Just watched this, anyone else notice the knuckle symbolism?
In the beginning of the film, Coyle tells the story of getting rapped on the knuckles with a ruler in Sunday school. He says once he moved his hand and got hit across the face instead.
There's symbolism here for what ends up happening to him.
Instead of taking a short bid, 2 years, he gets in over his head trying to get clever...and ends up way worse off than he would've been if he just took the years
Brilliant piece of foreshadowing in a tremendously written and directed film.
"It's 'cause you're tired and you don't give a sh*t, it's not supernatural."