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Worst detective in (non-comedy) film history?

posted 11 years ago by hansbizarre
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I think we should compile all the reasons why Dennis Quaid's character is an apallingly bad detective and then decide if he's the worst that's ever appeared in a film. (A lot of these were mentioned by others in other threads)

#1 - Doesn't look for a past connection between the two/three already-discovered Horsemen until nearing the end of the film. The fact that they all saw the same psychiatrist would be an easy fact to unearth.

#2 - Doesn't interview the woman they found in the closet? Did I miss a scene or something? What the hell happened there - she was the only one who had any chance of identifying the Horsemen and she just vanishes from the film? What the freak?

#3 - Doesn't bother to find out what the Exodus Bible verse on the memory card refers to. Did I miss something again? Why the hell show that in the film if you're not going to explain what it means - are we all supposed to know every verse of Exodus off by heart?

#4 - Doesn't check the building he's about to raid for any back exits (eg: fire escpases) that the suspect would certainly escape through.

#5 - Believes the ideal response to finding out that the apocalypse is coming tomorrow is to sit at your desk in the police station staring at the web page until your boss tells you to work another case.

artspear.com - just throwing it out there

[–] j_walking1516 10 years ago

I also wanna know why he was so tired all the time lol he was just constantly exhausted for no real reason

[–] Judimex 10 years ago

Why wouldn´t he hire a housekeeper or nanny to look after the boys as he obviously was not doing a good job.
His character was very irritating.

If it harms none, do what thou wilt.

[–] eps_leon 9 years ago

I'm not even sure he is supposed to be a detective.

Supposed to be some highly specialised forensic guy for teeth but he solves murder cases instead of just doing the lab work/evidence collection?

I don't know the inner workings of the CSI/detective process, but that seems highly inefficient. Was he trying to be Dick Van Dyke?

[–] SpikeHat 8 years ago

**spoilers follow, as if I could wreck this movie**

I just watched "Horseshi+" haha, and couldn't stand how they did the "interview" scenes treating ZZ is if she's Hannibal. Quaid never asks her questions like a detective would, and instead listens to her smug ramblings as if she is a brilliant criminal.

And when he bullies the tattoo rig builder into saying "Okay I made 4 of them" Quaid just says a glib "Thanks" and leaves, like that's all we need to know!

How bout when he went nuts on his boss saying "Armageddon is tomorrow" and he has to solve the crime by himself; then the boss says "Okay I'll give you 24 hours." What a pushover moron for a boss! bwahaha