Overall it's still nice

Jean 2022-03-15 09:01:03

Consistent personal hero and incompetent police comparison drama, the protagonists are all familiar faces and big names. It is very enjoyable to watch, and the plot is compact, but a lot of information is not used. (in the case of a dead person)? The computer in the carriage could be broadcast live, but they didn't use it. It just showed that the stupid couple always loved each other, and the robbers didn't react when they knew the existence of the computer; the robbers didn't search for all communication equipment when they first took the hostages; The mayor's group knew about the Wall Street conspiracy and they didn't see the person they told the negotiator; they found the robber's information and did not lock the account; since the robber repeatedly disclosed that he had the latest news, they would not warn the robber to follow the media news on the Internet There is no control of the signal in the tunnel; the male protagonist escapes from the control instead of trying to inform the police to let professional people do professional things, but to go hand-to-hand to chase people, which is also amazing (I only tried calling the phone in the tunnel once and it didn’t work, then I went Chase), this kind of personal hero is too "heroic". On the contrary, the image of the robber created by Qutavo is more prominent and three-dimensional. The image of a robber who is cynical, intelligent and arrogant in the end would rather die than go back to prison is very clear.

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  • Walter Garber: What's her name?

    Ryder: Lavitca, she was Lithuanian... she was an ASS-model.

    Walter Garber: She asked you what?

    Ryder: You heard of hand-models, right? Advertisements?

    Walter Garber: Right.

    Ryder: She was an ass-model... she did jeans and uh you know, magazines and shit. Anyway, it was fashion week in New York and uh... I took her to Iceland.

    Walter Garber: Lavitca, Lithuanian, Ass model, Iceland, you took her to the ice...

    Ryder: So, for five-hundred bucks they'll take you on a dog-sled ride on a glacier.

    Walter Garber: Dog-sled?

    Ryder: Yeah... and you know that whole saying that if you're not the lead dog, the view never changes?

    Walter Garber: Right, otherwise you're always looking at the asshole of the dog in front of you.

    Ryder: That'll be funny in a minute when I get to that part.

    Walter Garber: It's funny now.

    Ryder: [next scene] And it's eight in the morning, we haven't been to bed yet... and we're tooling across this glacier and I got this hangover that's creeping up the back of my neck... and guess what I'm looking at?

    Walter Garber: You're obviously you're staring at... the ass of the dog in front of you.

    Ryder: You got it! So this dog... out of nowhere just lifts his hind-legs up and puts them in the, you know the harness there... and just takes a shit, while he's running on his front paws. So he's dumping and running, all at the same time... now that's multi-fucking-tasking if you ask me.

    Walter Garber: Get outta here, did it hit you?

    Ryder: Shit always hits you man.

    [next scene]

    Ryder: I didn't know it at the time, but it was profound.

    Walter Garber: Profound?

    Ryder: Yeah.

    Walter Garber: Why? Uh, you lost me.

    Ryder: Well, you know uh... when I went to prison later on, what you called. Uh, I had trouble going to the toilet... you know, a privacy thing. And I... couldn't take a shit. I was scared shitless... literally. So, you know what I thought of?

    Walter Garber: You thought of the dog.

    Ryder: That's right... I thought of that dog. If it could do what it needed to do... so could I. It saved my fucking live.

    Walter Garber: Wow, that is profound.

  • Ryder: Ok... now somebody else has to die. Two people, maybe all of us! Did you hear me?

    Walter Garber: I heard you, but you gotta understand that the circumstances they're different now for you. You gotta rethink this, you... you gotta adapt.

    Ryder: No, I gave you instructions and you know the consequences.

    Walter Garber: I mean don't you have a plan B?

    Ryder: No, plan B is enforcing plan A... and the minute you stop believing me mother fucker, that's it!