The part where Jack uses his watch to slow down time, pick up Leena, and runs off, he first stops to stare at Whistler. He could easily, and I mean easily have killed Whistler right there, and mission complete. He could've picked her up, pulled out his gun, shot Whistler while holding Leena, then drove off.
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Hmm, I think you're onto something!!
Surely we're missing something. Why would he not have!?
Oh, I get it. That's sarcasm, isn't it? Wow, never thought I would've encountered that on this website.
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No sarcasm there, mate. Maybe he was just concentrating on saving the innocent girl.
shareThe part where Jack uses his watch to slow down time, pick up Leena, and runs off, he first stops to stare at Whistler. He could easily, and I mean easily have killed Whistler right there, and mission complete. He could've picked her up, pulled out his gun, shot Whistler while holding Leena, then drove off.
Jack explained it. He did not have enough time to kill whistler and save Leena - and himself because the other policemen would have shot them.
"Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." Patti Smith - Gloria.
Yeah, after all, it only slows one second to ten. Okay, in screen time it's a little longer, but still... Dramatic licence, etc, etc.... :)
"Oh, I did my thesis on life experience." - Anonymous Harvard Guy, The Simpsons.
He didn't have enough time the first time around, but he did have enough time the 2nd time around. He should've popped a couple of bullets into Whistler or pushed him off while jumping down to save Leena. He surely had enough time.
shareHe had 90 seconds the first time (LOL). What actually ended up making more sense was the family angle: the possessed guy was truly an innocent man, with a family at home. Exorcising him of Whistler, not killing his animal body, was the morally right thing to do. I wish they'd have gone with that instead of the "not enough time" thing. It would have raised the tension in most of the movie, too, by creating a moral quandary.
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