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One of the most shocking scenes of violence...


... I have seen in a motion picture.

Poor Jeff! Dying at the hands of his own surrogate father. At first I thought Harry had gone over the top, but thinking back on it, he had it coming from the get go. Shady dealings behind the back with foreign terrorists, not even having the balls to tell Harry what's up, and moving in on his mistress to top it all off.

Harry was, ironically, too old fashioned for the modern London, he placed too much trust in the wrong people.

Great flick 8/10

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The meeting between Harold and Jeff is one of my favourite movie scenes of all time. So powerfully acted and with that shocking bit of violence at the end.

"Dream much, Will?"

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Yes, it's almost Shakespearean in its tragedy.

Limit of the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: directly proportional to its awesomeness.

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