Жыл бұрын

nah she didn't

@sorrenblitz805 Жыл бұрын

@@jsullivan2112 yes she actually did.

@jsullivan2112 Жыл бұрын

@@sorrenblitz805 Nah

@sorrenblitz805 Жыл бұрын

@@jsullivan2112 I'll let you keep being wrong it's cool 👍

@jsullivan2112 Жыл бұрын

@@sorrenblitz805 I’ll let you keep being gullible, it’s okay! 👍

@Justin_North Жыл бұрын

I am going to guess that Mr. Johnson didn't know that Linda Hamilton actually picked the locks in Termanator 2 for real.

@Rogue0257 Жыл бұрын

Um...if you'd watched the movie you'd know what was used.

@breadcrumbhoarder Жыл бұрын

Everyone’s got a good point about Margot Robbie, the guy is judging the position she’s in with unlocking it as himself, but Harley Quinn as a character does have incredible strength, flexibility, and precision because she was a gymnast. A normal escape artist might struggle a lot more but a character like Harley is the most likely to succeed (and apparently Robbie actually did unlock it which proves the point lol)

@yunofun Жыл бұрын

I think he is still on point about how easy she got the key in there in the movie though. Yes she did this for real on set, but I am willing to bet there is quite a bit of moving the key around with her foot before finding the keyway that was cut out.

@baraths2 Жыл бұрын

Robbie actually did unlock it - Was she hanging on wires or was it entirely core body strength ?

@yunofun Жыл бұрын

@@baraths2 Yes I am aware she unlocked it. I am only questioning how. In the movie it is one smooth motion, she manages to get the key in the lock right away with no fumbling about. That is the part I am wondering about. Was the shot that one smooth motion? Or was there a minute of fumbling about that was cut out.

@connarkent282 Жыл бұрын

@@baraths2 also being in wires definitely helps compared to if she was actually hanging there

@Maazzzo Жыл бұрын

Matt was a lot of fun, please bring him back for more.

@Akren905 Жыл бұрын

Naught . Nine seconds for hand cuffs.... less then a second.... ello botty boi

@NickyLunaLove Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Margot Robbie actually did unlock those restraints with her foot, she was also a gymnast before she was an actress

@davidsanders5652 Жыл бұрын

As many have pointed out Margot Robbie DID in fact put the key into the lock and James Gunn says he was annoyed with himself for not having a long shot showing that. Fact is he didn't think it could be done so went for close ups. Easier for editing and having fewer takes.

@johnnytmcq Жыл бұрын

If you are aware that many people have already pointed it out, why say it again? That's how you end up with hundreds of people in a row saying the exact same comment over and over again.

@yunofun Жыл бұрын

@@johnnytmcq Because he added further context. That being said, did she do it first time or was the expert on point about the difficulty of getting the key in there?

@enlightendbel Жыл бұрын

@@yunofun Dunno, she's a trained gymnast and trapeze artist who did that professionally before becoming an actor. I've seen the precision circus gymnasts can operate with first hand. I also recall the contortionist Zlata opening beerbottles with her feet on Wedden Dat.

@dakotahstacy4013 Жыл бұрын

I love the Now You See Me movies, but that water scene Is scary. It’s already scary being In a water tank and being chained, but the actress was actually trapped and was trying to yell for help….but people thought see was just “acting”….😢😃

@Lormenkal64 Жыл бұрын

"Picking a lock isnt easy" LPL taught me otherwise

@Ganiscol Жыл бұрын

So, you can pick almost any lock with ease because you learned it on KZfaq? Is that what you're saying? Or is it maybe because LPL just practiced so much and makes it look easy? 😏

@catatoblob8598 Жыл бұрын

@@Ganiscol well if you watch the blind folded lock picking video from Mike Shake, he demonstrates how you can, in fact, learn to pick a whole range of basic locks using LPL's videos in under a week, and then learn to do it blind folded.

@MGperX Жыл бұрын

@@Ganiscol it is not that hard for most of the locks. after watching some LPL videos i tried to pick some locks myself, and to my wonder it was quite easy. they were not some high end locks and i am not skilled in lockpicking at all, but it only took just a key that fit into the lock and some shaking.

@MGperX Жыл бұрын

thats exactly what my toughts were :D

@glennheth3472 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Lockpicking Lawyer here and today we'll be picking this cell door with a paperclip.

@PeopleAcct707 Жыл бұрын

I dunno what I'm more jealous of, this guy's skill and talent, or his impeccable beard grooming.

@mattclarke8791 Жыл бұрын

With regards to the Terminator 2 improvised pickset; Adam Savage used the workings of an incandescent bulb to pick a lock in Mythbusters. It took a while and the metal was soft enough that he hammered it flat with his boot, but he did it

@leapintothewild Жыл бұрын

Man, I miss that show.

@sorrenblitz805 Жыл бұрын

Linda Hamilton actually did her escape legitimately. She learned to lockpick while restrained to do that scene and make it look real.

@downhomesunset Жыл бұрын

Wasnt that the tribute to MacGyver episode of Mythbusters?

@atimidbirb Жыл бұрын

This guy looks exactly how I imagine an escape artist looks like

@silby1867 Жыл бұрын

When you were reviewing Indie's rope escape it brought to mind that wonderful scene from 'Dennis' when Christopher Lloyd's character is given rope tying lessons from Dennis. He said he wouldn't be able to tie him up because the rope was too thick and his legs were too little. I'd love to see that reviewed! lol.

@rebbyberard8150 8 ай бұрын

I'd love to see this guy react to the escape practice scenes in the show Elementary! it's a running bit that Sherlock is constantly trying out new handcuffs and locks and even dislocates his shoulder in a straight jacket in one ep!

@YHUNIIQ Жыл бұрын

Another great informative and interesting video ! Since I've seen no one else mention it for some strange reason...the sound balance in this video is completely off! My volume is at 100% & i can just barely hear the video let alone him. Appreciate the video regardless

@matthewlofton8465 Жыл бұрын

The Now You See Me scene is clearly filmed in such a way that either the key was simply left in the lock so she could sort of palm the keyturn to open the lock or the lock was literally just left unlatched in such a way that it would look locked at first glance. However, there actually are super-low quality locks on the market that can be just jiggled open. I dunno if being submerged would improve their function...but being of such low quality it probably wouldn't even matter.

@NevTheDeranged Жыл бұрын

LPL can open those just by staring hard at them.

@Wren.Illustrates Жыл бұрын

I've heard she actually got stuck irl and did truly start panicking in that scene

@TheThreeHeadedDragon Жыл бұрын

The lady in the clip from Now You See Me was in actual danger. They did not realize that she was actually drowning in that scene. They thought her desperation was part of the act.

@chrisandrew7577 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel and learning crazy things I'll never use or be able to perform myself

@css172 Жыл бұрын

Great explanations! good video. Thx

@CoxysPicks Жыл бұрын

Great review 👏 I personally love the Taken 3 escape - it's one of the better cuff escapes in movies 👍

@Anonymous-bq5qs Жыл бұрын

Man I wish Matt Johnson is my professor, it feels so good to listen to him while he explains

@jacobmcmillan6787 Жыл бұрын

Margot Robbie really did the unlocking the lock

@Melissa-sx9vh Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was going to write! The funny part about his comment is that she ACTUALLY did unlock it with her toes but the camera work/editing made it so that we can't see her face. She is very flexible and agile since she used to be a trapeze artist before her acting career.

@andydudley1775 Жыл бұрын

was going to say the same she pulled that off.

@matthewminelli Жыл бұрын

@@Melissa-sx9vh I had no idea she was a trapeze artist! This makes her more believable as Harley Quinn for me personally.

@Kenkenny82 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewminelli She was/is perfect for that role, sadly the rest was never equal to her performance.

@rsrt6910 Жыл бұрын

08:00 should be 10/10 because she legit picked those REAL locks by REALLY using a couple of bent paperclips. She studied with an Israeli instructor to learn Krav Maga and how to pick locks just so she could do these scenes in T2. Refusing to let someone else do it or use special effects which is why her full face is on screen the whole time. (God, is Tom Cruise the only actor nowadays that puts in this kind of effort anymore?)

@MrFright2010 Жыл бұрын

In all likelihood, yes, Cruise has an unrivalled dedication to movie DIY.

@L.Pondera Жыл бұрын

No, he isn't the only one.

@ctakitimu Жыл бұрын

"Picking a lock is not easy" Lock Picking Lawyer: "Hold my beer"

@ronia3181 Жыл бұрын

The easiest way to break a zip tie that's fastened to a solid surface is to hit it with something solid, a hammer, pipe, wrench. Basically, pull it snug, then hit it solid and it'll crush the plastic to the point of breaking or at least thin enough that very little force is needed to snap it.

@shadowprince4482 7 ай бұрын

Or if they are behind your back you can use the serrated shim used in Taken. Takes a minute or two but one small nick and they snap apart.

@Yorishiriamori Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the rope tip. Really came in hand.

@michaelparham1328 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, picking locks isn't nearly as hard as anyone assumes it to be, or thinks it should be. It's scarily easy in some regards. Well, it's hard if you do it the right way, but there's much easier ways. I learned with proper tools and a clear lock. The main thing I learned from that, is that finding each pin's proper place is difficult, and time consuming. Instead, raking easier, and in my experience, much faster. Essentially, your running your pick across the pins in quick succession while applying light pressure with the "pry bar". You're not trying to find each pins position, more so you're trying all the pins more often. What it lacks in precision, it makes up for in repetition. Once I learned, I started trying diy picks, which took longer, but all still worked. My best combo was a hair pin, and a safety pin. You can also make something called a bump key really easily, and lastly, you can just buy a locksmith kit. It's funny that when people learn you can pick locks easily, they get somewhat worried, yet nobody ever thinks about professional locksmiths being criminals.

@Kceam Жыл бұрын

I've picked some locks using hairpins, it works for most padlocks, should be similar for door locks

@NevTheDeranged Жыл бұрын

I used to pick the locks on all the filing and storage cabinets in my school with paper clips all the time. Definitely low skill, but it made 15 year old me feel like a badass.

@programmertheory Жыл бұрын

The lockpicking scene in T2 uses paperclips. There is a scene before then showing her stealing a paperclip or two from the interrogation room in the mental hospital

@Josh_Mo Жыл бұрын

I just saw a Now You See Me clip and I had to enter to the video.

@13thravenpurple94 Жыл бұрын

Great work 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻 Thank you 💜💜💜

@Ganiscol Жыл бұрын

"I drowned twice" - That's true grit 😬

@hillhouseproductions Жыл бұрын

17:35 Fun fact: Margot Robbie did all that herself.

@mbr5742 Жыл бұрын

Indi Jones plays prior to WW2 - no plastic ropes

@yoshitheonly Жыл бұрын

Came in the comments to support Robbie but I'm glad that so many others have 🥰

@pastorgainz7230 Жыл бұрын

I really wanna see more stage performers like Matt on here its extremely entertaining

@watchyourtimeco1 Жыл бұрын

I learned to pick locks on that same training lock he showed. After getting that down, I picked up several "Master" locks and practiced until I could get them within a couple of seconds. Then I started practicing on my door. I've now gotten proficient enough that I can pick pretty much any standard lock within a few seconds. Why? Just a skill I wanted to have. It's let me get into my home and car several times when I've locked myself out...otherwise, it's one of those skills I can break out at parties.

@abdulrehmansiddiqui1734 Жыл бұрын

You guys really need an episode with the legendary pair of hands called the lock picking lawyer.

@Paraplegicoctopus-jh3mn Жыл бұрын

His mustache looks like it's trying to escape from one side of his face.

@CrossingCub333 Жыл бұрын

I loved his Britain’s got talent stunts. Absolutely incredible.

@tfgrrl2042 Жыл бұрын

Would live to see this guy come back and talk dome more about The Prestige

@shaunsmith7019 Жыл бұрын

Would've liked to see you break down when he exchanged the handcuffs in Now You See Me with the "cop".

@JJDBaca Жыл бұрын

Movies almost always use the same locking picking technique for a door. I've never seen anyone use a bump key method. Also, in the 80s there was a show (can't remember which one it was), with a nerdy, scientist sidekick who invented a canned foam that he sprayed into a lock. It was thick enough foam to raise all the pins to their correct positions before it 'quick dried', and he was able to turn the lock with the can. I'd always wondered if anything like that is really possible, but I guess there isn't a viable way for the foam to determine the height each pin needs to move to. Was still a cool idea for the time.

@coquette1087 8 ай бұрын

I need to see a meteorologist analyze weather disasters in movies

@716pfeast Жыл бұрын

Great video, but is the audio really low for anyone else? Had to turn the captions on even after cranking the sound up to max.

@brandonkohler6677 Жыл бұрын

Yeah it was for me too

@sorrenblitz805 Жыл бұрын

I watched a guy use tines from a dog brush to do a door lock in person.

@D.H.critters 4 ай бұрын

It is funny that they use the clip from Sarah Conor (Linda Hamilton) escaping from the mental hospital in Terminator 2 because Linda Hamilton actually learned how to pick locks and that is a take of her actually picking that lock. They speak about her dedication to the role in the making of Terminator 2.

@hedicha Жыл бұрын

Fantastic beard you got there 10/10 :)

@bravehome4276 Жыл бұрын

Houdini had actually trained himself to be able to swallow a key, then regurgitate it on demand for his escapes.

@mtraven23 Жыл бұрын

5:50 -- you can undo a zip tie like that by using the end of the zip tie as a shim the way he did with the handcuffs. A tiny screwdriver or even a pen will work to retract the latch.

@Kratatch Жыл бұрын

Lockpicking scenes with the Lockpicking lawyer would be sweet.

@Saihamaru Жыл бұрын

great video as always but why's the volume so low? i usually only use 10~12 volume, but had to use 35 for this one

@rmannayr2129 Жыл бұрын

The Now You See Me Isla Fisher One is my Favorite! The Movie is a Magic Movie!

@maripari1952 Жыл бұрын

"I drowned twice" said so calmly isnt something you hear everyday lol

@UghTske Жыл бұрын

This has once again confirmed that I'm too afraid of ongined spaces to enjoy being restrained

@zarabellaaa 11 ай бұрын

omgg i was just on celebrity beyond cruise ship matt was soo sweet and incredible

@yoongis_feet Жыл бұрын

The scene where the girl picks a lock with a hairpin can actually be done in real life. I never did myself but I saw a video teaching how to do it and the person used the same practice lock.

@konohahurricane07 Жыл бұрын

Any gymnast could unlock a lock with their feet like Harley did, I don't know why he was so skeptical.

@miab1579 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or was this video extremely quiet?

@Kwac Жыл бұрын

Great! Would like to see more!

@theveryworstluck1894 Жыл бұрын

This dude left the Insider studio through the air ducts.

@harshcritic5620 Жыл бұрын

Techniques that encourage this response

@Jawsjawsjawsrg Жыл бұрын

As far as the zip tie goes, you could use a pin to do something similar to the handcuffs. There is just a plastic tong holding it in place, just have to pull it back. I have done it before.

@morphman86 Жыл бұрын

I feel like the Harley Quinn escape deserves higher rating. Particularly because the thing he complained about is something Margot Robbie actually did, that wasn't faked.

@Lord_Baphomet_ Жыл бұрын

Houdini’s rule: “I will never do anything that is more dangerous than sitting in my living room”

@thisithis Жыл бұрын

At least it's not the Joker's pencil disappearing trick. :D

@midnightmosesuk Жыл бұрын

It is possible to shim a zip tie. The locking mechanism on a zip tie is pretty much the same as a set of handcuffs i.e a ratchet system. The only difficulty for Walter White would be finding a tool thin enough to use. Linda Hamilton was bang on the money with her makeshift lock pick. I've tried the classic "making a pick and tension tool from paper clips" thing, I failed miserably. While the pick (a rake) kind of did it's job, I just couldn't get the tension tool strong enough to be useful. So, while I have no doubt Ms. Hamilton picked that lock, I suspect the tools she used weren't made from your standard paperclip.

@shadowprince4482 7 ай бұрын

I don't know about shimming a pair of zip cuffs but the serrated shim in Taken has two main uses. Shimming police cuffs and cutting through zip tie cuffs. The Modern Rogue actually sells a ring that you can hide the shim in and on their channel they have a video of them using the shim for both. Takes a minute to cut the zip ties but once you get a small nick in them they break apart pretty quickly.

@koroiobr1326 9 ай бұрын

great video

@crazeeaz 8 ай бұрын

Where was this filmed that they were like "rope? I got a chain. Can you use a chain?"

@mercedes_nuts Жыл бұрын

9:17 solid pause

@SKIDDKIDD 5 ай бұрын

I've done the last one before but rigthside up,I seem to always have filled hands so I got used to using my rigth foot as an extra pair

@itisjayden_ Жыл бұрын

I mean, even tho this dude seems actually amazing and I'd love to hear more from him, I actually got two things from these reviews I can "debunk"?? I think that's the word? Well, first, it is possible to unlock a door or just lock pick anything with hairclips, I've never done it (even tho it would be great to learn!) But I've seen people do it in front of me when I lost the key to my school locker! A friend just got one hairclip and the lock was open, so yes the Linda Hamilton take it's possible And two, even though you're very right about lifting a 6+ft beefy guy with your legs, the lock with the feet also is very possible! I think it already has been said but Robie is a former gymnastic and trapeze so already some flexibility to the action, but it's actually possible to develop that type of (I really don't know if dexterity is the right word but that's what my English limits to lmao) dexterity in your toes :D I know cause I tend to pick and do things with my feet all the time, it's something fun to develop and learn, so those two are pretty much possible 🐢

@justandy333 8 ай бұрын

Ms Hamilton is using a paperclip she stole from her interviewer earlier in the film. So I'd have some reservations about that clip, paper clips are too malleable to be of use. Certainly not as a prybar. Side note : I too tried to learn lockpicking just as a hobby I suppose. I too started on the perspex training lock. So far I've only managed to successfully pick 1 other padlock. Its incredibly difficult and I truly admire people who can do this. It takes ALOT of skill and patience.

@sweetpea7270 9 ай бұрын

I’l; never watch the ‘now you see me’ scene the same again knowing that she was actually stuck and the producers didn’t know

@TheJordanK Жыл бұрын

“I’ve drowned twice”

@artisticanna5275 Жыл бұрын

He would make an incredible teacher

@not_max Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Matt Johnson the escape artist was actually on agt ( americas got talent)

@standingbear6108 Жыл бұрын

not mentioned about the cuffs is.. That its pretty much standard police procedure now days to lock the cuffs. No shim will work when the cuffs have been locked. It would require a key.

@earthbndmissfit 8 ай бұрын

Gob had to be my favorite character on arrested. Its not a trick it's an illusion!

@spornge Жыл бұрын

"Sapper cuffs" using 550 chord if properly monitord for tightness are really heard to escape from ironically largely because of the fact that when you are leading some one in them you are supposed to be constantly jerking at them to keep people from being able to manipulate them

@choisaucechoiski1911 Жыл бұрын

without him explaining with his beard alone I believed him from the start xd

@WellHelloBlue Жыл бұрын

Does anyone have a link to the video where Margot Robie talks about her escape? I’d love to see it

@cyankirkpatrick5194 Жыл бұрын

I just got through watching part two of now you see me and 🤯

@BurningWell Жыл бұрын

Regarding the Linda Hamilton scene, you don't need to use a lot of force on the pry bar to pick a lock. Granted he's an escape artist and not a lock picking expert, he likely knows how to do it with basic padlocks and such but once you start adding in security pins and such you only really need to use a very light touch on the pry bar. A huge part of lockpicking is developing a feel for that part of it.

@carbonc6065 Жыл бұрын

Great video.

@arxlblacktip9085 Жыл бұрын

I'd definitely hire Matt for a kids party.

@AlexTSilver 19 күн бұрын

Apparently the guard in the Margot Robbie scene kept turning around hoping to be choked face-first

@JainZar1 Жыл бұрын

The handcuff shimming also doesn't work, when the cuffs are double locked.

@Jes.E.S Жыл бұрын

Zip tie on the radiator take the watch off and use the bit in the buckle 😮💡

@coganclothing9201 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how he gonna rates me escape my responsibility

@777lucifero Жыл бұрын

7:05 that's the one the guy suggested last time i checked spyshop! They also had several types of different lockpick set types 17:10 yea, and with those small arms, pulling up in that way her biceps would need to prominently bulge at least.