I wanted him to kill them all, especially the girl. I was supposed to be pulling for her to get away? Ridiculous. She's a lazy idiot who doesn't want a job and just wants to steal someone else's money and I'm supposed to hope she gets away? Dumb.
shareBut, he has a woman chained up in the basement. So, the old man should die.. I'm glad Rocky got away and helped her little sister. But, didn't the police find the dead woman in the basement?
shareIt was the writer's attempt at giving sympathy to the intruders. It didn't work. They still broke into his house with intent on stealing from him. They were all douchebags. I wanted them all to perish.
Was the blind guy bad? Sure. If you wanted us to hate him, give us his story first and make him a bad guy. But we dont' see that until well into the movie where the intruders are already douchebags
i'm thinking the writers wanted us to feel for rocky hearing that she did worse in deleted scenes that they deleted maybe for that reason and they could not use the other ending if there really was an ending of rocky never being able to leaven the house being trapped somewhere thanks to blind man.i'm not feeling like they did right by this by having rocky not do this by herself and she must of had bad taste in men for a reason.
shareI felt sorry for Rocky too.I also wondered why Rocky chose Money. for a boyfriend. Maybe, it's because some women like bad boys and Money was a bad boy.
shareWas the blind guy bad? Sure. If you wanted us to hate him, give us his story first and make him a bad guy. But we dont' see that until well into the movie where the intruders are already douchebags.
you were pretty clearly supposed to hate the blind guy since he was a murderous psychopath. Alex and Rocky were at least somewhat sympathetic, with Rocky wanting to get away from her abusive parents and help the little girl (not sure if sister or daughter) and risk capture by helping the kidnapped woman. Alex didn't want to rob him and only ended up helping to get Rocky away from her family, and wanted to go with the cop option but Alex needed the money to get out of her bad situation. Money was definitely not remotely sympathetic though.
shareI think that is a rather astute assessment. It was rather twisted and went against the systematic norms. I think it also exhibited desperate measures for all involved, aside from Money who was simply a selfish prick. But I mean think of the area, you have downtrodden and pretty much screwed to heck Detroit a dismal, desperate and pretty much dead city. Seemed everyone had Detroit in them of just how messed up their environmental situation was.
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I think the idea was to introduce the thieves as jerks, and present the blind man as sympathetic, defending his home from intruders... only to then pull the rug out from under the audience's feet by revealing he had Cindy in the basement. It's a reversal of expectations.
And, anyway, there's plenty of movies with protagonists who are either unlikable or outright criminals.
I mean, really, how many times will you look under Jabba's manboobs?
It didnt work for me either, and I'm a woman. I couldn't have cared less about Rocky and was happy when he captured her again. Maybe if she had just tried to escape the house WITHOUT also trying to take the money, I could have sympathized w/her. I'm still upset w/the ending. I cannot stand a thief!
shareBut you can stand a kidnapper?
shareI'm not saying it was not wrong of the guy to kidnap the girl who killed his child. His actions were wrong, but my opinion about the thieves didn't suddenly change when that revelation was made. I still hated the intruders and wanted them all dead, esp. Rocky!
I just have no sympathy for them. They broke into his house and got what they deserved except Rocky as far as I'm concerned.
Death penalty for burglary? Sounds a bit severe.
But, didn't the police find the dead woman in the basement?
Nope, they wouldn't have found her. She was put in tar (?), and buried underground.
shareShe deserved it
I don't care about a troll who doesn't pay for his opinion telling me how to review movies.
They were all terrible pieces of crap.
I was rooting for the dog..
word.
Honestly, they were all pretty much horrible people. You could definitely sympathize to an extent with Rocky for wanting to take her and her sister away from their crappy home life. But yeah, breaking into houses, and stealing from a blind person especially, made it harder to feel for her.
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You're right Harold, DAMN robbers, they should all die!! Dumbass.
Well that would be a dumbass sentiment sweetie, but it's not mine.
shareWell that would be a dumbass sentiment sweetie, but it's not mine.
No, you were the one who said the thieves deserved to die for stealing. That's the sentiment I was referring to and repeated.
shareNo, you were the one who said the thieves deserved to die for stealing. That's the sentiment I was referring to and repeated.
Yes it does, treacle pit. Thanks for explaining, because some expressed a pretty sincere opinion that people should die for robbery.
shareI couldnt agree more !!!
share100% agree. There is a weirdo named MarwoodWalks who frequents these boards who says people should stand down when maniacs break into your house to rob, rape or kill you. It's a weird word we live in, Harold. Get this, he even says that you should go to jail for defending yourself in your own home.
I'm a real kewl kat.🐈
people should stand down when maniacs break into your house to rob, rape or kill you.
Get this, he even says that you should go to jail for defending yourself in your own home.
Hard to quote you when you had IMDb delete the thread because you reported it. You know what you said and you have to live with being a filthy liar.
I'm a real kewl kat.🐈
Why would I delete the thread that showed what a mental case you are?
You know what you said, that the Blind Guy wasn't a rapist or murderer and that what he did in the movie was OK.
Do you deny that?
"I'll hit you with so many rights you'll be begging for a left."
I Never said that, jerk.
All I said, and you know this, is that he had every right to kill the intruders.
Stop lying. You sicken us.
I'm a real kewl kat.🐈
Interestingly I thought about getting a gun a few years back but decided against it. Nothing against guns, just not for me. I am however in really good shape. I keep bats positioned around my house where I can reach for one and swing it hard if I need to (I play about 70-80 softball games a year).
My neighbor across the street actually had her house broken into. She's elderly and alone. I'm pretty well built and I'll swing a bat in my front yard just for fun sometimes, so I think anyone around knows not to mess with me. Not that I'm saying I'm a big stud, but enough of one that if you broke into my house, you'd leave a cripple.
I'm pretty well built and I'll swing a bat in my front yard just for fun sometimes, so I think anyone around knows not to mess with me.
I think the film attempts to evoke sympathy for the girl because at the bottom line she is a far more relatable character than the old man, but I don't think the filmmakers intended for you to morally side with either. The thieves are portrayed as scum for burglarising homes, the old man is portrayed as scum for what he does to the woman who killed his daughter. I don't think you're supposed to compare the two sides and try to find a moral victor. The irony is that the thieves manage to become more sympathetic than the blind, elderly man they are home-invading and robbing, but I don't think the film asks you to excuse either character's actions.
Look at the ending. Yes the girl gets away with the money, but the old man gets away too. Police are called into his home and at the end of it he is labelled a hero who defended his home, his kidnapping and abuse of the woman is never discovered. It's a very neutral ending if you ask me.
Yeah I was pissed off she lived AND got the money. Ultimately, I agree that the blind man was in the wrong for the basement hostage situation, but you could argue that he's just lost the plot after his daughter's death (we have no clue as to his character before this event) - he was a Veteran, so may have sacrificed a lot, but equally may have been an aggressive lunatic.
The thieves I had very little sympathy for and none for the first guy that gets it as doesn't have any qualms about robbing a blind guy. Granted the girl came from a troubled family but you don't need that much damn money to start a new life - there was no talk of perhaps taking half and leaving him with the rest - but no, they want to rob him of all his cash not long after his daughter's passing. I thought they were all despicable but I could at least relate to the man's pain - I could not relate to their greed, and plenty of people start a new life with hardly any cash because things get to a point of being so bad, they just have to.
I was hoping that for the scene where she's in the car, she'd decide to make a dash for the money instead of driving away to safety, only for her plan to backfire and her wind up getting mauled by the dog!
That's how I felt too. As a grown adult w/a home, I could relate to a homeowner protecting his home and killing intruders. Now, the hostage situation he had going on in the basement was completely insane, but I could still sympathize w/his loss and the fact that these ppl are trying to steal his money.
I could not sympathize w/the robbers at all!