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I don't understand one part ... SPOILER


So, I guessed the twist of this film. It was OK though.

I don't understand why he got himself caught by police if he was the killer? Yes, he's framing the other guy so he doesn't have to pay him, but Why not just murder kiefer sutherland to begin with and then carry on with his murderous life?

I know it wouldn't have been much of a story if this were to have happened but it's more logical ay 🤷‍♀️

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I'm not sure what you mean.

As far as I recall, Hawke was murdering someone, witnesses happened by, so he pretended to be a good Samaritan. He couldn't just murder Sutherland because he had a police detail watching/protecting him. Too much heat.

What puzzled me is why they bring the mother in to ID Sutherland's corpse. With an X-ray, they should be able to see if he broke the same bone as Asher.

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I agree about him killing Keifer early on. Why wait? Unless he wanted him to get caught and blamed but then why kill him later? And why wait to kill his mom too? He could've offed her right away.

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