Picking Nits
The lawyer’s inaction; image technology; awkward dialogue; score; implausible behavior
In the discussion (8)
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- The lawyer could have destroyed the reel, claimed it was unusable, or hired a sham investigator rather than enable the real inquiry.
- The image-enhancement technology is questioned as too advanced for 1999; a counterargument notes the stated expense and effort for one usable image.
- The discussion places this beside contemporary films exaggerating internet and surveillance capabilities.
- Max’s extensive underground knowledge is questioned.
- The greeting about the wife’s textbook business is criticized as unnatural exposition.
- The score’s Middle Eastern flavor is considered an odd fit; a noir approach is preferred.
- The investigator’s professed dislike of Miami is doubted; his concealed smoking is then considered a revealing detail about the marriage.
- His failure to disguise himself during undercover work is mocked, and the lack of conventional detective narration is noted.