Before Andrews confessed, Tierney's dad was cleared of having killed her husband. The info they got from the informant would have cleared up the first killing, but not the one of her husband. Any idea how they would have cleared the dad without Tierney's confession, and why they didn't bother doing so earlier?
shareYeah I thought maybe the informant made up a lie about Scalise killing Paine too, but no. The cops just released the father without any new evidence that said he was innocent. I don't understand why they did this either.
Also another gripe. Why'd Scalise and his goons lock Mark in a room that led to the roof that led to another door which housed the mechanism that made the car elevator work? Probably should've tied him up or shot him in the leg instead of the arm...
Yes, I thought about that, too. One would have to presume that either the informant (Brand) inaccurately fingered Scalise, or that the cops assumed that since Scalise knifed Harry Von Zell's character, then he must have been responsible for Payne's death.
shareI think the first problem is indeed a script hole; either outright missed or at best simply lazily relying on us thinking of bluenova's second explanation for it.
But I think I understood what was going on with the second complaint. The badguys had to rush out of the building when they heard the approaching police sirens. As the scene unfolded and Andrews escaped, I immediately assumed that that ceiling exit would have been secured had the badguys been able to leave on their own schedule. When they heard the cops coming, tho, the plan to trap Andrews (and starve him to death?) was simply not on their minds at all any more -- they just wanted outta there!
Matthew
An almost Deus ex Machina. Then Dixon went "Gimme a break with these funny-sounding plot devices, I'm taking control!" - and confessed.
Technically speaking it was a weak point, if not a full-blooded plot hole; but then, most DeM devices, even when coherent with the rest of the story, are awkwardly introduced in the plot.
That the core of the story didn't get any benefit from it was not a bad move, but I kinda hated Dixon becoming squeaky-clean before the final act of the movie, as it removed most of the tension. For one, I wasn't fearing for his soul anymore. For another, his turn to the bright side was obviously going to be rewarded with a happy ending, so no more narrative tension either.
there's a highway that is curling up like smoke above her shoulder