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The structure is lacking SPOILERS

posted 18 years ago by thomasar2002
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You just have to keep asking yourself why. There are many posts here that ask some of the whys this movie creates but none (so far as I've read) that ask some of the biggest whys.

Why would anyone send a five man assassin squad to kill one person? Yes the news says he's a recluse but come on. Forget the horrifically complicated plan of killing the son so you can kill the father at the funeral it's idiotic. Simply put a sniper outside his window and wait. Or, as what eventually does happen, catch him on his yacht or in transit some other way. I understand this movie isn't taking home any Oscars but someone comes to me with a script that on page 2 has five super high speed low drag assassins preparing to kill one ordinary citizen and I'm going to send them packing.

Another why, why did this move get the green light?

[–] TheJigsaw 18 years ago

I agree, but in Hollywood there will always be a person willing to put money even on the stupidet project.

BTW, the billinaire was said to be an obstcle to progress (he criticized the president's policies) but in what way was he one?

[–] hehasthekeys 18 years ago

He opposed stem cell research.

[–] monocreif 18 years ago

He opposed stem cell research....so they were going to assassinate hime (they being the government?)....only they were going to assassinate the assasinator because he'd go public? And they put an FBI agent in charge of doing so? Only she was withholding information from the FBI? And the nerdy chessassin got WIFI in the woods? And his laptop survived a helicopter crash?

[–] xSinistradx 17 years ago

Haha, "chessassin"... hilarious.

[–] motherscratcher 18 years ago

I agree. After the movie was over, the first thing I asked my wife was "Why in the world did Morgan Freeman need 4 other guys to help him assassinate that guy?" It made no sense at all. Especially bringing in the 4th guy, who he didn't know, when he already had 3 guys he didn't need.

Don't you think that Cusack or Freeman would have asked this upon reading the script?

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