What’s Aged the Worst?
Domestic violence, Amy’s lost authority, old computers, missing boxing and nightclub scenes, and lost Raiders tickets.
In the discussion (8)
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- The film treats possessive obsession and violence as evidence of love.
- Taking the officer's Raiders tickets denies him a chance to see peak Bo Jackson and sends him to mall duty instead.
- Old police computers with green text. — Bill Simmons
- The cousin's nightclub scene is too brief to explore its world. — Bill Simmons
- Veteran investigator Amy inexplicably lets Raymond take over, with his physical assertion of power carrying a sexual charge.
- A boxing-training scene could establish Raymond's toughness; his actual fighting offers little support for his reputation.
- The film's overall attitude toward domestic violence is condemned.
- Garcia's angry laughing mannerism is enjoyed but questioned as an effective reaction to his wife.