Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Tackling guy had a rather stilted cadence as if he was trying to remember lines, but he wasn't awful. The "thief" was just trying too hard to look pathetic, and didn't really pull off being stunned by a surprise hit at all. For some reason they have a little coda at the end where the tackle is slowed down. That makes it obvious he shifted his stance a little bit right before supposedly being blindsided
Granted, but IMO they sold it pretty well after getting up. The girlfriend screaming at him at the end, I could see it going down that way as well. I wonder if they produced it as a stunt demo, a portfolio for one of them.