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Even if that bartender was "innocent", if HE pointed a gun at me like that...

posted 2 years ago by TheMan18 (13020)
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... after all I wanted to do was check his paperwork while my wife was missing and possibly kidnapped, I would not simply let it go, I would inform the police and possibly making him a suspect and even if he wasn't in on the kidnapping at all, I would harshly tell him off saying...

"Excuse me MR, my WIFE was missing, ALL I wanted to do was see the slips and be convinced she wasn't around and didn't come into a pub that's all, you DON'T point a GUN at people for God's sake for something like that. Say you're sorry!"

And do you think he should've?

And plus, if the bartender really was innocent, why was he so against that man simply checking his slips to determine if his wife really did come into the pub or not? And to point a loaded GUN at him for THAT? God. And even if in his mind Russell did call him a "liar", why does he get so worked up after that?

[–] VanHellion (655) 2 years ago

I wanted to see a post-credits scene of Jeff walking in there beating his fat ass with a hammer then shoving his precious order slips down his throat. I get a feeling that fat-ass was in on it but for storytelling's sake, they never went and "resolved" his douchebag behavior.

[–] DancingintheDark (1614) 2 years ago

I got that feeling as well, at the very least, he saw her and was intentionally playing ignorant about it, solely to get a rile out of the husband. An end credit scene with him getting his teeth knocked in would have been a well received inclusion, and for the icing on the cake, show a slip with Amy written on it for good measure.

[–] VanHellion (655) 2 years ago

You know, it was Amy and her "three pounds of pure tit" that put the pickup in gear and squashed JT's happy ass into oblivion, like an absolute boss. I could see her going in there and handling the bartender proper.

All in all, the character who played the bartender is great. I liked when he was the carpenter in Lethal Weapon 2 and they're watching the condom commercial. He's there and just chimes in, "Hey I liked it... makes me want to go out and buy rubbers right now!".

[–] spurtle467 (1547) 2 years ago

I never got the impression the bartender was in on it, rather just some apathetic innocent guy who didn't want to get involved in the matters of some out of town guy. That being said, I was under the impression the guy at the bank who sat in the waiting area WAS in on it, and we never see him before or after as part of the main crew, so who really knows who or how many are in on all this.

That's the good thing about this film, it's a very simple premise but still offers quite a few talking points.