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What (among other things) really made no sense... (spoilers)

posted 17 years ago by brooklynelle
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I mean, there were plenty things that didn't make a lot of sense in this movies, most of which have been brought up countless times.

My brother and I bought this movie (it was in one of those cheap bins at the movie store) to watch on the laptop on the plane ride. I didn't actually hate it, but I mean, as far as stupid gory flicks go, it wasn't terrible.

But what neither of us couldn't understand was that like... so, at the end, she becomes a serial killer. She's offing all the other serial killers that kill innocent people etc, and she even says on the interview they got what they deserved. (As someone else said on these boards, most of these people might be red flagged, no?)

But WHY didn't she keep Gary alive. I mean, yeah, he kinda tortured her and it seems he may or may have not killed the dog, but she did seem to like him/love him up until she found out he was the one behind her entire ordeal.

If she had just kept Gary alive, they're sick relationship really could have aided in her vigilantiness. Even though she was killing serial killers. You would just think that maybe, someone as tiny as her, might need a little bit of help subduing these big burly (I assume, since they'd been able to overcome their victims) killers.

It was just one of the many things that didn't make sense, to us, at least.

[–] Travesty_42 17 years ago

I'm sure that the plan to start murdering serial killers wasn't an instant thing. It was motivated by revenge for what she'd gone through. When she killed Gary she was still trying to just get away. She wouldn't be to the "planning my revenge" stage yet.

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[–] pking-2 17 years ago

I think finding out he was the one behind her entire ordeal kind of neutralized her budding affections for him. The shotgun was a more effective expression of how she was feeling AT THAT PARTICULAR JUNCTURE than an invitation to join her on her next killing spree. And flighty Paris Hilton style prima donnas have to be caught at just the right juncture to accomplish any productive working relationship with them; she had a busy schedule I bet.

But you're right they might have had a beautiful friendship. Except for the fact that he just killed his PREVIOUS partner with a knife, and was seconds away from killing her too, when she escaped by kicking and shotgunning his privates. But, hey, what are the chances of TWO partnerships between pyscho torturers in a row going sideways?

Maybe he just needed to a little work on his collaboration skills first.

[–] Aidonian 17 years ago

What really didn't make much sense to me is the reason why these brothers do it and why only Gary get's to play the hero. For once, couldn't they have shown the fat guy getting lucky or would that gross to many people out?
Seriously, as a whole, the movie sucked. The whole idea is done to death if you ask me.

[–] Ally-19 17 years ago

The entire script didn't make any sense. It was diabolical ('I Know Who Killed Me' made more sense that this pile of crap) and the acting was even worse - in particular Daniel Gilles (who played Gary).

I also couldn't have cared less about the character of Jennifer. What did we actually know about her other than the fact that she was a model and easy to get into bed? And those so-called 'torture' scenes were just pathetic. If you ask me, the only people that suffered throughout this whole movie were the audience.

[–] ethanbellamy 17 years ago

<i>"If you ask me, the only people that suffered throughout this whole movie were the audience"</i>

LMAO.
I agree!!

[–] Arttillygirl 17 years ago

You're thinking of the alternate ending version of the movie. The original release showed the scene where the man is killed with the hammer at the beginning of the movie, and it ends with Jennifer escaping.

To answer your other question, though, she thought Gary was going to kill her like he had killed all the other girls he pretended to be in love with. She had no way of knowing he was really in love with her and wanted to put the life of murder behind him. To Jennifer, the murdered detectives and she & Gary's "escape" from the basement area was just another part of Gary's sick game, so she took action.

This is irrelevant, but I just saw a mislabeled "goof" IMDB wrote about this film. It says "Gary chops the door with an axe instead of just opening it", but the door was locked. Once he smashed a big enough hole, he reached through and unlocked the door from the other side. Not so hard to miss.

[–] ethanbellamy 17 years ago

I know this is old but.......

Gary was a psycho who thought he owned her.
There is no way he would have been mr.hero with her.

He would have probably held her captive forever in a house.

Didn't seem like they would have a stable normal relationship after all that.

Not to mention the fact that he played all the other girls.
[Which she say when she looked in the album]
Screwing all the other girls that were captive = not a good boyfriend candidate.

[–] gold_nava17 13 years ago

I thought it was stupid how she became a serial killer! I mean i'm glad she's killing off all the bad people in the world, but it was kind of weird in this movie!