1.When somebody is killing people for their organs they do it to people who won't be missed by anyone. Doctor's friend and and an athlete...I don't think so.
2. If Richard Widmark had succeeded in putting her in coma everybody would be suspicious.
1) They are told the person died in surgery, and they take the organs. Then bury the rest. The family wouldnt notice a thing!
2) Dr Harris was losing it at that point, so he probably didnt think of the after-affects, since he knew Susan had told Mark, Dr. Morelind (the psychiatrist) and whoever else. Its not really a plot hole.
Well, if in two days two people end up in coma, In the real world that would be suspicious.
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Regarding Harold Shipman, I just had a crazy thought. What if those deaths were also a result of some conspiracy like the one in this movie and he was just a scapegoat ? I'm far from being a conspiracy theorist, but the though of Shipman combined with this movie's plot gave ma that (fictional) idea. Let's entertain it for a while, just for the fun on it. Do you think it's possible at least in the tiniest possibility?
shareOnly two plot holes? I find the way Susan (and to a lesser extent, Mark) behaved in the film totally ridiculous. I haven't read the book and hope it is better.
Several times I wanted to yell at Susan: "Call the police!". After that maintenance guy was electrocuted, Susan already discovered by herself the gas lines leading to OR8. Mark refused to believe in her.
Then later, Susan was attacked in the lecture theater by the hit man, and after using the fire extinguisher on him, she escaped to that room full of bodies. She finally got away by pushing ten or more dead bodies to fall on top of him, but not before he fired one or two shots hitting some dead men. Wasn't it time to call the police to investigate, girl? Instead, all she did was to tell Mark, who of course did not believe her. Some boyfriend! Strangely, the police did not come to investigate either despite the mess she had made.
Then Susan attended the guided tour at the Jefferson Institute as if nothing had happened!! She then did some sleuthing on her own and even overheard them auctioning human organs on the phone. She was discovered, crashed a window, and finally escaped by lying flat on top of an ambulance. All Susan had to do was to call the police and all the evidence would have been there at the Institute. Instead, she approached Dr. Harris and of course got drugged.
The principal characters were so stupid that I almost hoped that they should use carbon monoxide on them and put them out of misery.
+1 from me, Henry
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Turner Classic Movies produced several one-hour specials on the top cinematic genres.
In "The Suspenseful World of Thrillers," there's a part where several guests pointed out that a good thriller should answer the question: Why didn't they go to the police?.
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several guests pointed out that a good thriller should answer the question: Why didn't they go to the police?
As to part 1, sure she could call the police but these are high powered people in society and not just at the hospital. The police would NEVER take the accusation seriously and the data/charts could "mysteriously" disappear. However, in this movie, they don't. They're left right out on the desk for Bujold to find. How many high-powered banker, medical, political or military criminals do you know get arrested? Right. She'd have been blown off by the cops and later found dead except Harris hired the most inept hitman to do so.
As to part 2, yeah it was VERY stupid of Harris to admit he made the diagnosis and operate himself. Had another doctor operated, he'd have seen nothing on the X-rays and nothing when he opened her up. Ending up in a coma due to an unnecessary surgery would've implicated Harris so imo he eliminated a potential loose end by operating himself and explaining why as he went through the procedure. (side note: they don't know what an "Innie" is??? Just how incompetent IS that hospital? lol) Still, would the Chief of a hospital want the stigma of a patient going into a coma at his hands? Either way, it's a risk and he took the easier path.
Jamie Lee Curtis survived Halloween, the Fog, Prom Night and a Terror Train & now she can't poop!
It looks like Mark, at last, notified the police, and they showed up (implausibly) within minutes.
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The doctors visiting the Jefferson Institute didn't seem surprised that there were only young, attractive and healthy looking people in "storage".
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." - Roy Batty, Blade Runner
How did that hit man know which door Susan Wheeler fled into? Like the amphitheater or the meat locker? So he's checking under the covers over the bodies, why just this body here and that one there? why not every last body
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