Picking Nits
Confusing Frank-Jessie relationship; unclear ending detail; Leo's mall investment; easy baby stealing
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- The Caan-Weld relationship is confusing; per the director's commentary, editing surgery made it seem like an eight-month back-and-forth, but the leap from yanking her out of a nightclub is still odd.
- Her Bogota story is as crazy as his, and believable for the girlfriend of a cocaine dealer.
- Something at the end is not made obvious enough, which Mann has acknowledged, and the final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's.
- Was Leo's shopping-mall deal that bad? Malls took off in the 80s and it's a perfect way to launder money.
- You get far less than face value for stolen goods ($800,000 from a $4 million robbery), and $800,000 in the bank invites an audit, so trust Prosky; alternate Thief 2 with Weird Science filmed in their mall.
- Is baby stealing this easy, and how do stolen babies get Social Security cards? Hospital delivery rooms are monitored like banks.
- Asked if he was a stolen baby, the reply is "I wouldn't know." — Chris Ryan