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I Dissapea
who killed the real & fake daughters???
Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
Norman Wilner
SPOILER SPACE
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>who killed the real & fake daughters???
>Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
Both Odette and her stand-in were presumably killed by Michael Rapaport's
character, the ex-cop bodyguard to Felix Malroux, with the help of the phony
Rhea Malroux.
The real Odette was probably abducted by Rapaport's character in the parking
lot of the club, according to the original plan; otherwise, how would the
story stand up? Of course, he might not have had to physically abduct her,
as he was known to her. Perhaps he just picked her up that night, and that
was that.
Norm Wilner
Starweek Magazine
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"Norman Wilner" <xnwi...@xidirect.xcom> wrote:
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It was a joke. They didn't even bother to build a real plot. Woody's
comic presence helped alleviate the need for stuff like that. It made
no sense to get him out of prison to play a role in the alledged
kidnapping. The plot was never remotely plausible. They didn't
even bother trying to make the audience care about any plot. It
is the worst example of this I have ever seen. I'm betting, though,
that as time goes on, it will be topped by something worse.
Mike Rice
Job3:14
idis...@aol.com (I Dissapea) wrote:
>who killed the real & fake daughters???
Elizabeth Shue and Michael Rapaport.
>Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
They killed her the night we saw her at the dance club, this was
apparent from the fact that she was wearing the same clothes as that
night when her body was found. Either killed and kept in storage
somewhere, which makes more sense because Shue and Rapaport were out
and about town and didn't have time to keep the girl trapped, or she
was trapped in a shed somewhere and they killed her the day her body
was found, less likely.
By the way, great movie. But I saw the first twist coming a mile
away, the way the camera stayed on the "friend" in the club scene for
so long so that we could get a good look at her, combined with the
fact that we didn't see the daughter too well in the pool scene when
we first see her, made the twist way too obvious. But I didn't see
the second twist coming at all, it never even occured to me that Shue
wasn't the wife. Fortunately, this movie didn't need to rely on its
twists to make it an enjoyable experience, like so many movies seem to
do these days. The self-referential humor and tense scenes were
enjoyable enough.
My favorite part was when Woody Harelson, faced with the unavoidable
proof that he killed the real daughter, when the rasta-landlord
identifies him, just turns and runs for his life from a room full of
cops, that was a classic cinematic moment, I've never seen that
before. Truly inspired moment. Also liked the transition into the
credits sequence at the end.
Job3:14
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Norman Wilner
SPOILERS
>who killed the real & fake daughters???
>Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
Presumably, both Odettes - the real one and the impersonator - were killed
by the fake Rhea's boyfriend, the ex-cop and all-around bad person played by
Michael Rappaport. (Sorry, but the character's name escapes me and the
presskit's in the another room.)
And the real Odette really was kidnapped (we see her in the club when the
fake Odette drops in before meeting Harry for her "abduction"), again
presumably by Rappaport and the fake Rhea. They may even have killed her
immediately, as they clearly had no intention of letting her live through
the ordeal.
Norm Wilner
Starweek Magazine
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idis...@aol.com (I Dissapea) wrote:
>who killed the real & fake daughters???
>Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
If there was a novel on which this was based, you might find out. The
film made no effort to be understood or to explain itself. The guy
who fell in the vat of acid at the end arranged everything, including
all the killings. But it was never explained why. Nor was it
explained why having dippy Woody working for you made any sense.
The movie was very dumb.
Mike Rice
Eric Way
It was very easy to understand IMO. The guy who was working with
Elisabeth Shue was an ex-cop. Now, this ex-cop supposedly brought info
that released Woody from jail 2 years after he had been locked up.
Knowing that he would have a tough time getting back into society (a job),
they knew they could manipulate him. By having him commit most of the
action and by manipulating him into certain places and situations
(renting the bungalo), they used him as their scapegoat so that they
could have the money and he would end back up in jail.
Eric
Norman Wilner
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>idis...@aol.com (I Dissapea) wrote:
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>>who killed the real & fake daughters???
>>Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???
>
>If there was a novel on which this was based, you might find out. The
>film made no effort to be understood or to explain itself. The guy
>who fell in the vat of acid at the end arranged everything, including
>all the killings. But it was never explained why. Nor was it
>explained why having dippy Woody working for you made any sense.
>The movie was very dumb.
The movie wasn't dumb; you weren't paying attention. Harry Barber - that's
the name of Woody Harrelson's character - was a stooge from the beginning,
and he was being set up for the murder of the "real" Odette Malroux by the
fake Rhea (Elisabeth Shue) and her boyfriend (Michael Rappaport).
And the movie _was_ based on a novel, James Hadley Chase's "Just Another
Sucker". It was written in the 1930s, so the screenplay differs
considerably, but the plot structure is essentially the same.
Norm Wilner
Starweek Magazine
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> who killed the real & fake daughters???
> Where was the real daughter when her dad thought she was kidnapped???