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William Sadler gives the twist away.....

posted 12 years ago by tempestnam
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If you've watched a lot of movies or TV, you know William Sadler.

The fact that he was randomly playing a bellhop/desk manager at the hotel, and in particular when he comes up to the room to bring some food, it's almost instantly that you know it's actually his dad.

Why else would they have a name actor playing a random role that wasn't somehow integrated to the story? Maybe the movie makers were thinking not that many people would recognize him enough to associate that.

So this begs the question.....

How does the funeral get set up? Why does his ex-cop friend believe his father is sick? Why does said ex-cop friend believe the funeral?

Doesn't really explain how they convinced the jail to let out a prisoner for his fathers funeral. One would imagine they'd have to have some certified paperwork from a morgue and also a run obituary.

Also, the ending is so abrupt.

Mike is dead, no one is sorry, everyone is rejoicing his freedom, a bar full of cops is apparently now indulging two outside cops. One who was just guilty yesterday and an IA informant.

Which following up, Mike wasn't in on it. So again, why did he believe the funeral?

[–] losewithmolly 12 years ago

I didn't know it was his Dad, but I was suspicious that he was involved (obviously)

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[–] chewie86 12 years ago

he told him he got a call off his brother who was clearly in it from the start, he was also in jail for 2 years so i'm guessing that plenty of time to come up with a plan and do a little forging

[–] BigIrish77 12 years ago

I didn't peg him as the dad at first (I had the long haired bearded guy in the street pegged for that), but the minute I saw him at the beginning of the movie, I told my GF "He's gonna have a big part in whatever goes down, because you don't cast William Sadler as just a plain old bellhop."

[–] cuckoo77 12 years ago

I thought the exact same thing.

...didn't take away from the enjoyment though.

Was more like "Hell yeah. Will Sadler!"

[–] monstermayhem32 12 years ago

It wasn't until the end that William Sadler's character Frank was actually alive and faked his death.

[–] chmalyon160281 12 years ago

I thought he'd have a roll, but I didn't know he was the father.

[–] GaelinW 12 years ago

Exactly. I'm like they hired William Sadler to play a bellboy?!?! Sure, he hasn't been headlining things in recent years. But his star hasn't fallen that far. I wasn't thinking it was his dad (though the fact that the the picture remained obscured and we never got a clear shot of them should have been a clue). I knew he was involved.

If you can't walk and talk/text at the same time, do the rest of us a favor and get out of the way.

[–] fire-baby 12 years ago

true, as soon as i saw him i knew he was gonna be involved in some twist... but later when he brought the food, i thought omg, wtf is this guy doing? you don't eat food from william sadler, he might try to poison you! lol... so for me it was a cool twist when i realized he was helping them and not the cops...

It's mercy, compassion and forgiveness I lack. Not rationality...

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[–] Nik-Ola 11 years ago

Totally agree with you. I knew he was his father from the scene where he brought up some food for Nick. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but there was something a bit too paternal that came through in that scene which gave the twist away (Plus the fact that his role as a mere valet was a tad incongruous with the meaty parts didn't help the charade). I was actually a bit let down when he saw William Sadler at the bar and thought, 'what? he's just Nick's bartender buddy at their local pub!' and when the big reveal came, I was like 'yes! I knew it all along!'.

[–] Sam_Fisher_Agent_47 11 years ago

It was all part of the plan.

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