I understand the story arc, as pointless as it was I persisted in watching it till the end.
Or was there a point at all? He shot the guy he thought sabotaged his career, but then there was the news flashes and blips at the end which I guess was trying to tell the viewer something profound,.....but I admit I dont understand the moral of this story.
One young tax attorney shoots another young tax attorney to death? That is what happened? The point is? What point? The ending of this film was as horrible as the entire production. I guess Mimi Rogers will take any kind of role nowadays.
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i didn't understood this movie at all...the strangest movie i've seen...and paranoid also...
U bl3w my mind...now bl0w me
I am 75% sure this movie was an allegory for 9/11 and the USA's response and retaliation. The US (John) was sabotaged by a group who was in the wrong--a group who was in the wrong and did not realize it, because perspective is stronger than reality. Or perspective is reality. The original aggressor's (Rick) perspective/reality prevents them from being taught a lesson through revenge. In our retaliation, we sabotaged ourselves. John did not better himself through his revenge. Rick did not learn or regret anything.
I felt cheated. I wanted to watch a psychological thriller, not a political view disguised as a fictional story.
I didn't get "political view" out of this, although your point of view makes a lot of sense.
I'm thinking this movie portrayed a lot of "grey" behavior. That is, it challenges us to pick a side (Rick's, John's, Jennifer's, even Ms. Craig's) while ensuring that no side is devoid of compelling strengths and weaknesses. It begins like a TON of stories about a weak protagonist finding strength in self discovery. John's verbally abused by his soon-to-be father in law, his boss, and even his fiancee. At this point, we say "grow some balls, John!" Then, we cheer when he reaches the point when he can jab back at his father in law. But, that level of snarkiness is usually only seen at the end of most self discovery stories. That is, this story lets John's balls seemingly grow WAY too big. Then, he kicks his girlfriend out in a strong but not quite outrageous way. So, he hasn't definitely lost it at this point, either.
That's an abridged, disjointed :) example of the ethical volleyball this movie plays with its characters' arcs. The other major characters (notably Rick and Jennifer) see the same back-and-forth.
Anyway, by the end, I think the writers want us to argue about who's "right" and who's "wrong" while they laugh at us for even trying to definitively decide for ourselves.
That makes this a really great story to watch.
Also, Rick's early speech about individualism (on the apartment balcony after the get-together with John's/Jennifer's family) is unbelievably inspiring.
i fully agree. This grayness and messing with audience expectations made this a very rare 8.5 for me. Excellent stuff!!
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I think the side effect of the drugs he was taking screwed up his life. anyone notice the side effects on the side of the prescription he took at the beginning? hallucinations and stuff.
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