The Salton Sea - a plot question.
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The Salton Sea - a plot question.
First off, I really enjoyed this movie. It was a great to see Val Kilmer in such a daring role, and I absolutely LOVED Vincent D'onoforio (who doesn't love a reinactment of the JKF assassination with pigeons and rc cars?) I do have one plot question; something that's really bugging me.
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he wanted to get revenge on his own. he probably realized that even though, the FBI would've done the work for him, his whole goal was to get revenge on his own. once he knew that his goal was attainable, he just finished it off.
that movie did kickass though
that movie did kickass though
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I thought about this too. I think he used the FBI because he needed the $250,000 in cash to set up the "deal/trap" and the only palce he could get it was from the feds.
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But if that was his plan from the beginning, why didn't he just kill them without the whole setup? Seems like he could have had plenty of chances to surprise them and thereby gain the upper hand. Why go to all the trouble of setting up a sting? A definite plot problem in my mind.
Still an enjoyable movie, though. D'onofrio is a frickin chameleon. I hardly recognized him.
Still an enjoyable movie, though. D'onofrio is a frickin chameleon. I hardly recognized him.
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Originally posted by Boot
But if that was his plan from the beginning, why didn't he just kill them without the whole setup? Seems like he could have had plenty of chances to surprise them and thereby gain the upper hand. Why go to all the trouble of setting up a sting? A definite plot problem in my mind.
Still an enjoyable movie, though. D'onofrio is a frickin chameleon. I hardly recognized him.
But if that was his plan from the beginning, why didn't he just kill them without the whole setup? Seems like he could have had plenty of chances to surprise them and thereby gain the upper hand. Why go to all the trouble of setting up a sting? A definite plot problem in my mind.
Still an enjoyable movie, though. D'onofrio is a frickin chameleon. I hardly recognized him.
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Originally posted by Boot
But if that was his plan from the beginning, why didn't he just kill them without the whole setup? Seems like he could have had plenty of chances to surprise them and thereby gain the upper hand. Why go to all the trouble of setting up a sting? A definite plot problem in my mind.
But if that was his plan from the beginning, why didn't he just kill them without the whole setup? Seems like he could have had plenty of chances to surprise them and thereby gain the upper hand. Why go to all the trouble of setting up a sting? A definite plot problem in my mind.
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Still my favorite film, to date, from 2002....