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plot hole (spoilers)

posted 14 years ago by RenlyStannis
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I am not very enthusiastic about this film, on the other hand it was not as bad as some critized it on this board. My biggest problem was the premise that the guy who was hunted had actually problems hiding in a big city like Edinburgh for 12 hours. At least after he discovered and lost the tracking device. Once the two bankers had lost track of him, how could they possibly find him again? He could hide just anywhere. Take a train/bus/taxi out of Edinburgh and return the next morning. Also, the premise that the bankers could get away with killing lowlife members of society because nobody cared anyway was a bit farfetched. They didn`t care about being identified, were utterly careless as they tracked the guy.

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[–] whatwazdat 13 years ago

The idiot kept walking in open streets making him a target, but still that is moot since he had a tracker on him. I just thought the 2 bankers were unbelievably incompetent, and unrealistically careless. The bathroom scene was unrealistic careless. Alistair shot his partner, leaves him there in plain view with all his identification and who he works for. LOL. They were also incompetent in that everything happened in their favor conveniently, yet they still couldn't get it done. Girl at bus station works for them, black kid works for them, nurse at hospital, etc. And also, what exactly was the rule? Where they suppose to tag him with their hands or something? LOL. As they were chasing Sean, seems like they forget they had guns.

[–] asortofdream 13 years ago

I want to mention it again because nobody else seems to notice that Alister is a supernatural being. Note how he tries to convince the sister to have an abortion and to suicide. Note how Alister is seen as fleeting shadows in the final scenes. Note that Alister is very good at convincing people to betray Sean. Note that Alister does not have an identity even within the company for which he is CEO. He has no past because he had no life. There is no other way to explain how the nurse is connected to the would be killers.

The only contra indication to my claim is in the bar scene in which Alister tries to take back the money (a possible greed based violation of the rules or else he wanted it to get closer to Sean). In this scene, the hostess recognizes Alister as a figure from her distant past (however this is also used to drive the plot by giving Sean the villein's false identity).

[–] whatwazdat 13 years ago

Well here's another big contradiction. If he's a supernatural being, if he has no file, no name, then why does he care if Sean sends the email? In any case, I think you're reaching a bit and giving a little too much credit to the writers.

[–] asortofdream 13 years ago

You're probably right about giving too much credit to the writers. However, I'd like to counter your argument by suggesting that if I were running a complex criminal network, I'd not want my operation to be exposed for then it would fall apart.

[–] Vondaz 12 years ago

My goodness, you're putting your drivel everywhere!

[–] lmccreadie-70-192144 10 years ago

Sean is less believable than Alistair for me. He's just a downbeat youngster from a rough scheme who happens to hold a driving licence which enables him to look at home behind the wheel of a Mazzarati. He is an almost professional stunt man. He is a computer wizard.
That said I did enjoy the film.

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