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Thought this was Terrible... Questions

posted 15 years ago by sean-goddard
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Am I the only one on this board that felt this film was god awful? I can see that it has gotten very bad reviews, however, most of you on here felt it was decent. Heres a few of many gripes:

- The fact that Robinson's wife didn't first flea the scene where Dolan and his partner are killing the van drivers, but instead, hops on her cell phone to dial 911, while staring like a moron at the top of a hill. Completely visible, with the sun shining on her. Can't you flea, and THEN call 911?

- The fact that Robinson and his girl were holed up in a hotel for two weeks, then, without explanation as to why, other than that she's pregnant, his wife wigs the hell out, and fleas the hotel to her car. Then she dies... How stupid. How did Nolan even find them?

- The gun Robinson buys. What a moron.

- Robinsons botched attempt at killing Nolan, he quickly bounces back and comes up with an elaborate scheme to kill Dolan by joining the most hardcore road construction crew on the planet. No, Robinson had no backstory to any of this, he just kinda did it.

I mean.... REALLY?

[–] TrickGum 15 years ago

I get what youre saying but those things you mentioned dont make the movie "awful" in my eyes. The best parts to me were the gorgeous shots of Las Vegas/the desert and I also enjoyed the performances of all the "minor" characters such as "Chief", the racist sheriff, and Robinson's boss at the construction site. They all did a much better job than Bentley and Slater and with limited screen time.