![]() Normally, this would be a formula for disaster - but fortunately, the high quality of the film-making twists the film into an edge-of-the-seat suspenseful waiting game as we watch with horror the one cop's encounter with the insanity of pure evil. The most obvious instance of this is in the finale itself, which could be guessed at least 5 minutes ahead of time. There's one odd flaw in the film - about half-way through, I found that I had learned to "expect the unexpected" from the film, which meant that the rest of the film was predictable in a bizarre way - simply decide where the expected move would be, and then expect the unexpected move instead. The two characters are also brilliantly acted by Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt (probably his best performance). The strengths of the film include an odd relationship between the two lead cops, who seem loosely based on the two lead cops of the "Lethal Weapon" series, but who (thankfully) never play for laughs, and never really become "buddies" - the young cop is too arrogant, and the older cop has too much experience, which the young cop refuses to acknowledge. The second one however was probably dumped earlier since it is included among the dailies and outtakes and the first one appears as a deleted scene.ĭespite clichés, and a very depressing finale, this is one of the best-made films of its era and genre. She knows that Somerset is much more sensible than her husband, and will understand her. These two scenes establish Somerset's characters better, and the second one helps the viewer understand why the wife chooses Somerset to talk to when she gets pregnant. She tells him that it wouldn't be such a good idea to show it to David, saying "He wouldn't understand.". He tells her about the house and shows her the wallpaper. There is an extended scene at the Mills' when David (Brad Pitt) is playing with his dogs, and Somerset talks to Tracy. He uses his switchblade (seen many times in the final cut, but not explained) to cut out a small piece of wallpaper. USA laserdisc edition adds a few scenes deleted from theatrical release as a bonus at the end of the program, including: a prologue where Somerset (Morgan Freeman) is going to buy a country house. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets!ĭavid Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself? ![]() After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. ![]() a disgusting man who could barely stand up a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man. David Mills: Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people. ![]()
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