Why didn't he shoot him?
He only had about six or seven good shots he could have taken! I guess the gun could have been empty, but I assumed since the dad sent him for it that it was loaded. Just a thought.
shareWell from what I understood the gun was in the safe unloaded and the bullets were supposedly in the dresser, which as a gun owner really stupid especially if it is for home defense. My main problem was that out of all the stuff he could have used as weapons in that house (chair/table legs, screwdrivers, hammers, powertools from the basement etc) he didn't. Heck it's a crazy gimp with throwing knives, rush the goon blocking his knife with a chair, get him on the ground with his arms pinned and start wailing on him till he is out, once he is out take one of his knives and slit his throat from ear to ear and because it's a horror movie and horror movie maniacs are notorious for coming back to life, drag his body over to the bear traps and drop him so his head goes right Into one of them... There ya go, piece of cake. If he would have done that the mother, father and oldest daughter would have lived, he would have been seen as a hero, the family grateful for him saving their lives would have given him the money he needed, his wife would be happy he came through, we would have been saved from yet another substandard obligatory slasher sequel... Everyone has a happy ending.
shareHe was scared. And to be fair he had just seen a guy clearly bigger than himself (the father) bloodied and beaten, and generally *beep* up, clinging to life. Why must a guy be bigger than you in order for you to be afraid of him? The Collector was clearly a psychopath. A psychopath killer of any size is terrifying.
shareThe original poster is correct on all accounts .. sure Arkin was afraid, but in that situation i think it would be more realistic for fear to manifest in a strong will to beat the gimp senseless with whatever object is available. Pure hatred of what he had done would do all the work. Id understand his fear if the gimp carried a gun the whole time. Its like in all these stupid slasher movies, the murderer is automatically very dangerous and you have to run away from him... The gimp obviously reacted to sound and came creeping whenever he heard someone scream, why the *beep* didnt Arkin use this to his advantage to bludgeoun the bastard from behind? No, instead he runs off to solve a puzzle or hide behind some pillows.
The entire movie is just a peice of utter *beep* 6.2 imdb score?? good riddance
I agree with Wamsize, felt really stupid. He didn't look scared and was in more control than any of the others who just ran around like headless chickens.
There was too many opportunities for the protagonist to kill the antagonist but he didn't. I can understand maybe one opportunity where the protagonist hesitated and would end up losing his chance to kill this guy but in this movie there was too many to count where he could have gotten rid of the killer.
Any normal human being would realise this is just another person, he bleeds just like anyone else. I would have dismissed it if Arkin actually looked scared but he barely flinched. Even from the traps that cut him in some way!
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Seeing The Collector came out in 2009 and The Collection in 2012, I don't think the director planned to make a sequel. He waited to see how well the first one did, as most directors will do and WHY CAN'T HE want a sequel to be made? We, as the public benefit from one as much as they do. They make more money on the franchise and we continue (hopefully) to be entertained. It is a movie after all.
shareThe original poster is correct on all accounts
All the O.P. asked was why didn't he shoot him. Simple, the gun was empty, showed it all. Though I agree with you there were lots of chances to attack him.
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As said the gun was empty, but it is also worth noting that people attempted to pick up weapons and they were traps. So, it makes it much more believable than other horrors where they run right past a nice battering tool.
shareHow can you say what's "realistic" about how someone would react when he/she is scared. There is no one base reaction that everyone has, everybody deals with problems differently, and the portrayal in this film was completely realistic. Just because it's not how YOU would respond in a similar situation (which you can't even say with any surety because you've never been in this situation) doesn't mean it's unrealistic.
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That's how I feel, bmalone--it's realistic. He wants to stay the 'unknown' for as long as he can, to find any other possible resolution before going gung ho 'do or die.' I still have half an hour left [I'm right at where he becomes the 'known'], but I just remembered he has probably a pretty decent weapon on him right now.
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he seemed pretty on the ball when he was sneaking round hiding from him like some army guy. and whe he quickly formulated the elaborate plan to electrocute the guy and drop the knives on him (i dont know why he didn't shoot him witht he shotgun then!). The best time to do it was when the teenager came home and her boyfriend was about to fight him and he was behind him, 2 on one, with a weapon... Stuff like that really takes me out of the moment and makes me aware im watching a film
shareSuuure, sure. Piece of cake! Nobody in this thread would be scared at all. Not panicked or afraid. In a situation like that, they would of course be completely mentally stable, even though a killer psycho is chasing them. Why do we even have police or whatever anymore. Look at all these internet tough guys, thinking they can karate chop someone like him from behind. Just block his throwing knives with a chair! Piece of cake!
Man, it's *beep* hilarious how so many people think they would do so much better in situations like that. It really is. xD
I'm the grim reaper, lardass, and you're my next customer.
I hear ya mate! I have been laughing the same thing, i work as a security on bars and on events, the few first times i got into fights/truoble with drunk people, were pretty terrifying. Tho i have had training how to manage them and wrestle my way out if needed, but the real situation is still different! I don't even want to what it would be like in a house full of traps, and some mentally ill chasing and not knowing where he is. It's so easy for people to sit comfy at home, and think that nothing would scare them.
shareWell let's say after seeing the father grabbing the golf club and activate a trap wich pulled him all the way downstair, it would make me a bit afraid of picking up something.
shareAnd it would have made for a very boring and overly short movie, all because you're applying logic to a horror movie.
shareWow. Amazing to know what you would do in such a desperate situation under severe pressure and being put into a terrifying ordeal.
Mind you, while I seriously doubt you'd do any better in the situation (probably the same as 90% of people of just fleeing the house after seeing a man being strung upside down with his intestines hanging out) I did find certain moments of sheer stupidity from Arkin.
When the boyfriend and girlfriend enter the house, the first thing I would've thought, even under the stressful situation, would be 'there are now two of us fully grown men against this freak'. Arkin saw The Collector perving on them having foreplay, so I don't know why he didn't make a huge fuss and a din knowing all three men were in close proximity of each other and The collectors chances of winning were now minimal. Instead, he laid under a table and watched Chad being crushed by bear traps.