I do not understand why he checked on his wife before he could have saved his son from being killed.
This seems to me to be ridiculously unrealistic. I though the Father would grab a weapon and run up the stairs, ASAP, as he knew what they had planned for his son, his wife was not in any imminent danger.
The only explanation is he cares more about his wife maybe ?
Is this just me ?
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The difference is he did not have the opportunity to escape when his wife was being raped. He did try but he had someone guarding him.
He checked on his wife while his son was being butchered, didn't you think this was strange? Especially as his wife wasn't in any imminent danger.
i thought it was more bizarre that he didn't dial 999 before going off. If he had been killed whilst trying to rescue his family, everyone else would have been murdered too surely?
Dial 999
Check wife so that she can help you rescue your son
check son is ok and tell him you're there...... don't waste your time beating up the scum bag, save your energy for your family.
I thought that too it was very odd considering you could hear them start to torture him upstairs so he must have known it was happening and tbh i may sound cold but if his wife was dead in there he couldnt do anything about also after his son was dying and he was told to call 999 he kinda wondered around a bit and took his time a little tht really confused me too
shareI guess he thought that maybe there could have been more people in the house hiding. And, there was...the little chav boy.
shareThe director was showing how guilt overwhelms reasoning at times. The husband's last intimate moment with his wife was an argument. The fact that he checks on his wife first shows that in the end despite how things have been between them recently he loves his wife deeply and felt horrible that he couldn't protect or save her. People tend to have a lot of regrets when they are in life threatening moments and their family is in imminent danger.
sharei thought either dial 999 or leave wife with phone while you go upstairs....last thing you wanna do is both end up upstairs without even calling the police (although that could have extended the movie 30mins)
shareI know this is an old post, but I just wanted to add one thing. First, let me say I haven't seen this film, so maybe the husband's actions would make more sense to me when viewed (I was reading posts to decide if the film was worth watching).
Anyway...
I have a son. If something happened to my child, anything at all, because my partner chose to check on me first, I'd never forgive the partner.
Children come first. Always.
I'd much rather endure pain, or even die, because somebody's actions ensured my child was safe first, than to live at the cost of something happening to said child.
It goes without saying that things would work the same if roles were reversed. Regardless of how much I loved a partner, and how important they were to me, my son would come first. His safety would always come before anyone else's.
Heck, I'm not sure the son deserved their attention first. If it wasn't for him, none of that horrible stuff would have happened. Their son fell in with the wrong crowd and hoodlums attacked them to get to him. I'm not convinced that the son was really any better than the boys who attacked them.
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