Just watched this on TNT last night. I thought it was a pretty good movie. I was just wondering what happens to Marvin in the end. I liked his character and almost felt sorry for him (or as sorry as you can for a potential child-killer). All we see is him wandering away with sirens in the background. So what happens to him?
sharei felt sorry for him too lol
it dont show what happend to him, just hope he got away and got a bette job :P
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"In the book, (the same person wrote the screen play and novel). He is captured but, he helped Will and Karen and they, I believe, I read it a few years ago, testify at his trial saying so, so I think he gets a more lenient sentence. The book I think is called 24 hours. "
Yes, the original book is called 24 hours. And the charchters name was Huey, not Marvin. As for the last part, the book ends with Will, Karen, and Abby in the FBI helicopter. Will DID say to the State Trooper that he (meaning Huey) didn't belong in county jail, but a hospital for a mental evalutaion. No mention of a trial of anything. It was assumed that Will would testify on behalf of Cheryl, though, for her help in saving Abby.
In the end, the cops were coming, but he was just kinda stumbling around. So, whatever you hope happened, that's what happened. Most likely, the cops got him, but maybe he escaping into the bushes or something...
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The fact that some of us on this thread care about Marvin's character is down to the excellent performance of Pruitt Taylor Vince, he portrayed such an ambigious character, one of pure kindness and morality for 90% of the film, and yet at one time, one of pure evil - on orders he was willing to strangle the child before the phone rang.
I have to be honest, purely based on what I saw of this particular character in this film, despite his flaws, I hope Marvin escaped.
I think what it shows is hes a good person at heart but will do anything Kevin Bacon asks him to do.
when he was wandering around after Kevin Bacon got shot, I thought we would soon hear a gun shot from him picking up Courtney's gun and putting it to his head.
How could you possibly like someone who is ready to kill a child at a second's notice? He is able to act like he's nice in order to win the trust of the child victims, but is really warped. At the end, it even took him a while to decide to give her back to the parents.
shareMarvin escaped into the woods, went cross country into Washington state and opened a day care center in Spokane.
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