So why?


Why did roy kill that chick bo was with, you know the part befor they lost thier car, i knows hes an angry guy but why, did he want her?

and why did he kill that boyfriend and girlfriend? they didn't even talk to them. besides the arcade part

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The woman with Bo and the young couple didn't do anything, but then all of the stuff he did was unprovoked. What did the homosexual do that he deserved to die? What did the gas-station attendant do to warrant such a thorough thrashing? What did the old lady do that justifies getting a beer bottle on her noggin? (something that would hurt anyone, but probably kill an old lady) Even pissing in the pool is something you JUST DON'T DO. Even Bo, who is a bit rebellious, is often shocked by Roy's actions.

Roy says he has "stuff" in him. The stuff is being let out now that he is out of high school, free to do what he wants. Unlike most films, the scenario is this film is actually quite believable.

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oh ok i get it, he has bottled up angry and since he and his friend bo have now finnished school he see that he has no restrictions, therefore he can or thinks he can just do what ever he wants.

and since bo was with that woman he probally got angry becasue me might have had to wait or that he just didn't like her.

to bad bo killed roy at the end he could of went to anger management

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Well, he was just plain out of control. Remember, they start the film with pictures of infamous serial killers, people who couldn't control themselves. Roy just lost his temper at even the smallest of things. Anger management could at best have been combined with life imprisonment since by then he had killed at least four people. And Bo would have had to spend many years behind bars because he was an accomplice (aiding and abetting).

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Maybe her moaning sounds annoyed him.I believe it might have been that,coupled with the fact she kept on making snide comments to Roy regarding all that spiritual nonsense,proir to the murder.

"Ich frage euch: Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?"

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Roy did have repressed anger that he was compelled to release, which usually occurs when something sets him off. Like most outcasts who become homicidal, he is powerless in his life, unable to get what he wants, and turns to violence as a way to gain some sort of power over his environment as all power at its most basic form is derived from physical violence.

With the girl at the end, there is another angle. She was a spiritual person who believed in positive energy, and thought that "the world is beautiful". This is the polar opposite of Roy, who is sees nothing in his future except working the drill press at the factory for the rest of his life, only to come home and watch TV while drinking beer (like his father in the beginning). Roy's response to her is "*beep* the world". The girl tells him something along the lines of "you have very negative energy, and that is going to prevent you from getting anywhere in life", and this affects Roy as it has a lot of truth to it. This ties in with a running theme in the film where Bo and Roy are "losers" who are outcasts, unable to make friends, get girls, or achieve anything other than working a menial job.

When Roy sees that Bo is getting it on with the girl, this makes him feel even more ostracized and alone than he did previously, as he no longer even has his friend by his side to make his misery more tolerable. When he attacks her as she is having sex with Bo, the song "I Got Nothin'" by Iggy Pop plays in the background, which directly applies to Roy's mindset. Roy has nothing in his life, and never will, and he resorts to violence to destroy what others have, just like when he shoots the girl Bo likes in the car.

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Roy was a psycho.
A very terrible maniac.

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