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What does he say in one scene?


Hi, mild spoilers alert...

In a scene where Richard finally kidnaps that one man and also in a twist says that his brother was a spastic, when he tries to imitate Anthony, what does he say?

Sounds like "Ana, I cut my jaw. Na na na na na can't find my yo", but what is it, can anyone make it out, thanks.

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I found this happened a few times in this movie where the music would swell and it would drown out the actors’ voices. I loved this movie but I thought it was an odd choice by the director.

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2 AP, just to let you know, in that scene, the music DID NOT "drown" anything, rather, I was just curious what Paddy Considine's character meant/intended to say with the way he said what he said that imitated his dead brother, that he also called a "spastic" in that scene?

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When he was imitating his brother? I think he was just making stereotypical “spastic” sounds.

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When he kidnapped that man towards the end and asked him to stab him?

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Right. I just think it was general mockery.

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I also found it incredibly surprising and even SHOCKING that...

He went out of his way to kill those men out of vengeance for his brother's death but in the end dared to and managed to call him a "spastic" and say he was an "embarrassment" to him, I honestly did NOT see that coming.

In most if not all revenge films that I have seen, the avenger showed great love and respect to the related party whose death or humiliation they were avenging.

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He was saying that his brother was a ''fuckin' nana'' ['banana' slang for mental. pron. ''Nar-na''].

The rest was his impression of someone with learning difficulties.

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