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Abby Tierney -- a complete waste of time?

posted 15 years ago by mobocracy
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I know her illness is supposed to "explain" her hubby's inability to command the precinct, but his command competence and ability are demonstrated so infrequently that her character just seems like a dramatic distraction, "ooo, the cancer-striken wife".

And what's with the buzz cut? When she first appeared on screen I thought it was some kind of post-coital moment with some super tough G.I. Jane type cop. Nobody I've ever known on chemo (mom, dad, coworker) has a Marine Corps recruit buzz, they have the wispy smoothness of an old man.

Just more of this movie's barely noticeable attempts at character development.

[–] timlin-4 13 years ago

Shaved head was hot. Only thing interesting in this lame sausage-fest of a film

[–] StakkaDakka 8 years ago

I agree, the movie was already OTT super heavy and intense, there was absolutely no need for the dying mother whose role didn't interact with the plot in any way.. it's like they were just trying to throw as many logs onto the melodrama fire as possible

[–] chilone (17301) 4 years ago

Her last speech convicted Fran and made him see what he had to do.

[–] chilone (17301) 4 years ago

Yeah, they should have had an actual cancer patient play Abby. SMH