This game reminds me of a scene in Indiana Jones ... Indi was supposed to throw his bola at a man who was wielding a big knife - might have been a machete - in a crowded village square. Harrison Ford and Terry Richards practiced the scene for three weeks.
When the day of the final shoot came Ford was sick and instead of the fight they had practiced over and over Ford pulled out his prop gun and 'shot' Richards, who dropped like he had been shot.
The Director, Spielberg, thought the whole thing was funny so he used that shot instead.
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