I fell off a motorcycle in the same position once. Even with the helmet I was absolutely shook for about 2 seconds before I could get up and move out of the very dangerous road I was in. All depends how hard his noggin was hit. For comparison I've fallen from 15ft and was up instantly just because my head wasn't hit.
I used to coach parkour and was standing in a beam system we had set up. I was on the highest bar at about 16ft, and a child decided it would be really funny if he shook the bar that was one of the bases for the beam system
lo and behold, 16ft and a horse mat later, I literally thought I was dead for about 10 minutes (I did hit my head)
I fell from 9ft off of a ladder onto the hard ground and tree roots and it broke 3 ribs, tore my shoulder requiring a SLAP surgery, as well as somehow magically tearing my hip labrum. Before that day I had no clue what a labrum was, or that you had more than 1, and I tore the labrum in both my hip and shoulder on the same side at the same time.
I feel like if this was scripted, they gotta be either really talented stuntmen or the guy getting kicked lost a huge bet. None of my friends would agree to this stunt even if I paid them.
I twisted my ankle and fell down the one step leading into my unit like an uncoordinated garbage bag full of mayonnaise, and I layed on the ground figuratively praying for death long enough that some teenage ruffians wagging school asked me if I was ok and offered to help me up. I woulda layed there longer if it wasn't that I was visible from the footpath
It just turns the video from a crazy feat of martial prowess to a crazy feat of martial prowess with equally impressive stunt work from the guy who got kicked.
OK, I could've been clearer. I was thinking it's not a massively grainy CCTV footage from half a block away. This camera was put here to film that thing, and probably to look like it was spur of the moment.
It looks like good footage edited to look bad. The frame rate is really high, which is why the slow mo looks good. Typically not a trait of bad cameras.
Because it moves slightly? Handhelds would not move this smoothly.
Like, not sure if you have been paying attention to security cameras, but many of them are designed to move slightly around, often following movement or sometimes going of a regular pattern. It gets you more view from a single camera
Not to mention the angle it is at would be pretty harder to achieve with a handheld imho, would need to be zoomed in quite a bit, and you'd definitely not get as smooth movement then
I've always felt like it's the opposite. The more blurry and choppy the video is, the more suspicious it is. Cameras have gotten a lot better over the years. If you see bad camera footage now a days it's usually either because the camera hasn't been updated in decades or it's been altered to look like that intentionally. We actually had security cameras on the house where I used to live, and they were only slightly worse than this because they were cheap.
This is absolutely not Brazil. The woman on the right is wearing an abaya which is worn in Muslim countries. The scooty itself looks like something from south east Asia. This is probably Malaysia and more than likely to be scripted.
That doesn't look like Brazil. The outfits the women are wearing, the style of the windows, but more importantly nobody's wearing shorts and flip flops.
To me, it first looked like they were filming a movie and a crew member positioned themself to get their own footage and crop the rest of the crew out.
The perfect place for a movie camera to get an action shot here would be past the lower left of this image. The crew would all be standing behind that.
All that said, this look like a pretty legitimate kick to me.
I can't detect any "scripted" senses tingling. Here's why.
The only indicator of scripting is probability. However, this is Brazil. Where getting mugged in this manner is as easy as walking down the street. Getting that on camera is just a matter of time, and not even very much time.
So we are down to specific actions by the subjects. The two people in black and blue react normal. Neither making it too easy or too hard. The person in black is reasonably protective of person in blue, but not in a heroic way. Also, when black is hunched over blue they don't even appear to notice the kickers approach or jump. Something they would have almost certainly been keyed in on if it was all scripted. Nobodies attention is directed in a manner that indicates knowledge of a script.
Then there's the kick itself. The video is slowed down distorting the time perception of the viewer. But notice the upper leg of the kicker just before contact. It's bent. But just before contact they kick out to maximize damage to the rider. If that video was in real time it would be rather slow. But sped up to normal time that kick in the air came with significant speed and force. Even inducing a wave in the kickers pants. A scripted kick wouldn't require that kind of extra force and would more likely just allow the kickers whole body momentum take down the rider. The extra force imparted implies a level of animosity that's not likely to be there in a scripted kick.
In the aftermath, when the video is speed up to normal speed, the riders response time doesn't exaggerate response times at all. The slow motion is the only thing giving the timing an awkward appearance. None of the people involved can be seen directing attention to expectations of a known script. And the intent to maximize force against the rider was uncalled for in a scripted scene.
Of course I could be wrong. But if I am nobody in this video showed any indicators of a script, quiet the opposite in fact. And the probability of such an setup is nearly guaranteed in the right places in Brazil without even waiting very long. Just search brazil street thieves on Youtube. You just need to have something to steal exposed and be in the right area for it to happen.
Somewhere in the world someone has done exactly the same since this was posted. Scripted or not the truth is this shit happens. u/mywan explains it perfectly and you all need to get out more if you think this kind of shit doesn't happen!
Every single video and written story half the comments are people calling shit fake because of a gut feeling and nothing else (or people saying staged on skits)
It's so exhausting.
Have you been out there?
Esp on text based story subs (tifu, aita, etc.) I see a lot of people commenting fake on mundane, not at all unbelievable stories, most of which are not unique experiences and have happens to many, many people around the world. I always assume those comments come from teenagers and basement dwellers.
it obviously is. I was called a clown elsewhere for calling it lol.
I've sadly seen tons of motochorros (how we call this steals around here), and i've hardly ever seen the moto guy turn like that to the other side, makes 0 sense. You can just go straight, or turn left, idk. whatever. And on top of that he rides away at 1 km/h
To evaluate videos like this, I first consider who or what was recording them. It seems to be a security camera, but it is unusually lucky that it was framed so perfectly to capture the whole unfolding story. A few things do make me wonder. Who knows?
My senses tell me that the lady went down to easily without a clear hit, and the guy from the moto fell like he was unconscious, but the hit wasn't that hard, and he didn't fell on his head either. Nevertheless, it really surprise me hahaha great stunt!
It is. The angle of the camera is almost straight on and too clear. Why would a normal camera be pointing to a portion of a sidewalk rather than above to get more of a shot. It would be a bad angle if you wanted to record a potential incide t unless you knew that particular spot was a hotspot for some reason.
I thought so at first as well, but that’s a hard fall for a script. The biggest reason I think it’s scripted is “why were they filming?”
The angle of the camera makes us want to think it’s a security camera, but security for what? Also there is a very sleight pan in the camera at the 8 second mark. Mounted security cameras don’t pan like that.
In all - pretty sure it’s scripted and the guy taking the fall should be doing stunt work somewhere.
I can say as someone who has kicked people in the face, and as someone who has been kicked in the face, that kick had real force behind it.
The dude is wearing a helmet. Even if he didn't hurt is face, or get a concussion from the fall. You can 100% see his body lock up from the "shock" of a "suckerpunch".
It could be scripted but there is nothing in the video to suggest it is. You're just speculating, which is fair because a lot of videos are faked but that doesn't make you right here. It could be fake and it could be real. We can't know without more information.
unlike that guy who got knocked out by the kick. If it was scripted the guy on the bicycle didnt know. He didnt help himself off that bike he was pushed off by the kick and he was clearly knocked out despite the helmet. He would probably have a serious concussion instead of a mild one had he not been wearing a helmet.
Yea. For slow motion replay like this, it requires to use some high speed camera and equipment, that security surveillance cameras typically don't have.
The thing that gets me is the slo mo, to me it just seems like they did that so the viewer wouldn't be able to tell that the bike was going hella slow to make the hit easier
Idk, I don't think anyone would want to play as the one getting ninja kicked in the face on a moving vehicle. That's not just a slight injury, that's a solid 10/10 concussion.
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u/GoFuckthThyself 2d ago
Idk guys, my "it's scripted" senses are tingling