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Blue Ridge Bar Mission


So, wasn't Clayton's mission at the bar to pick up a female that intended to have sex with him?

And Layla clearly intended to have sex with him.

Why did the movie make it seem like he failed this mission? Looked to me like he was successful.

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Excellent point.

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Yeah, I thought the same thing. Maybe since she was also a trainee, it didn't count. They could have colluded.

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

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Layla took Clayton there not clayton layla.

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Layla "wanted" to have sex with him. She did not "intend" on having sex with him. She intended on stopping him from his mission.

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He was supposed to pick up a stranger (woman) to get laid and bring her to the car park to finish the test.

Instead, he was made to come to the car park by Layla, who was supposed to be sent home in a cab. That's why he didn't want to wait outside (since that would make him fail the test) but she dragged him there anyway, making him flunk.

Good movie, wish we could go back to times like this when movies were about entertaining and not shoving unwanted political messages down everyone's throats at every opportunity.

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