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I thought Brolin and the team thought that Alejandro was dead when they see the aerial drone view of his shooting, in fact they're glad they didn't have to be the ones to do the job. And Alejandro might not be sure that they were going to kill him, Brolin suggested that they had to dispose of the girl, but he didn't imply Alejandro's fate (other than the "they're cutting ties" hint).
So, in the end, Brolin might not even know Alejandro is alive, and Alejandro might not have a reason to go after Brolin, especially after "saving" Isabel (he says she would go into witness protection) and not necessarily knowing that their orders (given by the US government) were to kill both of them. He might just assume that they left him for dead after he was shot in the desert.
What Peyrol said plus they flashed their vehicle lights/siren to "scare away" the boy, so he also knew he was someone related to a law enforcement agency.
It lead to a closed door, so he decided to just ask the neighbors if they knew about tunnels and if he could take a look inside their houses to see it they lead there. That's the most logical approach.
I'm joking, I'd have taken an axe and I would have torn that door to pieces and I had watched myself where it lead to.
If you didn't watch the rest of the series, then it's good you didn't get to see Ben's girlfriend, Lucy. Well, I guess.
I guess OP meant Erectile Dysfunction, even if "ED" is used more commonly on social networks for "Eating Disorders" (oh, the joy of being young).
It reassured her that he rented the house. It was not only the electric brush, he had small bottles of shampoo and soap on the bathtub, pointing out he was there only (very) temporarily.
It seems that the movie wanted to make clear that cops are incompetent morons. First the dispatch woman ("No units available right now") then the patrol car. IMHO she should have called again 911 and tell them she was a black woman and she had just shot a white dude that was passing by. I'm sure there would have been units available for that, they would have even deployed helicopters.
The website Keith used to rent the house, an Airbnb clone.
<blockquote>Another question I have is why would this guy want all these women to have these babies?</blockquote>
Not a nice thing to think about but the pregnancies, as you said, were probably a byproduct of the raping. From the presence of cages in the caves we can assume he had more that a girl/woman trapped down there at the same time. And, sorry to even say this out loud, having babies around (girls) was convenient if he also was into young girls and he saved himself from abducting extra victims. Now we can only wonder what happened when a boy was born because I guess he had no use for them.
<blockquote>I do feel the scene where the old dude kills himself seemed a bit off (why exactly did he do it?)</blockquote>
He didn't seem in very good shape, the woman didn't seem to want to go near him so we can assume she didn't take care of him. By the way he looked, he couldn't take care of himself either. All of that plus AJ teasing that the cops would be all around soon might explain why he killed himself. He was already in his final stretch and he didn't want to be caught by the police after getting away with all his crimes for 40+ years...
He says <i>"And she ain't even the worst thing that's in there"</i> (no plural). Like @acelesson I assumed he was talking about the man, since he knew about all the kidnapping, raping, offspring,... that had been happening in that house (which was way worse that the woman herself, since she was somehow another of his victims). Probably he didn't see all of that himself but stories were told (and once you saw the woman around the neighborhood at night you could trust the rest of stories).
<blockquote>Don't Breathe 2's post-credits scene shows the dog Norman befriends return to the gang's headquarters, where it begins licking Norman's hand and then quietly lays next to him. Just then, his fingers start to twitch before the movie cuts to black one final time.</blockquote>
From what I understood Norman didn't die, so it's open to a sequel. Plus it seems like it's in the works:
<blockquote>While discussing the character of Norman Nordstrom, aka The Blind Man, in the Don't Breathe franchise with ComingSoon.net and what it is that draws him back to certain roles, Lang stated pretty matter-of-factly that he will “enjoy filming Don't Breathe 3" — which certainly sounds like it's already happening</blockquote>
I thought it was also a word game with "Airbnb" since you can spell "Barbarian" with its letters.
<blockquote>Turns out, that probably never even happened</blockquote>
The store scene did happen, when the kid is unwrapping his gift, the box is from "Keanny Model Railroad Shoppe". We have to assume that the store (hence that scene) was real.
Feminism.
Did you forget that Rocky broke into his home with his friends and caused the death of Cindy?
There's a lot of movies where the "bad guy" character is open to debate. "Law abiding citizen", "Prisoners" are just two that come to mind right now.
I would recommend you to read warrior-poet's excellent post on the subject here:
https://moviechat.org/tt6246322/Dont-Breathe-2/60dcbee6f1ce1c2e0a6090ae/Wait-so-now-hes-a-good-guy?reply=61327e720b4f1b1c4bbdb90c
<blockquote>Be quiet.</blockquote>
No, why should I?
<blockquote>And I would like to know how the doctor planned to do things. If Phoenix needs to be kept alive because her heart will die that quickly... How quickly did he think he'd be able to cut the mom open and make the swap? Also bearing in mind his goal was for the mom to live.</blockquote>
They were just insane. Both of them. That's why the doctor says <i>"I hope you understand the high risks of this procedure"</i>, he knew it wasn't going to work. I don't think they had a bypass machine, which would have been needed to keep the mother alive while the doctor swapped the hearts. Not to mention that the homemade <i>medical facility</i> was awful and didn't look clean enough to prevent complications from an infection.
<blockquote>And also for what it's worth, when Norman goes after her, he doesn't know what their plans for her are, he's simply looking to get her back.</blockquote>
Whatever their plans would have been, nothing good could come from a couple who already almost killed her daughter before while cooking meth in their basement. And Norman knew that because he heard it in the news.
<quote>She stole that girl and kept her prisoner. He saved her for selfish reasons. There was no redemption.</quote>
The girl escaped from a burning house because her real parents cooked meth in their basement, he accidentally stumbled on her. It is shown in the movie that he hears in the news about the meth lab, so I'm guessing he decided that he could give her a better life than her real parents or the child protective services. Sure, it was also selfish on his side but what was best for Tara/Phoenix? Go back to jail-daddy or meth-cooking-mommy (while daddy was in jail for years), or spend her childhood in an orphanage or in foster homes?
Ironically, she is the one who decides she'd rather live in the shelter. But for eight years she had a home, a father figure, an education, and even a cool dog, Shadow.