Can You Escape The Rope Trap In Real Life? 

As a circus artist who does aerials (silks, straps and rope) this was both really funny and painful to watch hahaha. I wanted to run to you to lend you my circus rope because yours looks so slippery and way too thick! Also if you ever read this, to catch the rope when you do a vrille (when you let go and twist), be careful of the way your hands catch it. It seemed like sometimes you tried to catch it with both of your hands on the same side of the rope. To avoid that, catch it first with the hand that's on the correct side of the rope. So for example, in the video you twist to your left, so catch your right hand first. Don't give up!

This is the coolest backyard I have ever seen.

Remember Riddick is 4 to 5 times stronger, than a normal strong man..

This is so cool watching you guys try to figure out this trick. My friend Russ Stark did that stunt in Chronicles of Riddick. His background is in gymnastics and he performed with Quidam on Spanish Web. He did do the entire stunt in one take. He had nothing to do with changing camera angles which make it look like multiple takes. He also did it with the manacles on his wrists. The only part (obviously) that he didn't do was snapping the "handcuffs". The young man doing the one arm back flag roll-up in the blue costume is named Vadim. I believe he was the only one in the world doing that trick at the time. It always makes me cringe watching him hit the bottom of that roll down. Thanks for the fun content.

I'm gonna need more movie stunts reviewed for difficulty ratings. It's hard to even understand how impressive these movie stunts are.

You should try the mission impossible version of this one where Tom Cruise does it on a pole in the middle of the room.

I was rofling hard when jonathan immediately went into this detailed, yet exceptionaly calm and collected description of what he'd do to Anton if he was his real enemy 😂😂 Riddick would be proud.

My favorite part of this is the discussion about how we consume that which is beautiful, be it a film, acrobatic or circus performance, or any other creative work. We are often so involved with our own consumption of someone else’s creativity that we forget to appreciate the work and time that’s gone into it. Wonderful message Anton, and perfect reminder to appreciate the work of creating art.

Clearly Riddick had something to break as opposed to a tight knot to untie but it was fun to work and practice something new like aerial skills either way for the time we had. We’ll get a dowel or handcuffs next time to make it legit. Love you, brother

A friend upon seeing the scene, said "hey, Riddick is a badass" but I told him that actually the guys who fought him after he got free are even more so. If I see a guy do something like that, no way I'm looking for a fight.

As an aerial silks performer this was hilarious to watch 🤣🤣

I think for the muscle up in the movie, the fact that the handuffs are metal (maybe with a rigid rod in the middle as well) really helps the guy push himself at some point (so it's probably harder/impossible with loose handcuffs like you had). I think even the way you tried in the video, without the muscle up, it might be easier with some sort of rigid handcuffs so you don't put as much pressure on the skin of your wrists and so you have more wriggle room

That’s basically a close grip inverted muscle-up. It’s supposed to be a D level skill in gymnastics, so way harder than iron cross or full planche

I'd love to see Magnus attempt this

"Don't fall, if you fall it is lifetime decompression" XD

Riddick was not human. He was beyond our levels or strength or endurance.

Thank you. Seeing all the failed attempts from someone with good acrobatic skills gives an even better feeling of how hard the stuff is that circus acrobats make look so easy.

How did you dislocate your arm? "I was suspended in the air trying to unwrap myself attempting to escape"

You have to remember in the movie that is on a prison moon so micro gravity is in play for sure.

I would wait till my hands pop off. Then I would pick them up with my mouth and run

6:14 Not even Magnus can take off that shirt so quickly.

“If you fall, it will be lifetime decompression” lmao

Madam Burnz needs to be consulted here.

Thank you for acknowledging that it can be done in the sense that every individual move is possible in ideal circumstances, you just want to see how it would play out for regular instances.

It’s because you guys were a half gram heavy on the back side

Riddick has his hands attached separately so they can come apart a bit. You should try making a loop at the end of the rope and then run shorter rope/tape through it to attach the hands. That should make it more possible 😄

All hail for Riddick stuff, it's his best movie ever, period. that use what you have - bedsheets socks - that's awesome - cool stuff.

Ah Riddick, my favorite anti hero of all time.

That's a cool one, but the Tom Cruise escape from being handcuffed to a pole is even better. Kip ups to climb a pole? Freaking brilliant!

this was an interesting video but am I the only one thinking these guys should start a side-channel reviewing mattress?

I LOVED this episode. More, please.

I’ve dislocated my shoulder 7 times and this video made my shoulder hurt.

I think closest you can get to escaping this kind of trap is getting upside down, grabbing the rope with legs to loosen the weight on knots and try to untie them with your hands.. No way of snapping the rope with your weight only, it's way too durable for that, not to mention the damage done to hands and muscles if you'd try that. Maybe get the rope on something with sharper angle and grind it till it snaps. Maybe simply climb to wherever the rope is anchored and try something there, though I'm sure it's not easy to think in creative ways when you're hanging upside down lol

In the movie he has more space available between his hands, they aren't locked together. That is where the trick is, the stuntman can grab rope door each hand and then muscle up.

For the first part you should train the "pull yourself up with only the feet" move WITHOUT BOUND HANDS. There is a foot-lock technique for "right-side up" and you need to figure out how it works upside down. So start from a "lying down position" and grab the rope with your legs. The WIDE BOYZ (crack climbers) had a "learn crack climbing" video IIRC where they did that with Magnus ...

Riddick had the power of family

i think the straps like in the circus video (instead of the rope) is important. the rope is a lot heavier, and is what you attempting to move vs the free practices. also that strap will wrap up a lot better than the rope. i think it may be surprisingly easy with the proper strap

Wow Anton, thanks so much for all the effort on the video. I'm one of the people who requested this move. :) Thanks again!

To do the flip "Riddick" does you need your hands to be further apart (look at the clip again) I think it's impossible to twist your shoulders like that with hands together.

What a fun and brutal challenge! Reminds me a bit of the one-ring muscle up that you've shown, still one of my goals to get that!

One of the reasons you had problems is because you didn't set up like Riddick in the movie. If you look at the 1:28 mark in your vid, you can clearly see that Riddick's hands are NOT tied together. Rather, they are bound with about a foot of separation between them. The "chain" between his hands passes through an eye in the end of the rope that he's dangling from. More importantly, this separation allowed him to rotate his joints and use the "chain" like a bar for leverage. Freeze the frame again at the 5:39 mark and you can clearly see that his hands are oriented with his thumbs towards each other and the thick "chain" gripped in both fists. I'd even go so far as to say that they did use a stiff bar for that particular scene. This is what allows him to muscle up in that handstand. None of that would be possible if his hands were bound together because he'd be getting all locked up in the joints. You're absolutely right about breaking the move down into its constituent parts and practicing those to build up the muscle memory. Used to have to do that in firearms training, and never would have believed how important a step it is. The big problem was that you started on the wrong foot, so to speak, by not binding your hands like was shown in the film. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that Riddick's hands might have looked tied together, but they were really just run through some eye splices and left him plenty of freedom to move and rotate without shredding his skin or causing a lockup.

That risk of "lifetime decompression" if he fell out of the tree is rather terrifying to think about.

I'm glad someone finally debunked that ridiculous Riddick escape

I think crematoria (or whatever the hell is called the planet where it takes place, in Italian they called it crematoria) It had the lower gravity It might be somewhat easier

Omg clark is freaking adorable! 😆❤🐶

It’d be cool to see you guys revisit this after training more rope work and aerial skills with a trainer.

Anton thank you for not being too serious about any of this :) It makes it nice to watch. I mean I'm glad you do the things with serious effort but you don't have that GI joe attidute. Great videos :)

These stunt series are great!

That tree with all that ropes on it, i love it!

Но ведь в фильме он был не "hostage", А натуральный "prisoner")

I love these videos! Especially the escape scenes and trying to reenact them. Very cool, I highly recommend you do more, or at least I would love to see them :)

Circus people are Hella strong.

Riddick when he gets up can spread his hands a distance. He does not wear them as tied and together as you.

That Riddick rope escape is in fact possible, but you've got to keep a few things in mind: 1. Riddick is considerably stronger than regular human, or even a strong human. He's alpha Furyan, so he's like 10x stronger than humans. 2. He was in metal handcuffs with chains. He didn't have the problem of rope tightening on wrists due to his weight, and he also didn't have so much friction. 3. The whole point of going up the rope and rolling down is to build the momentum to break the chain. Even if you rolled up and rolled down the rope, if you got fabric restraints, it will likely either tighten even more on your wrists, or even potentially break some bones in your arms. 4. The most important part of maneuver is actually getting yourself in a position where rope is around your waist, but that requires stamina management, if you burn yourself just getting in that position, you won't have stamina to hold onto the rope, rendering whole exercise pointless.

This is so inspirational . Thank you for the daily dose of motivation Anton and Johnathan. You two are the only people who prove the proveb "failure is stepping stone to success".

I've said it before, but love these videos you do with Jon. You're a great combination 👍🏻👍🏻

GOOD WARNING LABEL AT THE START!

I just knew that Riddick the coolest guy in the galaxy

You are actually making badass videos

Beautiful format!

Clarke collab videos are the best.

Thanks … for gave away my future escape….😂😂🥊

That....... is an appropriate pre-vid-warning................

I watched this when you first posted it and that sent me into a spiral of watching chronicles of Riddick. So thank you for that

Haha, I was literally watching this movie about two weeks ago and was wondering if any human being would be able to do it! Since jonathan says it is doable - believe him. ;)

I do have to say; that last foot hang climb was probably the most dangerous thing ive seen on this channel. haha lifetime injury if something went wrong on that...

Still waiting for the 4th movie :)😊😉👍

Need Spiderman seminar for this...

Its always so nice to see you guys just enjoy what you doing.

I'm really enjoying these!

Also Riddicks hands were not tied up against each other, there was a lot of distance between his hands.

Excellent challenge bro's! I admire the effort you two put forth!

There’s 2 things that make this possible - 1. You need decent size rope for the first part of the rope to the cuffs. So you’re not struggling to grip the rope to start with. Climbing rope is probably best. And 2, you also need a gap on the cuffs, as the you have a bit of grip and control on the initial move. Just FYI. 😝

Here before Magnus comments on your shirt

Hit like watch adverts, then vlog. "You stole from me" reminds me of the Magnus prank call where he said "Anton will kill me, he's Russian" 😂

I think it would have been easier on the grip up the rope if you actually had the length as Riddick had between his hands there was about a foot length between the cuffs that did not change as he pulled on it. I'm impressed with the work you guys put in to it so far. It's amazing how much you managed though. I just wonder though even though you might actually gain the ability to do the whole stunt would it actually manage to break the wrist wraps be it any material?

nice to see you up to your old tricks anton 👍🏻

Super interesting that the hands tied was harder than the feet tied version. Novel research 😂

You guys aren't using the power of family

It is not just trying it ones. People who have practiced this have muscle memory/adaptations in nervous system. It is not purely strength.

As Tyson said. I think there might be a perk to actual cuffs with a little distance in-between your hands that may help you with this.

Pretty tough challenge, but doable if you can pause time whilst you practice.😁

"Riddick is a cool dude" damn sure he is

Just a couple dudes tieing eachother up in their backyard

Dude looks like a young Kurt Russell.

We don't know the gravity on that planet.

Там еще в какой-то части был момент, когда Ридик держась одной рукой за веревку, прыгает со скалы, как на тарзанке, летит , потом свободной рукой хватает девушку и вместе с ней уже летит. Это наверное вообще не реально.

Awesome. I also enjoyed watching you practice falling down from 6-9 feet high :)

Iv always wandered this!!! From the day of the movie!! 🤣🤣👏🙌🙌

Блин, Антоха, нужно распределить нагрузку по максимально возможной площади тела. В данном случае - ноги. Т.е. веревка должна быть как удав на ноге. Подтянувшись на вытянутых руках, как на кольцах - оберни канат вокруг ноги, далее, весь вес тела останется на ноге, а руки можно будет развязывать.

Clark is the man!

jonathan is the real ridick!

I dont understand how these guys dont dislocate their shoulders doing this.

If anyone can do this id be surprised, especially the last part where he snaps the cuffs 🤣

Riddick has super human strength

That is the coolest backyard ever. You guys rock!

Yoo that Tree is so cool

Riddick is also Furyan, a member of a warrior race of ADAPTED humans obliterated by a military campaign that left Furya desolate, and is one of the last of his kind. His strength is much greater than a normal humans.........so there's that.

the cuffs on riddick had a space between the cuffs about two hands worth between each cuff. When he flips over he grabs the spacer inbetween

Maybe tie up a human-sized crash dummy to it, wind it upwards, like off the movie, then let it drop to observe the results.