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About not taking Alexander Sebastian with them.


I'm talking about the scene in the end where Dev is taking Alicia to the hospital. He refuses to take Alexander with him and this really blows my mind. Lets analyze the situation shall we.

If they take Alexander with them:
a) Alexander survives and is most likely willing to cooperate in order to save his life
b) Alexander knows a ton of nazi secrets that can immensely help uncle sam, not to mention Dev's career
c) Taking Alexander with them will make it more likely that the other Nazis don't flee just yet
d) Alexander knows what kind of poison Alicia was given. Taking an antidote might be a question of hours - hours which will now be spent trying to figure out what the hell she was poisoned with.

On the other hand, if they don't take Alexander with them:
a) Everyone from the house will flee or be killed
b) Stuff will be covered up, leads will disappear, the investigation will run into a dead end
c) Alicia might very well die, because nobody has any clue what she was poisoned with
d) Dev can privately talk to Alicia in the car, about how much he loves her

It's scenes like these that won't let me enjoy this movie at all.

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Oh well, your loss.

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Dev was in love with Alicia, and had been forced to sit by for weeks, maybe months, while she pretended to be in love with her Nazi husband. He wasn't thinking through the political angles, he was rescuing the girl he loves from the Nazis, and leaving the Nazi who'd been plowing her every night to be killed by the other Nazis.

It's scenes like these that make the movie utterly believable and immensely enjoyable.

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The politics are all irrelevant. This movie is about love.

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