
Originally Posted by
plethoraldork
Why didn't the Filipino authorities just pretend to comply with the gunman's demands? That would have saved all the hostages and they could arrest him afterward because he wasn't going to run away. Why didn't they do that?
That's unlikely to happen in most movies wherein an unnecessary tension is required to make the movie more dramatic. But we have just witnessed it... an actual application of what people usually see in the movies.

Originally Posted by
bogschess
ang uban pulis nakita sa tv nga dili kahibaw mogunit ug pusil! pakauwaw lang jud...dia ko sa abroad ron ofw. balikbalik diri sa tv pakita, gi kataw-an nila ang ato pulis naglibotlibot sa bus.

Sounds like many of our Detective Comedy movies.