Worth a viewing for Cage, but the end part of the film makes no sense. In regards to the choices that Elijah Wood's character makes. It is incredibly dumb and made the movie totally fall apart. I understand his concern with realizing that they were dealing with a huge criminal element that would hunt them down. However, to let the girl use a phone, and then to turn on Cage was ridiculous. It ruined the movie.
shareHowever, to let the girl use a phone, and then to turn on Cage was ridiculous. It ruined the movie
Elijah Wood's character should have known the instant they spotted the diamonds that he was in this to the end. There was no going back at that point. Surrender the loot and you're dead for knowing about the vault. He should have followed through.
Stupid.
Nah most heist films are successful heists that go bad when either they turn on each other afterwards or at the very end or they get hunted down. Hell the most successful heist film of all time is a group of guys go into a casino, they pull off their plan overcoming hitches along the way and get away with the loot (Ocean's 11). People generally dont want to watch bozo morons in heist films unless its a physical comedy or somethign.
shareIt's certainly not the ending I was hoping for, but I don't think by any means it was dumb. Wood was the weaker character and the film exploited this (his recreational use of drugs, fondness for women, fear of the heist and its consequences, compassion for a 3-year-old boy alone without his mum, the knowledge that Cage was going to kill the girl in cold blood, etc). So I can see his rationale for allowing her to make a phone call - it was a moment of weakness brought about by compassion.
As for the moment he turned on Cage, let us not forget how Cage was on the brink of shooting him when he wouldn't reopen the vault door. If that had been you or me we'd probably also have thought "Right, I'm going to get you for that". I don't think he believed Cage at that time when he was told there were two air tickets to Bermuda, hence the pause and surprised look when he found them on Cage's corpse. Bear in mind too he returned all the diamonds to their vault drawers, thereby 'absolving' himself of the crime and hopefully setting the record straight so he could continue life as normal. Had he not stopped Cage he would also have been 'in' and therefore fearful of the consequences.
So in a nutshell it played out feasibly, but just not in the way any of us expected or wished for.
I agree. I thought of the same thing. Dumb guy kills his partner and gets killed. Moreover he shot Cage without a warning. Did he think, letting off the girl and putting back all the stolen goods will absolve him of the crime? He seriously ruined the movie for me.
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