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Cape Fear

Picking Nits

Why flee after double murder instead of inviting police to the house? Correction that they call from road does not resolve fugitive framing.

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  • Why flee after double murder instead of inviting police to the house? Correction that they call from road does not resolve fugitive framing.
  • Baker’s death disliked; failure to inspect obvious maid disguise at two in morning suggests poor work or drinking.
  • Three hours beneath car seems implausible; making-of documentary reportedly defends it, without explanation supplied here.
  • Reported car-free Bald Head Island access conflicts with depiction; miniature boat effects recalled.
  • Never discussing Cady again after prolonged trauma implausible.
  • Repeated blind-closing / door-locking routine and airline clerk disclosing travel details questioned; another finds disclosure believable.
  • Why Sam does not shoot Cady rather than hire ineffectual attackers questioned; implied legal permission is host assertion only.
  • Three attackers splitting thousand-dollar fee is a pet peeve; fifteen hundred preferred, chain-holder might take four hundred. Metallic fight sound effects praised.