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Am I just dumb...?

posted 13 years ago by CookieDragon
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I know this may seem like a stupid question by can someone explain to me why Rick would "lose everything" if he didn't let Kevin kill the girl? What were Rick's conflicting issues here? Kevin mentions something about how Rick is corrupted but I don't understand in what way he means. I don't even think there was any hint of him being corrupted other than he hustled people for money a little bit.....or was that it?

Also, after Rick's saves the day and receives whatever that thing was from the Mayor, there are news bulletins and reporters going after Rick asking him about this 'corrupted' business. I don't understand what that is all about? Was Kevin right in that Rick did, in fact, lose everything and was exposed?

I know you may be thinking "Did you actually watch the movie?", but politics and police business just isn't my thing. I never understand it! :) I only watched this because Cage and Sinise are in it :)

There are two rules of success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know.

[–] FenianB 13 years ago

Rick was a dirty cop, open to bribes, gratft and corruption. He cheats on his wife, he beats up on a drug dealer and shakes him down for money so he can lay an illegal bet, various dialogue exchanges thourghout indicate he's corrupt.

His friend counted on him being corrupt so that he would back up his friend's story, and worse come to worst, he could be bought off. When he tried to play hero-cop, as his friend predicted all the bad things he done came to light as well, which ended up with him being hounded, tried and convicted.

[–] CookieDragon 13 years ago

Oh, I see. I may have to watch it again. Most things are clearer upon multiple viewings. Thanks for your reply :)

There are two rules of success in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know.

[–] parkpunk 11 years ago

It's one of the aspects I love about this movie. He's a dirty cop who's forced by his own conscience to go against his friend who, it turns out, is even dirtier on a much bigger scale. And, in doing so, he suffers the consequences of his own past corrupt life. It's a great story of redemption forced upon a guy. What I wonder is, if he had taken Kevin's bribe and turned over the girl, do you think Kevin would have let Rick go? Seeing as how he killed two of his own soldiers, I'm doubting it.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

He's a dirty cop ...

He is, but as he tells Dunne at the end, "I never killed any one". I liked the little double post script endings.🐭

[–] MarkAntney 8 years ago

A minor flaw I found in the (GREAT) movie was that as smart, controlling, and calculating as Sinse's character was in the movie to not realize going from sleeping around, being on the take, shaking down low-lifes,...to murder (of an innocent person/woman) is a big leap.

Though he did say, "I didn't expect you to get this far."

"he tells Dunne at the end, "I never killed any one"."