[Tripper]

*SPOILERS THROUGHOUT THIS POST*

Originally Posted by Coleman

How the hell does Cruise and his daughter get to Boston after the fucking son? I guess the son took a jetpack or something and beat them there.

You forget the amount of time that is spent in the house basement, with Tim Robbins' character.
Now we assume that after the explosion, Robert dies. But because we know he doesn't, the assumption now is that he survives and leaves straight away with the crowds escpaing the onslaught. (Granted, most don't survive - But obviously at the end, we are assuming that he is part of the small number that does)....

Meanwhile, Cruise and his duaghter are holding up in the basement. Now from the time that Robert escapes (after the Humvee explosion) to the point where Cruise & daughter first leave the basement, and we see the red grass for the first time, and then add to that the time spent in the cage with the other survivors that the tripod has picked up for harvesting, and I think you could say that Robert had a pretty decent headstart towards Boston.

beer: