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Being a high profile writer can't be good for undercover

posted 11 years ago by vyperman7
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Love this movie.

But one thing I always found to be flawed is that Dennehy's character is high profile after surviving the Nixon robbery and becoming a best selling author. So why in the hell would he go into undercover work? Not a good idea when your face is recognizeable.

[–] willgld785 10 years ago

Haha I too thought the scene where he was "undercover" on the docks was hilariously stupid. We'd just been shown Dennehy's picture on the cover of his huge bestseller, but he's not even in disguise! I'm surprised the crooks didn't ask him for his autograph.

[–] liscarkat (19385) 4 months ago

I knew a guy once who was an undercover cop, and he wore disguises even though he wasn't any kind of celebrity.