The Jackal

[pnoiSR20]

I saw the movie The Jackal....you know that Bruce Willis movie. If you saw it...then keep reading. There is a seen in that movie when Bruce's charater, sprays something on the van in the garage. This is when he is being stalked by 3 men. He goes down into the parking garage and washes his car with a pressure washer. He changes the color of his paint from white to red. After he paints it...he sprays something on the rear handle of his van. THe guy then touches it and he starts choking...then he starts foaming at the mouth. WTF is that shit he sprayed.


This is for all you chemical guys out there.

[-Jayson-]

its called the movies, its not real. . .

[thecackster]

Good Call

[pnoiSR20]

I dunno....i was just curious.

[eversio11]

Originally Posted by -Jayson-

its called the movies, its not real. . .

Don't reply if you don't know what you're talking about

I have not seen the movie, but from your description it sounds like any number of neurotoxins, perhaps a tetrodotoxin. They are liquid form that come in aerosal spray cans.

How fast did it take to kill him? If it was somewhat instant, that may be somewhat of a Hollywood exaggeration. There are certain types of frogs and shellfish that excrete toxins that can kill someone within 15 minutes, so I assume it is possible for some to extract that and use it as a weapon. But most neurotoxins take anywhere from 1-24 hours for full effect.

[AlmostStock]

Originally Posted by pnoiSR20

...he sprays something on the rear handle of his van. THe guy then touches it and he starts choking...then he starts foaming at the mouth. WTF is that shit he sprayed.

Meguiars penetrating death foam. You can get it at any AutoZone.

[pnoiSR20]

It killed him in like 10 secs.

[240NIZ]

It was nano technology..

[-Jayson-]

Originally Posted by eversio11

Don't reply if you don't know what you're talking about

I have not seen the movie, but from your description it sounds like any number of neurotoxins, perhaps a tetrodotoxin. They are liquid form that come in aerosal spray cans.

How fast did it take to kill him? If it was somewhat instant, that may be somewhat of a Hollywood exaggeration. There are certain types of frogs and shellfish that excrete toxins that can kill someone within 15 minutes, so I assume it is possible for some to extract that and use it as a weapon. But most neurotoxins take anywhere from 1-24 hours for full effect.

wow i was unaware that there were frogs that you could touch and they would kill you in 10 seconds. Thats incredible. Considering most poisons like must either be ingested or forcefully put into the body. Thats just crazy that you can touch a frog and die from it, wow!

[warmapplecobbler]

NOOOO it took 10 seconds to kill the guy in the movie not 10 seconds to die from a frog...but r u talking about poison dart frogs cuz those things are hard core!!!!

[fredjacksonsan]

There is some (very rare) neurotoxin out there, of which a single drop will kill you; I don't think that was Hollywood exaggeration, except for how Bruce got hold of that.....

[Steel]

Originally Posted by fredjacksonsan

There is some (very rare) neurotoxin out there, of which a single drop will kill you; I don't think that was Hollywood exaggeration, except for how Bruce got hold of that.....

Whaddya mean? he was the ULTIMATE assassin. He had a 14.7mm anti-material machinegun mounted with a computerized scope in the back of a minivan.... of COURSE he'd have the ultimate poison to deterr (red: kill) trackers.

[fredjacksonsan]

Heh, I think the 14.7 was a Hollywood thang.

But "Carlos the Jackal" supposedly had a lot of financial backing, so getting that kind of stuff would probably be possible.

[ci5ic]

Bring On The Spall!

[fredjacksonsan]

Originally Posted by ci5ic

Bring On The Spall!

Erm, "Spall"?