Very good movie but not GREAT, one flaw I cannot forgive.

Ok I guess your "opinion" is that any jerk you do not like deserves to die a horrible death? Do I qualify for that? Maybe the principal in Ferris Buellers Day Off should have been stabbed to death by Ferris? I DO believe some people deserve to die, I actually agree with THE PUNISHER on that and disagree with Batman, Batman SHOULD kill really bad criminals like the joker and Bane. I was glad when Robocop killed Clarance Boddicker and his gang. And I think all the villains in the HOSTEL movies deserve to die very slow painful deaths, same goes for the Die Hard movies but compared to so many of the monstrously evil people I have mentioned this guy was a featherweight, THAT is my problem.

Jim was arrogant, selfish, careless, and greedy jerk with no remorse. Jim may have been young teen jock, but he had all the makings of being a terrible adult who would make other peoples' lives a miserable hell. Jim was a high school senior, which would make him about 17 or 18 yrs old, he knew what he was doing when he planned on robbing his father. Usually kids who around that age who would steal from their parents have some serious issues. Hell, when I was 6 yrs. old I knew it was bad to steal and especially from a parent.

Jim on the other hand tried to rob his old man and involved his girlfriend, Edward, & friends in it. Jim exploited Edward using Kim to ask Edward to help them break in because Jim knew Edward liked her and would do anything for her. Poor Edward didn't snitch to the police and took the rap, which destroyed his reputation amongst the community and in the local media. Not to mention hurt Edward's business ventures. Kim's family also became ostracized because they adopted Edward. However, all Jim cared about was still having Kim as his girlfriend (mainly for sex, which is why he wanted his own van, so they could have privacy). Kim was no longer a independent person with feelings and values, but she became a possession to Jim.

In the beginning, Jim viewed Edward as some sub-human freak who was no threat in taking Kim from him, because at the time Edward scared Kim. Once Kim saw Edward's humanity, and saw Jim's selfishness, then decided she no longer loved him, Jim had an obsessive hatred for Edward because what he once thought as a non-threatening freak became a threat to him and his egotistical manhood. Even Jim's friend realized what type of person Jim when he made him drive while drunk after he protested. Once again, Jim's bad decisions resulted in more problems for Edward and the Bogg family. Kevin nearly was hit by a Jim's friend driving drunk, and Edward who rescued Kevin, accidentally cut him and made it appear to the neighbors that he was attacking Kevin, which confirmed to them that he was dangerous. However, Jim wasn't satisfied with now Edward being completely rejected from society, he had to go to Edward's mansion to attempt to kill him. And Edward had no choice but to skewer Jim and push him out the window.

Jim totally ruin Edward's life amongst people just at the age of 17 or 18. This guy was destined to be life long jerk. I known many people who were sociopaths as kids and still are sociopaths as adults. Jim was headed on a bad path in life, lucky Edward cut it short (pun intended).

Had Jim lived he was destined to be a tyrannical Home Depot store manager who makes his employees lives a miserable hell and cheats on his wife with escorts. Pick on his fat daughter and humiliates his gay son with homophobic slurs. Edward would still be ostracized because of all Jim's past doings against him.