For some reason I felt bad for Dolan being buried alive in the Caddy at the end of the film. It was like watching Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado TV/film production where John Heard buries that guy alive in a wall. Robinson should have maybe tied him up or held him at gunpoint and call the police up to say he caught him so he would go to jail. I felt Robinson took it a little too far and went all psycho. I guess revenge turns some people into psychopaths.
shareWell thats kinda the point of the story/movie, a normals guy's descent into madness to get revenge. Also he knew if he went to trial theres a chance he could get off as rich people tend to do.
As for sympathy, I think the filmmakers figured that might happen despite the fact that he's a murderer and sex trafficker.. so they made a point to show that Dolan was on his way to get involved in some child trafficking business before the end, to make sure you weren't gonna feel too sympathetic towards him.
I got the impression he was having second thoughts about the child trafficking.
He seemed displeased when he got to view the "merchandise" video for the first time.
Also, Wes Bentley is the epitome of creepy/crazy; you don't cast him without hazarding SOME pity for whoever he's up against.
At least in the story he wasn't really mad. He was driven, possibly even delusional, but not mad. He was extremely calculated.
share"It was like watching Poe's 'The Cask of Amontillado TV/film production where John Heard buries that guy alive in a wall"
That's because Stephen King based his novella on "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe.
"Eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark."
They made a point to say that some of the women they found buried had been buried alive. That was supposed to make people less sympathetic. It worked for me, anyway.
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