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This movie makes no sense and here's why.

posted 19 years ago by Akumu
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Ok first of all, I am not saying I don't like this movie, cause I do. It's actually one of my favs. It just the story doesn't fit. First he starts out a bum and wants to kill himself. These guys offer him a Job etc... he eats well and sleeps well for about a day and a night. Then next thing you know his life goes right back to crap. They want to kill him, um didn't he want to die in the first place? Ok so he manages to survive, what now? He goes back to being a bum wanting to kill himself. Maybe I am looking too much into it but it just doesn't seem to connect.

"In time your time will be no more..." - Mark Collie

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[–] Akumu 19 years ago

No

"In time your time will be no more..." - Mark Collie

[–] ill_behavior 18 years ago

He wanted to end it himself, not be killed by a bunch of evil lunatics, even then a man's gotta have some self-respect. See those dreadlocks? That aint yer average suicidal bum my friend.

I remember when all this used to be fields

[–] revolutionman 18 years ago

I know what you mean http://www.theempire.com.au/images/2005-10-13/Predator%20MA17%20Celtic%20Microman.jpg

Remember, the more you talk about Jesus, the less you have to be like him.

[–] rockerb23 18 years ago

This all has to do with the pig theory.

Remember as they are eating dinner out in the wilderness, Mason asks how Cole picks out the hog for dinner. Cole says it's all in the circumstances.

Cole see's that the guy is going to kill himself, but he looks like too promising of a hunt. Cole then asks if the guy has any family, then asks if there is anyone who cares about him. Then he asks him if he wants money.

Bam.

A guy who doesn't care about life, he doesn't have anyone who would notice he was gone, and to top it off, he was going to kill himself anyway. It seems like the perfect target doesn't it?

Don't forget that Mason's friends die in the beginning also.

At the end Mason ends up realizing that life is worth living, after he fights for his life he realizes how much it's actually worth to him.

[–] NoodlesMontgomery 18 years ago

EXCELLENT answer, and well-expressed, as well (pardon the pun.)
Truly, a great movie with an awesome cast.

McGinley makes acting look as effortless as breathing.

"Papercuts: Revenge of the trees."

-- Me (cradling my bloody finger.)

[–] vhylok 17 years ago

I think right after his suicide attempt, when the Cole guy says "Everybody dies", he responds with something like "Yeah, but I'm gonna decide when". I think he was pissed off enough at the thought of being hunted that he wanted to survive.

It's one thing to kill yourself, but it's quite another to be someone else's hunting trophy!

Seriously, if he was truly suicidal, then when he woke up with a gun to his head, he'd have just said "OK, so shoot me...see how fast your clients want a refund!"

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[–] janX9 16 years ago

I agree with rockerb23, but on the other hand you can sum it up in two words 'survival instinct'.

grrr arg

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