Most annoying character EVER. I'm surprised no one hit her in the film.
If you've got an ass I'll kick it!!! - Wimp Lo
I didn't find her annoying. She wanted to save a life. Not understanding why that is so unreasonable. I would have stopped following though once the cop said he would follow.
I giggle when I get attacked for my opinion, because it just doesn't make senseshare
"Bitch, if you don't settle the f^ck down and stop screaming at me I'm going to kick your high strung ass out of this goddamned car. Now shut the f^ck up!"
Women like that are the reason we need to legalize marijuana.
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It's not the fact that she wanted to save a life that is annoying. What's annoying is that she didn't use any common sense at any point in the film and she wouldn't stop screaming. What's even more annoying is the fact that her friend, after endless bickering and screaming, went along with the nonsense.
P.S. I'm female and I wanted to smack her hipster glasses right off her face.
We're all in the same boat, staying afloat for the moment.
Amen, I yelled shut the *beep* up at least 6-7 times during the film (getting a few annoyed kicks to the ceiling from my upstairs neighbors in the process). I get it she wants to save a life, I would say she's a perfect example of the difference between bravery and courage (bravery being you're too stupid to know you should run) but she's not she's just plain stupid.
share I didnt think so. I thought they did things stupidly but she was just trying to save the kid and her friend was being a big dumb pussy. If it was me I would of distracted him at the gas station to keep him away from the kid or later not pulled over for the officer. If it had became a high speed chase there would of been tons of cops around and one of them would of had to notice ithe honda. Also why didnt one of them pick up a gun? If they had brains between the two of them they would of both grabbed a gun. He should of went to the little girl and she should of been outside waiting to shoot the abductor as he approached the house.They could of shot the lock off with the gun or not wasted time and dragged the cage out to the car. Why not ask the neighbors for help. They should of had Caleb get neighbors for help. Sam's intentions were good and I was proud of her but im not surprised they died. I honestly liked her and thought she was great she had to speak up her friend was a friggin Clitoris and she should of shoved him out of the vehicle and done what she wanted.
JEFF : I hate Glee.
PIERCE : I'm not crazy about Glee either.
There's a razor thin line between stupidity and bravery. I'm not heartless but Sam really wasn't using her head, that's what the boyfriend was doing or at least trying to do till Sam started making it seem like he was a monster for not pursuing. Seriously the reason civilians don't pursue abductors is because the perp could kill the abductee if confronted. Abduction scenarios are in the same category as a hostage situation, civilians aren't trained in how to diffuse such a situation and the majority of the time will get the victim hurt or killed. Just call the police, follow for as long as possible but do NOT attempt to chase the suspect. You could cause the suspect to freak out and kill the hostage/abductee.
Second if you identify a perp at his/her house, do NOT confront them or attempt a rescue. Again you are not trained for the kind of action required to successfully pull off such an operation. That's why officers are trained in negotiation tactics and why there are SWAT operatives specially trained for covert infiltration and rescue operations if things go south. Just call the police and wait from a safe distance away as not to spook the perp.
Third, when the officer told them to go to the precinct to file a report and show the video, that was wise advice and could help a lot more than blindly running around. That video could've helped the police know where to focus the search. Considering that somewhere in the video they said that there were 60 officers responding to calls tells me that it was a pretty good sized city. Very difficult to find one specific car in a big city, but any good leads can help centralize the search efforts and significantly raise the victims chance at survival.
Sam's extremely lucky that she didn't get the little girl killed
First point, is as much as found both people bickering very annoying at least it seemed real, what is more real Mila Kunis/Justin Timberland fast talking, always funny, conversations in Friends with benefits, or these two jackasses talking over each other most of the movie.
Look in real life 95% of the world would have did their duty and reported what they saw and let the police do the rest, this was just a case where someone wanted to get more involved, and they planned to wait for the police but the microphone picked up what might be a rape, I think most of us would have tried to do something.
"Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
the microphone picked up what might be a rape, I think most of us would have tried to do something.
No doubt and it's hard to say, but the most reasonable option in that scenario is to stay back, observe, and report. It may suck and you may hate yourself later but at least you, your friends, and the victim are alive. If there was rape going on you rushing in won't change things, the victim is already traumatized. The moment Sam attempted a rescue (even with the perp gone) she reduced that little girl's chances of survival from 90% as the police were en route to the scene to 25-30%.
For starters, they should have called the police again and advised of the change in situation. The police en route could have intercepted the new vehicle or set up road blocks to buy time for a rescue unit to get in and out. Next, the responding officers, upon finding the cage, would have bolt cutters, greatly reducing the time needed for rescue. Third, officers are armed and trained, if the perp had slipped through the net in the area then they could've deployed force if necessary. Instead, the police were not informed of the change in situation, they were not informed of a confirmable rape about to be, or currently in progress. Basically by not calling in again, the police didn't change tactics.
When responding to a perp sighting the police won't come in full force and won't deploy sirens as not to spook the perp, just in case. If they had received the report that the abductor was away and that there were confirmable reports of rape being planned then the police would've expedited their approach, while attempting to cut off the perp from the scene.
I wouldn't mention this except you can tell by her phone conversations that the police are telling her the same things. They are telling her to not pursue (while on the road) and to wait for officers to arrive (at the house). So I also have an issue that Sam is insistent on ignoring the advice of the dispatcher and even an officer in person. She acts like she knows more than officers who respond to these types of situations on a regular basis and know what they are doing to save the little girl.
All that to basically say, it still doesn't change the fact that sam is a dumbass and was extremely lucky that she didn't get everyone involved killed. Don't try to be a hero, do what you can and stay back, you don't have the training or ability to handle the situation. If Sam had been using her head then these thoughts would have saved herself and her boyfriend, her brother wouldn't have gotten shot and the little girl would have stood to get out of the situation without any major harm (even though there would be psychological harm).
She wasnt smart but she was doing what was right and for that i dont think she was annoying. Do I think everyone should be a vigilante? Not at all but I could never ignore that voice on the radio so I was cheering her on for having the guts to try. The only thing she did that pissed me off off was that she asked her brother to hold the camera for her when she planned to go inside the house. That was wreckless he could of been dead too and not just gotten shot. I think your all too cold treating the girl like a lost cause. Yeah they would find her maybe alive maybe not....definitely broken.
JEFF : I hate Glee.
PIERCE : I'm not crazy about Glee either.
Because I, myself, live in reality, not in a fantasy world where vigilante actions can be pulled off successfully by a standard Joe Smoe. I know my limitations and will only take action to the extent of my ability. Most times indirect action can be more life saving than direct intervention. For instance I no longer have a concealed carry permit and i'm also several years out of combat and security force training, I know i'm very rusty so I know that if I tried to take direct action in a abductor type scenario I could possibly get the victim killed. So I know that my best course of action is to call my contacts on the force and help them know where to concentrate their efforts. The moment I know I am running the risk of endangering the victim, I back off. It's not being cold, it's knowing the risks to yourself and the victim.
Would you call the police cold for telling you to back off and to not pursue? Because that's the standard advice they would give to a civilian in that scenario.
No thats the kind of answer they are supposed to give. Of course I think people should leave things to the police but if the police wont act like in this movie or if there isnt enough time if people choose to take it upon themselves then they should be commended. Everyone has it in them to be a hero given the right circumstances you dont need to have training or a gun. Im not saying its not risky but there's nothing wrong with trying to do something to help someone else.
JEFF : I hate Glee.
PIERCE : I'm not crazy about Glee either.
They (the police) give that answer, not because they are supposed to, but because it's the right call in that situation. In the right situation, yes, people can choose to try and be the hero. This is not one of those situations, this is the type of situation where skill, knowledge, training, and proper equipment (including firearms) will save the day, not reckless action.
A scenario where quick, reckless action by civilians can help:
A kid drowning
An injured person down in a street
A car broken down on a busy freeway
Scenarios where quick, reckless action by civilians endanger:
Hostage scenarios
Shootouts
This scenario
Also, considering the information I gathered from the film, they were near a very big city. The police were probably up to their necks in calls, most apparently false alarms. We as the audience know they were behind the right car, the police however didn't. So the police are going to arrive as soon as they can but it won't be for a while. The only bad call I can say that the police made was not staying in contact with a possible high priority witness. But beyond that, everything else they did was about normal for an amber alert search in a big city (considering the amount of police they said they had responding to calls i'd assume it was a pretty large city). The police can only respond as fast as humanly possible and when the position and street of the caller kept changing as quickly as was happening in the film then without constant contact then it's easy for them to lose track of where a possible suspect is at or heading.
Real world police response and movie police response are two completely different things. This film was as close to standard actual responses by police officers as possible without having an officer actually advising the film. It's possible that it seemed like the cops were idiots because of Sam's overblowing the situation of the cops response, I assumed that's because she's watched way too many movies where once called the police come flying in with sirens blaring.
I too hated her. I wanted to slap the crap out of her. NO likeable character in this movie. WEll, maybe the ltitle girl
"Can Gods hands fit through windows?"-Judith Barsi
ive hated this character more than any in any movie
my right leg is thanksgiving, my left is christmas...come meet me between the hloidays
She was just emotional and poorly played by the actress.
The character herself was fine. It just wasn't executed properly.
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Wow, you guys are insane. Yes, Samantha was a little annoying, but the true annoying one was Nate. Seriously. I'm a male, and apparently guys are supposed to find her annoying, but she simply was freaking out because there was a little girl that was going to be potentially molested, raped and murdered. If there's a reason to be passionate about something, that's it right there. Do you not get that? She's not just freaking out about some petty, mundane teenage girl thing. She cared about a human's life.
Nate was the insufferable, intolerable, annoying piece of *beep* He was a coward. He was so scared at the entire concept that he willingly admitted he would rather let that girl die than do anything about it. That's a poor excuse for a human being. You don't think Samantha was scared too? Bravery comes from being scared and overcoming it. Cowardice comes from being scared, and letting that fear overcome you. Nate only cared that following the car was ruining their day. He was selfish, cowardice, and until he found his courage at the end, a poor excuse for a person.
If my child was kidnapped and someone saw the car on the highway, I would sure as hell HOPE that it was a person like Samantha and not a person like Nate and you *beep* people.