Not sure if this was discussed before, but why on earth would "Brian" show his face purposely to Danny? It was completely unnecessary. No one could've implicated him to the heist otherwise. I watch this movie everytime it's on tv, great cast, great plot, but I cringe everytime that scene comes on.
shareSpoilers. It's entirely plausible. Jack is rash and reckless, and he acts much more on his emotions than Nick does. He's not a complete professional, and he doesn't always make good choices. In that moment he doesn't think it all the way through and he reveals himself because there's a personal relationship with this person. He probably likes Danny and is in real pain about possibly having to hurt him. "Oh Danny, I wish you hadn't come down here." I have no problem with this scene, it's part of who the character is. If he was a killer, he would have simply shot Danny (and later shot Nick without worrying about his petty revenge, it would have been the safest route to take). If he was smart, he wouldn't have done a dozen different things he did in this movie. He's a character who's too smart for his own good and takes unacceptable risks. Think of the scene in the bar when he asks Nick what the longest shot he ever took was. Nick replies that he never takes long shots. Jack does. That's why he gets burned in the end.
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I thought the same thing he could've even made "Brian" talk and act scared to convince him or something. It wasn't needed for him to show Danny who he was. Especially if he WASNT going to kill him. Why have any loose ends.
shareGot it one. Excellent analysis!
I read an interview with Mr. Oz and he said originally they were going to have Brian shoot Danny and kill him. They did the scene the way they did because Jack wasnt' going to stay at the custom house and the second he left he knew he would now be a suspect. They spared Danny because of his kindness towards Brian.
Remember Nick told him to finish his shift or else they would get suspicious. It didn't matter if Jack showed his face or not; once he bolted and took the sceptre himself, he would automatically be implicated so it didnt matter. employee missing; probably inside job; it really didn't matter if he showed his face or not. Rest easy and enjoy the movie :)
I think he thought he would get away in the end so he thought it wouldn't matter. And he wanted to show his face because he was so proud of his acting. show boating
shareI agree - this is how I interpreted it too. He was proud and egotistical, and wanted Danny to see how smart he was. "Look old man, yep I fooled you all this time".
In addition to what everyone else said, I also think that he kind of liked showing Danny who he really was. He was incredibly skilled, but he was also a bit of an amateur, so he likely enjoyed being able to show off to Danny how he duped him.
shareYoung and inexperienced. It was part of his character like coming up to Nick on the street the way he did early in the film. He didn't need to do that and it caused Nick to not even want the job and then ending up asking for even more money.
shareI agree with the last couple of people. Maybe he was caught off guard by Danny coming into the room and was unprepared, but he should have thought that out beforehand.
But like others have said he could have been masked & pretended that Brian was locked up somewhere. I suspect thought that the cops would have investigated both Danny & Brian out in extreme detail afterwards. Anyone working there would have been questioned relentlessly afterwards. So he have been exposed then.
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Jack was an arrogant egomaniac and showing off.
shareYeah, this one detail always stuck out to me because it was so unnecessary and damaged Jack's entire escape plan. Like some others have mentioned, if Jack showed his face to Danny for any reason, it was most likely to show off how well he'd been portraying a complete stranger for the past few weeks. Heck, if I had everyone fooled as well as he did, I'd want them to find out, too.
On a slightly different note, can we just talk about how well that moment was acted? You could totally see the pain in Danny's eyes when he realized the boy he favored so much never actually existed.
Jack was all about respect and thinking he was smarter than everyone else. It must have been killing him that Danny was looking down on him and thinking he was smarter than Jack. Subconsciously, Jack was hoping their would be an opportunity for him to unmask Brian and show Danny that he was really deserved respect.
The only thing that bugged me was that Nick thinks a psychopath like Jack won't come looking for him in revenge one day (assuming he's not caught or comes out of jail after serving time).
No one could've implicated him to the heist otherwise.Brian/Jack would definitely have been heavily implicated as the disappeared janitor without a real identity. Showing himself to Danny was dumb hubris, as you and other posters commented, but not fatal to his discovery, only made it sooner. He seemed to have his escape route well planned, so he presumably knew he'd be quickly found out and needed to disappear.
The only thing that bugged me was that Nick thinks a psychopath like Jack won't come looking for him in revengeJack wasn't psycho, he could've killed Danny and Nick no problem during the heist. share