I thought this movie was fantastic...built up a high level of suspense and the twist really got me, it was actually disturbing. reminded me of the movie high tension in a way...
one question : the person that quim runs over - was that a kid as well? or maybe someone running scared?
i loved this movie
I think it was another "player" in the kids game. Remember when they were calculating points on the sheet, they gave 10 points to one of them and 6 points to another; they also completely crossed out somebody named "SNAKE", who I'm assuming is the guy who was runover. It could've been their dad, since that guy looked kinda old.
Good movie either way, I liked it!
I was SOOOOOOOOOOO disappointed with the ending. Why did the guy forgive them, and then the way the 2 kids died at the end was also pretty needless, or am I missing something?!!
shareNo, what you miss is this: he drowns the fist killer kid, and then waits for the other to come closer and closer without reacting, just starind at the second killer kid's eyes. What does he expect: a sudden realization or a redemption from the kid. What about the first kid's rifle that must be near by or in the water: he had plenty of time to pick it up. Anybody would do that to defend themselves.
Totally unbelievable.
The guy had to kill two kids, not adults, which probably would have been somewhat mentally easier. Good movie, the added twist with the kids was a body shake up
shareI also think it was a totally unrealistic reaction to the second kid approaching. I know the kid was intimidated by his brother, but Quim really had no way of knowing it unless he quickly determined it while listening to their conversation in the barn. The only other leeway I will give him is that it appears all the killings were made with bullets from the little psycho's rifle and none from the brother's shotgun.
Regardless, even if he had just drowned ANY sane person's sibling (man, woman, or child), it is probably not a good idea to just stand there looking at him approaching the "crime scene" with a shotgun.
It could've been their dad, since that guy looked kinda old.
The third character who shoots Quimm in the legg and then gets run over is definitely a man, not a kid, and so may well be the father. So maybe it was him who set up the excavator. Or maybe it was the kids. If it belonged to their father he could have taught them how to use it. Or maybe it was none of them, maybe it was just left there.
shareWith the greatest respect, all I see in your posts is a lot of "maybe"'s. May be this and may be that.
... maybe it was just left there.Sorry that's plain laughable. You could see that material had been moved quite extensively to make a perfect roadblock. It wasn't just the excavator on the road. Yes, kids can shoot rifles, but they are not trained to operate heavy duty excavators.
The third character who shoots Quimm in the legg and then gets run over is definitely a man, not a kid, and so may well be the father....without any evidence. There's no close-ups of him, or the body. Yes, it could be a man; but it could also be another boy.
Of course they're all maybes. The movie does not explain why the excavator is there; therefore speculation is all we have on the matter. My point was that there are a number of possible explanations as to why the excavator is there, and I merely pointed a few out.
And just because they're kids does not mean it's impossible that they would know how to operate the excavator. Maybe they've been to diggerland.
From my original post:
My main problem with the plot was the big excavator.
The movie does not explain why the excavator is there; therefore speculation is all we have on the matter.That's not actually true. Visually it does. You can see how materials have been damned up across the road to block it off and of course we see no traffic warning signs. Ergo ... we are left to assume the kids (???) did it, which IMO doesn't ring true, "diggerland" notwithstanding.
When we were young kids (13yo?) we used to sneak into construction sites and sometimes use the bobcat (small excavator) to make small ramps and burms to ride our BMX bikes over. This was back in the 80s when there was less security and they used to leave the keys in the ignition over the weekend.
Kids are smarter than you think, and practice makes perfect.
In the movie it didn't seem like these kids were playing this 'game' for the first time.
... it didn't seem like these kids were playing this 'game' for the first time.With the greatest respect you're asking us to take a greater leap of faith. They're all trained heavy machinery operators (through regular "practice") and have shot people up in the area on other occasions. And no evidence of security any where? Even more difficult to accept IMO.🐭 share
Yes, exactly, if it can happen in real life it can happen in a film. Get over it.
share... if it can happen in real life ...
When our main guy is shot for the first time when getting out of the car it was quite clear that the person shooting him was not a boy, it was man. Whether it was their father or not is not clear. I watched it last night and when seeing this post I went and looked at that scene again and it was pretty clear that it was a man. Not sure if I have mentioned this before but the third person was a grown man. yeah.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the movie as well. However, I must say Quim runs faster and further with a bullet hole near his knee cap than I do on a good day.
shareI really liked this movie too, about an ordinary guy coping with sinister children on the loose with high powered riffles. Very unexpected.
shareAlso, a surprisingly good film from me too.
Does not matter why they are doing it, or if the 3rd person was their dad, friend or brother (I'll go with friend)
The very last scene by the bathtub, I'll grant, was the weakest scene in the whole film, but still it was just about ok and held together.
Anyone else notice the high pitched ringing tone when the kid shot himself? It was supposed to represent the ringing in quim's ears at the sound of the gun going off. Quite a clever director IMHO.
Great movie. So unhollywood like: the hero runs away from his partner, the hero kills a child, another child commits suicide...breaks all hollywood cliches. And let's not forget who makes this movie great: Sbaraglia's truly great performance.
shareTotal utter p1sh. Without a shadow of a doubt one of the worst films ever made. So the kids are two cold blooded killers? The film didn't shock me in any way but made me angry because it's utter tripe. Had they stuck the theme music to benny hill to this it would have been amusing.
shareI would not call Quim a hero by any standard.A total pu$$y but that's not my problem. Why does the protagonist have to be heroic anyway? I had great expectations from the review/ratings but was disappointed.
And about Sbaraglia's performance,either he was great,completely different from anything else I've ever seen him in or he was total garbage in this,turned in a poor performance-I can't really tell.