Obviously not intended to be realistic, but still...

(3) Why was this dreadful film even made?

(4) Why was it so stupid?

(5) Why was it so fascistic?

(6) Why was it so cruel to both humans and animals?

(7) Is the director really a moron, or was he just faking that?

(8) Why would an excellent actor like Collin Ferral appear in this dreck?
Did he need a paycheck that badly?






Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

I don't know much about tennis or squash, but I have thoughts about your second question. That scene bothered me too.

I think that, since the loners were there to inflict psychological torture and not to actually kill anyone, that they achieved their goal perfectly. In their dystopian society, people prefer to live solitary lives, so it is difficult for anyone to believe a couple's devotion is real.

By convincing the couple that one of them must die, then handing the man the gun and having him choose to shoot his lover, thinking that he was saving himself, they succeeded perfectly in destroying their relationship, which was the goal of the loners all along.

Had he shot at the loners with the unloaded gun, or shot himself, he would have defended his relationship, proving the point that love conquers all and is worth any risk. That would have gone against the theme of the movie.