Every Corporate Employee knows ....SPOILERS

Yeah, that was really stupid. But what I liked was them threatening to have him charged with fraud. Hilarious! I would have smiled at him and gone "go for it you idiot".

Prosecutor: "How did he get the card?"
Idiot: "We gave it to him"

Prosecutor: "Why didn't you collect the card when you fired him?"
Idiot: "Um...Um...I'm not sure."

Prosecutor: "Get the hell out of my office you clown."

But that's Hollywood for you. Why actually think up something that's plausible when you can limp by with poorly thought-out guano.

Yep. when you leave a company (fired, resign or whatever) not only do they take away your card, but they also freeze the account. This wouldn't happen. I guess it's possible for someone to screw up and forget to do it but they have a check list for these things. That's a pretty big plot hole. Also, his defense for everything he did after was that they were blackmailing him. And most significantly, there's no way any CEOs would get their hands dirty with all of this. Maybe someone might do things this dirty but they'd be nowhere near the details of any crimes (which is why they are so hard to prosecute even when caught committing fraud).

I think this was done on purpose. A company that large, that organized, that competitive forgetting to freeze the discretionary fund is just unbelievable. It was done not only to track his whereabouts but guilt him into going along with their plan.

It's true that a company will collect any ID or access card and any company credit cards before letting a fired (or resigning) employee to walk out the door. However, the fact that the credit card was not collected in this instance is not a plot hole or unrealistic oversight. This was deliberate and part of their plan, anticipating that he would be tempted and use the card, and they would then pick him up to further carry out their plan.

Absolutely!!! my thoughts exactly. When you are terminated you have to literally sign back for everything that is company property. Such a ridiculous blunder and considering it was the catalyst for everything that followed it's pretty bloody dumb writing.

Here's another thought. Hmmm company credit card, Dad has a $40,000 bill. Why not go pay that. At least that might make some sense rather than blowing $16,000 on overpriced booze. I might not be the most socially lubricated person out there but how does one spend that much in one night?

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I think the movie was trying to say this was being used to set him up and he fell for it, but in the book the way they did it was so much better.

I know I keep talking about how great the book was (audiobook in my case) compared to the movie, but none of these stupid plotholes or "twists" that make no sense happened in it. It had plenty of perfectly reasonable twists all on it's own, and this movie just ruined that. I hate it when that happens. I bet the writer is pretty upset too. He handed Hollywood a solid, though nothing too fancy, script which could have sold a lot more of his books. Instead they churn out a mess that's trying way too hard and tosses out some of the best parts until it doesn't make sense anymore. I don't know why they do that, but they do. Best not to try to find logic in it, or this terrible, terrible movie.

A. Its a movie
B. They wanted to be able to blackmail him.

Did you guys watch the movie? They left the account open to trap them and leverage it to do their bidding. Spending that money like that like they said would have got them in a lot of trouble legally...