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Wouldn't this movie be over in 20 minutes if...


Marcus would have just stopped Curtis and Ray from leaving Grillo's place before they started killing cops?

Marcus was a pretty sh!tty DEA agent. He had plenty of opportunities to take out Curtis, or even disable the damn cars when they were taking a break!

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My Dad said the same thing. As soon as it's revealed that he's undercover my Dad was like "ok then why didn't he stop them at this point or at that point" etc....

Also the role was poorly written I think. If he was really trying to be convincing as a murderous thug on the run with these people then he should've acted alot more heinous and especially not whined about not killing people. All he did to act like he was part of the gang was say something simple in a really homey g sort of voice like that's all it would take to act convincingly around these types.

I don't normally like to nitpick but if he punctured the tyres of their ride when they weren't looking then they'd have been screwed. I like to suspend belief while watching movies as I understand and appreciate that they're escapsim but in this case, an undercover cop on the run with criminals that just mowed down 4 or 5 cops in broad daylight and all that time they were on the run and all the places they went and all the times they weren't all in the same room and there wasn't one single opportunity for the undercover cop to so much as make a phone call? or slash the tyres of the car? or ANYTHING? hard to suspend belief that whole time.

It's a shame because that angle of the plot could've been explored and played out so much better. As soon as that part of the movie happened where the cop says "he's one of us" in reference to the under cover cop I straight away thought it was a great storyline arc that would provide alot of suspense throughout the movie but it was totally underwhelming.

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No. You must not have paid attention to the movie. They(DEA) weren't after them(Curtis' people), but the Mob. He left the massage in 'Curtis's' car(when they stole the SUV) because of the fact police men were killed when they were stealing the drugs. Why would you blow your cover for a small piece of the pie when you can get the whole thing? Pay attention more the next time yall watch it and maybe with this piece of information, you'll actually understand it; And pay attention more to movies before you downgrade them. . . And the soundtrack is awesome :)

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