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plot holes

posted 9 years ago by never-reply
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1. so the persona that frank is perceived as, a guy who sticks to rules, very detached sort of guy, who just does his job. However, just for one time, he develops an emotional attachment to his job, where he is concerned about the package. Furthermore, he allows the girl the conform into his life, when he should have instead abandoned her.

2. the whole 'father/daughter' thing is also very horribly portrayed throughout the film. The idea of "he's my father and I will regret killing him because he's my father" sort of attitude is quite unrealistic due to the undeveloped relationship in the film between the
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3.the idea of the mr.kwai ordering frank to jump off a cliff instead of just shooting him is cliche and stupid. Frank grabbing a rock from the cliff ledge was also irrelevant to the story line due to the girl killing him anyhow.

[–] eternalentity 9 years ago

1. The only reason he became emotionally attached this one time was due to the package being a person. Every other job for Frank has basically been either transporting inanimate objects or acting as a glorified chauffeur. Once he realised that the package was in fact a person being moved against their will, he began questioning his own ethics. For Frank, driving criminals for the sake of money was fine, however, kidnap was not. Allowing her into her life was due to a mixture of once being a "good" soldier underneath the politics of his employers and her being very persistent, in my opinion.

2. I agree the portrayal of the father/daughter concept was touch and go. For me it had it's moments but the weak points of it seemed to stem from a combination of the lack of development and perhaps the actors in question. That being said, the struggle to kill a figure who is traditionally meant to have raised you from birth lovingly no matter the lifestyle Lai had kind of speaks for itself.

3. The end scene does reek of cliché but I guess the optimist in me likes to think it was the last remaining signs of Lai's father actually caring, hesitating to kill Frank right then and there explaining himself somewhat because he feels justified in what he's done. Deep down he did love her. Frank grabbing the rock was only redundant due to Lai shooting her father. I think it belongs in the scene to show Frank had a plan anyway and couldn't rely on anyone but his own skills and tricks, no matter how desperate the situation.