(SPOILER) Support for 'everything was in his head' theory

Spoiler throughout, obviously.

I am refering to the theory that EVERYTHING takes place in Jake's head and that he never actually left prison. Instead he fights a mental battle where he gets rid of his criminal past. This theory was brought up here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365686/board/nest/180199436
Maybe give it a read first.

The "everything was just in his head" theory is usually a let-down and cop-out, however, in some cases it can make a fine movie, especially if everything makes sense with that interpretation. So, please, no discussions about the quality of that ending.

Bear in mind that I am new to this board and have seen Revolver only once, but I just have to talk about it and my wife doesn't like this kind of movies. Here are my reasons why I think that russian guys from the other thread might have nailed it:

I won't discuss which of the characters represents what, the other thread does that. If he never actually left prison, he is imagining all of the events. Which means Zach and Avi never existed and while guys like Macha may exist (and some parts of the background stories might be true) nothing of what these characters do in the movie never happened. This means that everything we see is like a dream, but a carefully constructed one. Here are my points to prove that:

1) The biggest hint is Macha, of course. First, he starts talking to himself and we see him with two different mindsets and angles by the end of the movie, similar to Jake. Secondly, the movie ends with Macha killing himself through pure suggestions by Jake. Jake would be able to "kill" Zack and Avi (and Gold if we assume Gold is also one of he egos) but it wouldn't work on Macha if Macha was part of the real world.

2) In the beginning, Jake enters Macha's casino and gambles. He loses to that random guy and wins twice against Macha. As we learn later, this is Jakes chess philosophy: first offer some bait and then strike for the real deal. Which means he lost on purpose to the random guy so he can cash in the big fish Macha twice.
However, they don't play poker or anything else that involves skill, they are merely flipping coins. How can he be sure to win or lose if this is not a dream? It's just a coin flip, the coins are from Macha's casino and Macha was the one who did the last coin flip. He won because it was his fantasy.

3) Zach and Avi are imaginary. Yet, Jake survives both assassination attempts because of them. First time he ducks because of the card that was left on his doormat by Zack and Avi, the second time around they warn him while sitting in the bath tub (lol). If this was real, Zach and Avi would still be imaginary which means they only know what Jake knows, how could they warn Jake then in that case?

4) Sorter is the super professional killer that never missed in his life. And he also never misses in the movie with the exception of our protagonist (Jake) and one of his alter egos (Lord Jon). He does so because a) you cannot kill yourself in a dream/fantasy and b) he is hesitant to get rid of his alter egos. Everyone else drops down did after the first shot.

5) There was no explanation how Jake was able to sneak into Macha's bedroom without anyone noticing, the scene just begins there, a hint that this is just another made-up episode.

6) The scene where Jake is hit by a car. He gets hit, we get an important monologue, then it rewinds in slo-mo, then he steps on the street again avoiding the car. That's Jake going possible outcomes of his story.

7) His brother is calling Jake to warn him about his new associates (Zach and Avi) because they are then only ones who ever opposed Gold and still live. However, Zach and Avi do not exist in either world, so if the events were real and his brother was real, how can he warn Jake about imaginary persons? Especially since Gold is most likely yet another alter ego of Jake's.

8) Jake's second name is "green". So I think it is no coincidence that the mysterious godfather is called "Gold".

9) Zach and Avi are imaginary. That means, if the rest of the events were real, Jake would have done everything that Zach and Avi did. This means Jake would have stolen and cracked the safe with the drugs, for example. And he would also have to botch the drug deal between Lord Jon's and Macha's men - alone. Jake also always knew where to strike, that the drugs were in that safe even though it is usually empty and so on, which is another hint that all of this is just a fantasy made up in his mind.

10) At some occasions Zach and Avi interact with their environment, for example when they lend money to the asian company and when they try to get that money back. You can see, for example, Avi nodding the CEO to kneel down again and he does.


There are probably a ton more and I'll add them after I watched Revolver the second time.