Who was the "burglar" who was shot and buried? The announcer on the
TV in the bar mentions something about bodies going missing from mortuaries. How was that incidental newscast related to the story? The newscast is in the background of the bar scene; was it relevant or a throw-away?
I liked this movie and I really liked the book it was based on, as Joe R. Lansdale is one of my favorite authors. The only thing I can't figure out is who the "burglar" was. It isn't explained in the movie at all, and though its been a few years since I read the book, it isn't explained in the book either. Any theories? Or is it just a gaping plot hole?
shareI thought it was just some bum the cops used. He was probably told Dane's house was easy pickings for a burglary and no one was home. There was one point in the movie where they showed a closeup of a drug addict/homeless person laying against a building.
shareSince when is something that hasn't been explained to you on the level of a mental midget a 'plothole'? If only people knew what words meant, maybe then we could start a conversation...
shareHoly cow. I keep waiting for the question, "And why did Dexter have a mustache?" at the end of some these posts.
People, for the love of all that's sacred, the actual identity of the burglar is inconsequential to the plot of this movie. I was barely paying attention to this flick and could figure that out. Wow.
The cops in this film showed they where capable of druging a man and leaving him to die on the rail tracks. So, I suppose they're capable of setting a man up to be killed as a home intruder.
I personally prefer story lines that make you think. Not as much as say The Sopranos ending! (Still doing my head in that).
I agree with you. I was thinking that myself, that the police might have told some vagrant that house would be empty, so go ahead and burglarize it if you want some easy pickings.
But even without that, who the burglar was is unimportant to the movie as it stands.
It isn't a "plot hole", it just doesn't matter.
How could the cops possibly know that Richard would shoot and kill the intruder?
shareThey couldn't know. But, I reckon they thought there was a strong possibility. Entering someone's home 'uninvited' in the USA is a dangerous hobby! With the second amendment and all.
shareI don't think they set anyone up, they just waited until there was an unimportant dead guy around that they could then claim was Freddy. The intruder was a nobody, Richard was a nobody, and once the shooting happened it provided the cops with an opportunity they'd been looking for. If the intruder had been somebody to someone, it wouldn't have been a good choice to pin it on and they would have waited for someone else/some other incident.
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