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Wow... how many times did Jimmy die in this movie? Let's count...

posted 19 years ago by DreTam2000
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As many times as I've seen this film, I've always been impressed by how many times this guy (supposedly) dies in this film. It reminds me of Michelle Ph. in 'Batman Returns,' except Jimmy isn't supposed to be a cat.

Let's count how many times he dies...

1) Jumpes off of bridge..

2) Father shoots him..

3) Gets tossed into a moving train..

4) Gets beaten and drowned underwater..

5) Receives a tazor to the mouth to finally end his forever-prolonged life..

Ha ha... this villain dies an impressive five times in this movie. We think he's dead when he jumps off the bridge to commit suicide; he lives. He is assumed to be dead when his father shoots him, but he ends up having on a bullet-proof vest. Bruce Willis's character throws him into a train which should've kill him, but as it turns out, he was actually tossed just passed the tracks and subsequently, out of the path of the locomotive. He is beaten up in the scuffle with his cousin underwater, but when Willis comes back up to the surface, there's good-ol' Jimmy right there with him again. Of course..

...we could always count the beginning of the movie when his car flips over multiple times after crashing into his cousin and uncle. Then that would be SIX times that he dies. Did I miss any?

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[–] parillamilt 18 years ago

Ah yes.....the never ending "death" of the bad guy. What were the people behind it thinking?! Did they consult a group of 12 year olds on how the movie should end, or were they stoned out of their skulls coming up with more crazy-a$$ s--t?

How about ONE GOOD confirmed bad guy death at the end of the movie and not the half dozen "almost dead, but not quite" endings.

[–] DreTam2000 18 years ago

I mean, I thought it was cool. I just happened to have taken notice of it. This is one of the last tight action films of the 90s to not use CGI. Nice film, and Bruce Willis is good as usual... I just always get a kick out of good-ol' slippery Jimmie.

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[–] HairydragonballZ 18 years ago

"""5) Receives a taser to the mouth to finally end his forever-prolonged life.. ""

This was so stupid, if Willis used the taser on Jimmy
in real life they would both be electrocuted. I was like "What the...bleep" they are both neck deep in water!

You are now firing a gun at your imaginary friend, near 400 gallons of nitroglycerin! -Tyler Durden

[–] uvl 17 years ago

I have to assume that he was also the guy running into the trees after his car flipped over after dumping the carpet in the river. So that's seven. Rather a bit silly, eh?

[–] xredgarnetx 17 years ago

Actually, Jim's multiple deaths were inspired by Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. For a brief period in the 1990s, mainstream movies like this aped the seemingly unkillable Jason in particular. Another example: the so-so remake of CAPE FEAR with Jack Nicholson, who has to be "killed" no fewer than three times.

[–] imdb-2920 17 years ago

Cape Fear had Robert De Niro.

[–] imdb-2920 17 years ago

It's all because of the amazing restorative powers of his Three Stooges hair:

"Who's the better cop? Nyuk, nyul, nyuk."

[–] DreTam2000 17 years ago

"Who's the better cop? Nyuk, nyul, nyuk."

LOL! Ha ha ha ha..

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

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[–] DreTam2000 16 years ago

~hilarious..

[–] KongKongAGAIN 16 years ago

That's what, for me, killed an otherwise decent film. Not only what Jimmy's performance uncharismatic and trite, his Jason-Voorhees–inspired immortality was almost satirical.

[–] DreTam2000 16 years ago

LOL, I disagree somewhat. I think all his deaths were done reasonably. I think they just happened to be numerous. I only created this thread to laugh at the coincidence of his continuous recoveries/survivals. I don't think they were done terribly over-the-top though.

Jimmy's character was, however, quite over-the-top, but over-the-top in a good way. I liked it.

This is one of the last good action movies to not have any CGI. It's not a great work of art (a la Die Hard), but it's still a good, entertaining film with a good, clevery story and an awesome Bruce Willis once again.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

[–] KongKongAGAIN 16 years ago

I'm not sure why it's an accomplishment to use no C.G.I. — the technology is simply another technique filmmakers can use to tell their story. If effects are gimmicky, it's the fault of the person employing them in such a way, not of the ability to create them using computers.

[–] ny_pitbull 15 years ago

If Robert Pastorelli had only been so lucky.