Why did not he finish the job?
Very much liked the ending, why didn't he kill the wife and that pervert as well? That was a very demented family...
shareHow was the wife and daughter demented? He didn't kill the others because you can visibly see he was not about that life.
He was distressed. Hell bent on revenge, he never expected the gun to go off and when it did he realizes that he is no better than Ilya.
Come at the king, you best not miss.
Watched this movie again today, still liking it except the ending..
How was he the same as Iliya? He just gave him a taste of his own medicine, isn't this how justice system works? An eye for an eye? He was not doing any of that for pleasure unlike the sick Iliya, but as a part of his vengeance. In fact I am sure Chris hated any second of it, but it had to be done.
I am sure Iliya's wife was very much aware of who her husband was - a sick sadist, rapist and murderer. Daughter, not sure about, but being naive and ignorant does not make her an angel either, and she was just a collateral. Anyway I felt no sympathy for any of them.
Chris was just not prepared enough for what he was about to undertake and closing scene looks pathetic. I am not even sure what director was trying to say there, the point got lost with too many ideas running through out the film.
Anyway this is still a good watch :), reminded me of Funny Games a bit
I disagree about the wife and daughter. Many sociopathic personalities lead double lives and fool those closest to them. It happens all the time.....and that does seem to be the case here. I don't think they had a clue. Just knowing the guilty party does not make someone guilty by association. That's illogical lazy thinking.
The wife and daughter were complete innocents and Chris's method of revenge made him no better than Illya. That's the irony of the movie is that he becomes like the thing he most hates. That's what mindless revenge usually accomplishes.
The eye for an eye type of revenge where you kill collaterally and viciously is an empty banal revenge that brings no satisfaction. It's the teeth of terrorism and endless empty wars that go on forever.
That's the point...if there is one to be made.
Chris realizes this too late when the damage has been done and he's gone too far.
If he'd wanted his revenge to have any point at all he would have taken out only the guilty culprit of Illya to at least insure Illya do no one else any harm. And then walked away.
Then he would've been understood and sympathetic and even honorable.
While you are right about sociopathic/psychopathic personalities leading double lives, their loved ones in almost all cases will try to protect them.
Richard Kuklinski's wife claimed she also did not know what was going for 30 years or so, but do you really believe that?
Obviously it was not the first time Illya had done something like this and his wife was aware, you can even tell by how she reacts to his anger during the dinner scene (when Adam is asked to leave). She starts supporting Illya right away without questioning and senses that something very bad is about to happen and why.
Daughter got shot accidentally, I don't think that was in his plans. Then again Adam was not prepared enough.
He shot at her like ten times how was this not his plan???
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