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End of Movie Ambulance Question

posted 3 years ago by swishin48 (30)
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This is going over my head but why did Val commandeer the ambulance? Was she going to chase Viddick? The significance of this scene went over my head.

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[–] fzane (1105) 3 years ago

same. she owes her life to Viddick, so not sure wtf she is doing. i thought she had more honor than that. maybe she blames the deaths of all her comrades on Viddick, but if so, it's misplaced, and it all started with Teddy. so, maybe someone can explain what's going on here? i mean she sure ain't goin to find him to fuck him b/c she's married. yeah, i'm puzzled too.

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[–] johnnybiscotti (445) 3 years ago

It looked like yes, she is going to chase him because she is honor-bound to her duty as a cop.

It did seem contrived and a try-too-hard attempt to set up a sequel for a chase adventure, a cat and mouse action.

The rest of the film was pretty good as a tense thriller, with frightening and menacing violence.

That end scene with the "I'm gonna get you" ambulance and song did poor service to an otherwise good thriller.

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[–] VanZan (903) 3 years ago

Was just coming here to post that. Totally un-necessary silly ending to an otherwise entertaining movie. As fzane said Viddick saved her life ffs. Just let him go.

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[–] gbu (579) 3 years ago

Also where was the ambulance that the original 2 paramedics arrived in?
Its nowhere to be seen in any of the outside shots of the station.

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[–] RogueDemonHunter (2684) 3 years ago

Yeah. This is what annoyed me too.

She's suffering from a GSW and I guess is stable and no organs or important stuff hit, but she's still been shot and she chooses to go after the guy that saved her life. Come on...And whilst Viddick might have been a piece of shit, he was there to do a job and I don't think he hurt or killed any good guys. He didn't even loot the armoury or take drugs or cash from evidence or anything like that.

I'd have just let him be. It would be easy enough to setup a sequel with their paths crossing again at some point.

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

Um.

He murdered TWO PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HER. That's *literally* Her Job.

Are you guys kidding?

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[–] RogueDemonHunter (2684) 3 years ago

Yeah, he killed the bent cop that was about to take her head off with a shotgun. I'd let that slide personally. Who else did he kill?

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

Did you watch the movie? Asking honestly.

He's an ASSASSIN. She's a cop. It is her JOB to track down and arrest him. She watched him kill TWO PEOPLE. . .the FBI agent, and the one he went there to kill. You seem to think that because the agent was crooked, she should get a pass for that. Greyzone debate aside, one thing is for sure: She doesn't get to make that call.

None of this is in dispute; not sure what your confusion is.

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[–] RogueDemonHunter (2684) 3 years ago

Yes I watched the film and I really liked it.

Quite frankly, fuck the FBI agent and fuck the other guy. They're pieces of shit. He clearly had no issue with the cop. She's injured and will clearly get her ass handed to her if she tries to get him. You have to pick your battles. This is not something she will win. Hence letting it go.

I admire your righteousness in her position, but it will get up getting her killed.

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

I liked it too. . .not sure why it's not better received. Shrug.

While I may personally agree w/your sentiments, I'm simply responding to the idea that was floated that she was somehow being unreasonable or illogical/silly. She's a cop. That's her job. She's doing it. "Pick your battles" doesn't apply, in this situation. It's quite literally Her Job, which she swore an oath to do. Endof.

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[–] RogueDemonHunter (2684) 3 years ago

Are you seriously saying if you were in her position, you'd go after the guy who just offed two people who were trying to kill you as if it was nothing? I mean, I get where you're coming from but I think even the most by the book, goody goody police officer would question chasing him after saving their life twice.

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

I'm probably not being clear. What I'm saying is, regardless of what *I* would do in that situation (I'm actually not sure), it's by no means unusual or unreasonable for her to act according to her job and her oath, and chase the assassin who killed two people in front of her, created a large part of that situation in the first place, and will definitely continue in his actions as part of a murderous criminal organization.

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[–] RogueDemonHunter (2684) 3 years ago

What about the recklessness angle? She's injured, on her way to hospital and she decides to commandeer an ambulance. You think that would go down well with the next in command? From what I gather there is a lot of paperwork and red tape in law enforcement. If she died, I imagine the police could wash their hands of her and not pay out to her family as in their eyes, what she was doing was not sanctioned.

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

I come from a family w/a significant amount of cops, so I can tell you definitively: It depends 😎

There are a LOT of steps in the decision chain, that would lead to her getting in trouble. Far too many of which are, frankly, arbitrary. But I think we're getting away from my (only) point, which is fairly simple. What she did was not out of character for her as described, or unreasonable for a police officer at its most basic.

OR (maybe most importantly) thematically jarring, for the action movie story they told.

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[–] SweetTooth43 (2047) 3 years ago

"Pick your battles" kinda does apply. She called out the Code 3 and everybody was arriving at the scene. She lost a lot of blood, was shot twice and was in no shape to go after a trained killer. It would make no sense, duty bound or not, to pursue at that point.

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[–] Goliard (1420) 3 years ago

In the real world? Definitely. In an action movie, where characters are blown up, shot, pummeled, chewed up, spat out, and keep ticking? Not At All. If you want to start applying real-life physics and physiology to these movies, you're in for a Long night.

This film doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a popcorn actioner. It's consistent within that framework.

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[–] MonStar (12890) 3 years ago

It is this simple: Val commandeered the ambulance to chase Viddick, so they could both sing the same song to the camera before the credits rolled.

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

In hopes for a sequel.

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