It's always interesting reviewing films with the benefit of hindsight.
I watched this just after it was released and I would have been in my mid twenties and loved it.
I just re-watched it and thought hang on. Far too many whys.
Why did they take his wife? They must have had her suitcase to get who they were and where they were staying. Why not just ring from the reception and go 'hey, I have your case, you have mine lets swap' Job done, no movie. Why did Mrs Walker go downstairs and not make sure her husband knew where she was going? Why did they keep asking 'have you got it' when there was no way he could have known what they were talking about, the trigger was sealed in the statue. My first thought when he went through the bag was why did she have a statue of liberty when the flight was from San Francisco. And why the cigarettes when she didn't smoke? Then, why put the whole suitcase in the locker when it had her personal items in it? Yep, saw the lingerie. She would have needed her stuff. How did she know there were no drugs in the case? She said she had done it before but this time they didn't say what she was carrying? So she assumed no drugs because they said so? No one cared that they had a dead guy in the car when they dumped it.?She wouldn't take the Doctors money but demanded her money from the kidnappers before handing it over. Her involvement actually made no sense as time went on, she could have easily got her money and left. How come they never heard Walker bumbling about on the roof with the suitcase (which was an absolutely lame scene) but heard him when he bumped something in the the bathroom. Why was he naked in bed? They would have checked the apartment for other people before interrogating her, wouldn't they? Why was he naked? She wasn't. Why didn't his wife ask who she was at the end, she had no clue? And why not involve the Police....in anything!
Yeah, a bit too much style over substance, it's a 2.
I watched this just after it was released and I would have been in my mid twenties and loved it.
I just re-watched it and thought hang on. Far too many whys.
Why did they take his wife? They must have had her suitcase to get who they were and where they were staying. Why not just ring from the reception and go 'hey, I have your case, you have mine lets swap' Job done, no movie. Why did Mrs Walker go downstairs and not make sure her husband knew where she was going? Why did they keep asking 'have you got it' when there was no way he could have known what they were talking about, the trigger was sealed in the statue. My first thought when he went through the bag was why did she have a statue of liberty when the flight was from San Francisco. And why the cigarettes when she didn't smoke? Then, why put the whole suitcase in the locker when it had her personal items in it? Yep, saw the lingerie. She would have needed her stuff. How did she know there were no drugs in the case? She said she had done it before but this time they didn't say what she was carrying? So she assumed no drugs because they said so? No one cared that they had a dead guy in the car when they dumped it.?She wouldn't take the Doctors money but demanded her money from the kidnappers before handing it over. Her involvement actually made no sense as time went on, she could have easily got her money and left. How come they never heard Walker bumbling about on the roof with the suitcase (which was an absolutely lame scene) but heard him when he bumped something in the the bathroom. Why was he naked in bed? They would have checked the apartment for other people before interrogating her, wouldn't they? Why was he naked? She wasn't. Why didn't his wife ask who she was at the end, she had no clue? And why not involve the Police....in anything!
Yeah, a bit too much style over substance, it's a 2.