Am I the only one that had a serious problem with Eddie Stuffing money and drugs in his pants and the cops not finding it? Of course he would have been frisked right off the bat!! The whole premise of the movie goes to hell with this overlooked fact. I basically ignored it and still loved the movie. Personally they should have had him find the money and drugs and hid it somewhere. Trash can ouside. Anywhere but on his person. Opinions??
shareOf course he would have been frisked right off the bat!!As is standard procedure for anyone who reports a murder...
I wasn't questioning Him nt being frisked. I was saying how big a screwup that was in the movie that he wasn't. But then again they had to figure a way out for him to get away with the money and the NZT. Like I said I think they should have had him hide it somewhere and maybe go back for it. That would've made a lot more sense and not insult our intelligence.
shareHow is it a screw-up? Was he being arrested?
shareHas Silicon Heaven got anything to do with being stuck opposite Brigitte Nielsen in a packed lift?
Wouldn't mind frisking her...
Hes the only one in an apartment with a guy shot in thehead. Of course the police would aearch him. He knew that which is why he hid the nzt and money.
shareIts NOT a big screw up. This has been discussed at length on many threads when the movie first came out. Even a few cops weighed in. The general consensus was that the only true answer is "it depends". It really depends on the officer(s) on the scene and their assessment of the situation. It also depends on location. He would be treated as a witness and not a suspect since he called the cops. Since he clearly appeared to be shaken, some cops would pat him down and some would not. Its subjective how that would have gone down.
shareI just don't see how they could not search him. What if he had the murder weapon on him and simply patting him down would have solved the crime? It has to be part of procedure
shareYeah, I agree with you on that. But I also overlooked it for the sake of the movie.
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I'm going to have to say that it is. It's clear that he was taken to the police station for questioning. He doesn't own a car so obviously they took him there.
I can't imagine it isn't SOP for a cop to search someone that they are putting in their squad car.
He hid it in his back pocket...
shareI thought the same thing when I watched it. And when the Police barged in he said "I am the one who called you guys". That alone would not stop them searching him. I thought it was a weak part of the plot. He easily could have thrown the drugs back in the oven. I guess he was worried he wouldn't get a chance to go back and get them as the apartment would be cornered off as a crime scene investigation.
shareMy thoughts exactly. We could have been insulted in other ways though I still love the movie.
shareI let that go and also when he didn't repay the crazy Russian right away. I really liked the movie though.
I didn't have a problem with the lack of frisking by the cops but I had a huge problem with him forgetting about the Russian loan shark. He could've gone to Atlantic City and made $100K in a night. But they needed that 2nd antagonist. I wish they woulda used somebody from Verne's associates instead tho. Oh well.
shareDid you have a problem with his forgetting that his pills were in his jacket pocket when going in for the lineup at the police station?
shareI took issue with it, but it didn't ruin the film for me.
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It was a big gaff but I still enjoyed the movie. I would have preferred it if he found the cache, threw it out the window or something and then called the cops because that would have been a little more believable. Its standard procedure for a police officer to frisk someone on a crime scene. Especially after he took so long to answer the door.
shareRemember the part where he said it took the cops forever to show up?
In what world do robbers/murderers stay at the crime seen for hours (I assume) after committing a crime? I mean I can understand that it's possible that he would get patted down/searched, but far from a guarantee imo.
I got patted down for driving on a suspended license in San Francisco. I loved this movie but they really didnt think out that part of the movie.
Well a quick google search tells me it's not uncommon to do a pat down on someone driving with a suspended license. I don't see why it would be automatic that police would do a pat-down on someone who called them in and then waited for them in the apartment for perhaps a couple of hours, and showed no signs of being on drugs or anything.
shareIm pretty sure he was talking about when they put him on hold and he was waiting on the phone. The actual arrival after talking to them was faster.. I think. They would have searched him for sure though. A few odd parts like this in the movie it was fun though.
shareAlso he took so long to answer the door, which would have had me as a cop question if he was stealing drugs during that interim. What reasons would somebody have for delaying the opening the door quickly after being stuck in an apartment with a grisly body?
What if he had to take a piss? And if you as a police officer show up hours after you were called, why would you assume he's stealing drugs? Wouldn't most people stealing drugs get in and out as fast as possible?
shareI am not a person who usually watches a movie full of plot or CSI stuff nor am I a person who routinely reads mysteries, etc. My guilty pleasure is that I like to read true crime novels and view true crime documentaries.
It is not about this guy having to take a piss or if a person who had a need to take drugs would hang around. It is about the police viewing him as a possible suspect. This guy would be a suspect. Police departments DO let go people who they should interrogate/sustain or approach further.
When the police no longer interrogate him further, I knew that I needed to view this movie as a fairy tale.
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Let's say they frisked him and found the package. If they wanted to look in the bag with the drugs and money in it, I'm sure they'd need a warrant, or they'd need to arrest him.
Either way, let's say they found the bag, looked inside and found the money and the pills. The pils aren't illegal, so that's not an issue. The cash wouldn't tie him to the murder any more than being in the appartment would. Because he didn't shoot the gun, there would be no phsyical evidence on Eddie. So he'd walk, which is what he did in the movie.
Bottom line, even if they found the bag, he wouldn't be charged with anything. All he had to do is say he won the money in Vegas and they wouldn't have charged him with anything.
As I said, the pills are not illegal, so the police couldn't take them off him or charge him with anything.
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As I said, the pills are not illegal and at some point the police would realize that - they may have done some testing. They can only hold him in police custody for a short period of time, so any testing would have needed to be done quickly.
As far as the cash is concerned, you don't know too much about money laundering legislation, if you think $1,000 is close to a suspicious amount. All he has to tell them is he made the money selling the legal pills and they couldn't charge him with anything.
All of that is based on 'if' he was searched.
"If you get in bed with the devil, sooner or later you have to fook."
Yeah, I'm surprised the cops didn't frisk him, especially at a murder scene. It was pretty unbelievable. Maybe the cops were stupid rookies (LOL!).
I wonder if he shouldn't have hid the pills back in the oven or in a coffee can in the fridge, then come back a few days later. Actually, I'm not sure why he didn't just search the apartment for the pills first, then call the police from a pay phone after he found them and take off.