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Loved it until the ending (spoilers)

posted 9 years ago by brooksshows
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I enjoyed this movie a lot until the ending. They seemed to completely toss aside any ethics or morals and it seemed to be simply because it was a small town. Dwayne gets away with outright defrauding the Federal government... with the Sheriff as a prime accomplice... because he was "imaginative enough to come up with the plan!" It just wasn't remotely realistic. The Sheriff is literally going to put his career on the line and risk going to prison just because he thinks Dwayne is clever? Makes NO rational sense to me. Not to mention Cassandra's father who didn't seem to like Dwayne all that much... suddenly he's willing to implicate himself in a felony so Dwayne can run off to Cali with his daughter? Doesn't like beer cans left in his trash can, but defrauding Uncle Sam? No problem!

In addition, I am not sure about their state but most states require mandatory autopsy whenever the cause of death isn't natural. Don't you imagine any coroner worth his salt is going to be able to tell the corpse was shot well after the victim was dead? Also, the time of death would be a problem since he obviously lived several days after when he was supposedly shot and killed.

The biggest thing nagging at me was the fact they let Dwayne get away with it as if that was somehow okay because... hey, it's the government's money, who cares? Just not my idea of a hero in any respect. Call me old fashioned but I want people who break the law to pay for it and not ride off into the sunset!

[–] zmarquise 9 years ago

Totally agree

[–] AgentBlue 9 years ago

Yeah I was like WTF.

Lose the Game!!!!!!!

[–] seans_life 9 years ago

I was disturbed by the ending but it doesn't mean it wasn't good. The ending is what made me grade this movie an 8 out of 10. The sheriff and the girl's dad knew he had something to do with this all but they didn't think he intended for their to be murder and it was clear he wasn't the one that had been doing the killing. With that all said they knew the daughter was madly in love with Dwayne and that with the insurance money they'd have a good start at happiness but they made it clear they didn't want him coming back to this town to live again. They basically said take your big city folk problems that usually don't invade our town and get out and with that the likelyhood of anything like this happening again would be minimal. This definitely was a very good movie ... 8/10.

[–] brooksshows 9 years ago

The sheriff and the girl's dad knew he had something to do with this all but they didn't think he intended for their to be murder and it was clear he wasn't the one that had been doing the killing. With that all said they knew the daughter was madly in love with Dwayne and that with the insurance money they'd have a good start at happiness but they made it clear they didn't want him coming back to this town to live again. They basically said take your big city folk problems that usually don't invade our town and get out and with that the likelyhood of anything like this happening again would be minimal.

Again, this is disturbing... You seem to be okay with making excuses for why it's perfectly okay to disregard the law, abandon ethics and avoid consequences for your actions. That's not how civilized society works. We must have law and order and everyone must obey the same laws whether they like them or not.

Arrest Dwayne on the appropriate charges, put the case before a jury, and then if the Sheriff and Dad want to testify as to the "goodness" of the boy and his intentions, that's fine, let the chips fall where they may, perhaps a jury would be sympathetic and cut him some slack. I hate the way this movie disregards that process as if it's not a big deal. I had a similar complaint with the Fargo series recently.

[–] SdZoppUZsZZ33 9 years ago

Yes, he tried to defraud the government, but he didn't get away with it.

If Derby's parcel hadn't *just-so-happened* to be in the mail truck *that* day, none of that would've happened, and Dwayne would've gone to jail.

Yes, they broke the law by covering it up, but considering how much worse it could've been, they decided to help him out, and get him out of their town.

They told him to turn down the reward money.

It's a small town, they like each other.

If you really have a problem with them not following the law *to-the-letter*, call the police, and tell them what they did yourself.

[–] robertmike57 9 years ago

There's supposed to be an element of surrealism to pull off an ending like this, I don't have a problem with all of the implausibilities that you point out if that surrealism is pulled off. In fact, I can see Sheriff Vogel loathing the Postal Inspector as motive to take get the money from Washington. Derby Milton's actions were far more implausible, ordering another parcel would had been easier.
The problem is Dwayne did nothing to redeem himself to Cassandra's father, who he put in harm's way nor seemed at all sympathetic, his scheme led to 2 additional deaths. A cheat happy ending to avoid the consequences usually falls short, this one is more jarring.

[–] chicago85 9 years ago

I'm not condoning Dwayne's actions but he didn't get any money from the government. His soon to be father in law told him he was fired and that his severance pay should keep him afloat until he landed a job elsewhere.

He could have been sent to prison and his girlfriend could have continued living at home and being mentally abused by her father until she was a bitter old spinster. The sheriff and Big Stan finally faced up to what living there all their lives had done to them. The one woman both loved had left and never came back. The sheriff remained a bachelor and Big Stan married another woman who didn't sound very thrilled about her marriage.

A lot of places have no coroner or medical examiner. Some rural places rely on a Justice of the Peace or even the local funeral director. They get medical opinions from a local doctor who is usually a general practitioner. In this case a doctor is coming from elsewhere but guided by the sheriff he will probably be content by ruling death by gunshot.

The sheriff laid his bullet proof vest underneath the body saying it was the only time he had ever used it. It should stop the slugs which he could collect and throw away so they couldn't be matched against any gun. The crazy man had gun residue on his hands anyway.

I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else

[–] Edward_de_Vere 9 years ago

For the first 80 minutes, this was a decent movie but not a very good one, for one thing much of it seemed like a fourth wall tribute (bordering on ripoff) of Coen brothers films.

Then the ending turned it into a bad movie, for exactly the reasons you say.

[–] cagneychick182 9 years ago

They let him go because both of the older men wished that they had gotten out of town when they were his age, so they gave him the opportunity to have the life they wished they had been brave enough to go have.

Not saying I condone it but that was what I took from the storyline.

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Truth be told, I had to see you one more time, even if it was from a distance.

[–] derfball 9 years ago

Why does a small town cop have 'quite handy' a suppressor for his pistol ? More like character from 'In the Line of Fire' !