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The bookie's actions don't make sense

posted 9 years ago by Lestat72
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The bookie thought the roommates told the police about him, so he went straight over there to menace, threaten, and possibly murder them? If he really believed they had gone to the police, wouldn't he expect the police to be watching both the bookie himself and the apartment? So how stupid would this successful career criminal have to be to commit multiple crimes with the police watching and probably listening?

Of course he wouldn't behave like that. His first priorities would be to avoid incriminating himself and to get his fake story straight with Marcus. He could have Marcus watch the roommates to make sure they don't flee while they wait to see if the police show up at their door with what evidence they already could gather. If the police didn't question them, then they'd know the roommates hadn't gone to the police and they could resume making millions of dollars with the machine.

[–] fant-3 9 years ago

All good points, but why would you bet some measly dollars on a race with a local bookie in the first place? How about Mega Millions? Powerball? Draftkings for *beep* sake... Not a terrible movie but that threw me off.

[–] Lestat72 9 years ago

Thanks for the reply.

I thought the same thing, but I wanted to target the least likely of behaviors. I suppose I could believe the gambler and his bookie sticking with what they know, at least in the short term. I generally enjoyed the movie, too, but with a plot like this, inconsistencies, implausibilities, and contradictions will really yank viewers out of the movie. Time travel movies need to be very careful to dot their "i"s and cross their "t"s, or (like Back to the Future) move things along so quickly that people won't notice problems until later.

[–] Professor59 9 years ago

Obviously, the smart thing for the bookie to do was kill them all and remove the middleman. Leaving them alive was just begging for trouble.