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SPOILERS ALERT - how was Vinnie Jones' character...

posted a year ago by TheMan18 (13192)
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... SPOILERS - so certain that, when Frank Harper's character took his son hostage n the back of the car at knife point...

That when he sped the car up to crash it into the post, that...

Only Frank Harper's "Dog" character would be affected by the crash and not his son, for his son was also not wearing a seatbelt?

How was he certain that when he sped up or as soon as he hit the post, either, the man wouldn't immediately kill or at least seriously injure his son or even that his son could also be killed or at least seriously hurt when he crashed that car in some or other way or even that Jones' character himself would die along with all three members?

Was he seriously skilled at driving, did he also teach his son how to duck and avoid being hurt if either someone holds him hostage or if he were to crash the car while he is in the back seat and possibly not wearing a seatbelt either?

Oh and then, what did we all think of the way he SPOILERS - after crashing that car, took him out and defeated him by that car door, even lambasted him for being so "rude" to him and then spat on him while he and his son walked off uninjured?

What did we all think, thanks.

And yeah its a good 7/10 movie, no masterpiece but in my mind Guy Ritchie's best film.

[–] TheMan18 (13192) a year ago

Also, SPOILERS, could he have resolved the situation somehow without outright crashing his car? Maybe get, and if he failed, pretend somehow he got what "Dog" wanted, ask him maybe to step outside and release his son, and then maybe, with or without killing him in the process, confront him hand to hand? Could he maybe also secretly have called his criminal buddies to help?

Or even, after he persuaded to let the son go and the boy say disappeared for a while in nearby buildings, if needed, get in his car and run him over, but not before perhaps "Dog" making a threat at him that would make his retaliation justified?

For one, crashing the car the way he did with the boy inside was just too risky. He could've easily been killed on impact or even indirectly somehow by Harper's knife during the crash moment.