Steve's girlfriend?
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wallacesawyer — 10 years ago(July 23, 2015 02:23 PM)
Been a while since I watched it. I think she cut her wrists for Steve's attention. Deep down she WANTED him to contact 911 and get her help. When it became clear he didn't care, and she called for help herself, more than likely she was treated and wisely decided to distance herself from him.
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garp-26 — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 02:44 AM)
To be strictly accurate Steve's only concession is to toss the bleeding girl his car keys and advising her to drive to the sheriff's office who will presumably put in place the processes to save her. She staggers off and we never see her again - although she is later referred to. This is a heartless scene and part of a cold movie in which there isn't a character to care for. All the tension comes from whether Bishop and Steve will succeed or fail in their assignments. Until the end neither are under any real threat, and apart from Keenan Wynn's boorish, and irritating family and business associate, we know next to nothing about their designated victims. All we are privy to about Bishop's first target is that the man leaves and returns to his dingy room on a regular basis, drinks tea and likes to read a book. As for our "heroes" Steve is nothing more than a spoiled psychopath (a reaction against the 'me' generation perhaps so perhaps the casting of smug pretty boy JMV wasn't entirely inapt), and Bishop is somewhat of a mess - still scarred by a childhood trauma, appears to be insomniac, addicted to prescription drugs, pays for role playing sex, leads an isolated secluded life and is prone to bouts of panic induced black outs. And despite apparently operating within a framework of dubiously edited existentialism he is still the most functional character on the screen!
Still as the late Michael Winner would have said "calm down dear, it's only a movie." And in Winner's hands that's all it will ever be, but as a testament to his odd, coldly efficient talent it remains ruthlessly, maddeningly entertaining, like nearly all of his collaborations with Bronson, and that the more one postulates on their films the less justice for them will seen to be done. So I'll stop there. -
syronin — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 03:41 AM)
Ive just finished watching this movie on UK Netflix and most of this scene was cut.. Just as she was about to cut herself it went straight to the scene of them both talking on the beach leaving me with no idea of what exactly happened other than shes still alive and one of them probably saved her.
After reading what you guys said I found this scene on youtube and it really changes the way you see the 2 main characters because they didnt do anything to help her and I might have rated this movie higher than 7 if I had seen how cold they both were capable of being. -
spookyrat1 — 9 years ago(October 07, 2016 04:35 PM)
if I had seen how cold they both were capable of being.
Surely that's the point of the scene to demonstrate the remote coldness that mechanics have to possess to succeed in their profession. This was the issue with Bishop, he had been a successful mechanic, but now arguably displayed some humanity and morality, which were combining to affect his well-being. BTW, it's left open-ended as to whether Steve's girl friend survives or not.