I think this is a great film, and what made it great was that it was so naturalistic and believable.
The one part that jarred was when Cyril knocked out the man and son with the baseball bat. I'm sure that he wouldn't really have been so skilled in knocking them unconscious. Just a couole of taps and they were both out cold!
Did anyone else feel the same? I thought that this scene was unrealistic and didn't sit well with the rest of the film.
I agree that it wasn't the most realistic. The plot could probably have been advanced just as well by a botched robbery as a successful one. Maybe the director felt an unsuccessful one wouldn't have made the anger of the newsboy as believable though.
shareYeah, I thought the hits with the bat weren't real convincing but then reminded myself that it was a movie and it didn't really matter. In any event, they did make it clear later on that the man and his son knew who hit them, so it wasn't a "perfect crime".
sharereminded myself that it was a movie and it didn't really matter