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What's the pay-off

posted 19 years ago by emisn0
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Though this movie has a lot of beautiful shots, especially in the beginning and end scenes, and has an artistic aura around it, i fail to see what the pay-off was for sitting through some very long-winded, and often boring scenes in the middle. The mystery was ok, though at times obvious (spoilers... Right from the get-go i knew Jackson was crooked, there was almost no hints at all that Rourke was CIA), and the ending was frustrating because only an idiot would have gone into that room to get a briefcase. It was an obvious set-up, and someone with Rourke's character's intelligence would have sniffed it out. It seems like the whole movie was just an excuse to show off someone with a suit running with a briefcase through the beautiful scenary of White Sands

[–] Punisher55 19 years ago

I agree. Though atleast the acting was decent at times.

I hated the film's ending. I don't see why Dafoe couldn't stay with that women from Scarface (Forgot her name). She really cared for him. He really can't return home to his wife and be a small town sherif. How would he explain any of this to anyone? Forget it, stay. Also Dafoe really got nothing out of solving this crime. He didn't get money, fame or prevented a HUGE terriost attack like 9/11 or something. It simply didn't affect him in anyway. He just got involved in something he didn't need to and now his life is extremely altered and can not be fixed.

AIM: TarantinoFan72

[–] elthamslanding 18 years ago

And leave Mimi Rogers for Mastrantonio? Inconceivable.

[–] T-Wicks 18 years ago

What Dafoe got out of it was saving Lane's life. Apparently the two FBI internal affairs agents were the only two to know that Dafoe was involved. So once they were killed the only people who could link Dafoe to the whole affiar were infinitely more guilty than him and had no way of pinning the mess on Dafoe......It made very little sense, there was an explanation of sorts...

[–] Adonis-Spring 16 years ago

..."only an idiot would have gone into that room to get a briefcase. It was an obvious set-up, and someone with Rourke's character's intelligence would have sniffed it out. It seems like the whole movie was just an excuse to show off someone with a suit running with a briefcase through the beautiful scenary of White Sands"...

And who the hell would walk halfway across a desert with his supposed "winnings" without checking the contents of the case?

[–] McQueen1980 15 years ago

theres a good point!! haha Jules winfield would definitely have checked first:=)

[–] prafull-ambekar 10 years ago

And both these guys,The FBI and The CIA cannot differentiate between a bagful of sand and Paper tied up in wads,just by the weight or just shaking The briefcase. And They say Bollywood movies are stupid.

[–] Rick-34 15 years ago

The ending of the movie is unsatisfactory.

The first half of the movie consists of making an absurdly complicated situation.

And the second half of the movie unravels the complications by, well, pretty much killing off all of the characters.

Not very slick.

[–] McQueen1980 14 years ago

it is kinda satisafactory in that the bad guys get their comeuppance no???

"He's in town with a few days to kill"

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