How does Taggart suspect Randy Travis– possible spoiler
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DemonicHeart — 21 years ago(February 11, 2005 07:50 PM)
I watched this movie several times and I can't figure out how Taggart suspects Travis is dirty. Here's what I saw.
Sarah gets in car with crooked agents. Taggart looks over at them. Agents take off. Taggart chases them. I mean, the movie shows absolutely nothing that convinces us that the agents are dirty other than Taggart giving chase. Any ideas? -
nocrud222 — 21 years ago(March 08, 2005 09:38 PM)
- Taggart saw one of the agents looking back at him as if to make sure he was not following him. This was suspicious to Taggart. However, #2 seemed to confirm it to Taggart when,
- The car with the woman gong to the witness protection program safe house suddenly accelerated where there was no need to do so. And,
- The man commented to the woman that she could contact him anytime she wanted which is not what a witness is allowed to do. This further indicated that they were more eager to get her and hurry her away.
Note that Taggart did nothing but try to stop them as if to make sure they were what they said they were. When they suddenly started to run, he knew he had to follow them. I also wonder if there was not some kind of communication in the story between Taggart and the man looking at him from the back of the car and this segment did not make it into the movie. This makes me want to go back and do a little more examination of the story to see what actually happened.
These are my best guesses for the moment.
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brettmajors_karaokeking — 20 years ago(July 30, 2005 01:40 AM)
I just thought of this, Taggart asks Travis "Isn't it unusual for a federal agent to have a quick draw ring?" That on top of them looking back several times and speeding off indeed tipped him off.
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brettmajors_karaokeking — 20 years ago(July 30, 2005 01:35 AM)
I think if you watch carefully, Taggart notices something is wrong when they speed off. Why the heck would any agent do that? My father was a U.S. Marshall and back in '97 we watched it together. He knew that Travis' character was dirty before they sped off. I guess agents have a sixth-sense or something. Either way, this was a great action flick. And as in other action flicks, did anyone expect the story to be concrete?
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nd1433 — 20 years ago(February 07, 2006 03:16 AM)
Two things made him suspect Travis character. The first was him having a quick draw rig, like he said "that's unusual for a federal agent". Also when they put Sarah in the car, most agents would have put the witness or a suspect in the back of the car, not in the front of the car. Hence Segal looking at the balding guy in the back seat looking around. Standard procedure would have been for the two agents to be in front, witness in the back.
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jhromero04 — 19 years ago(April 23, 2006 08:38 PM)
Yeah, I pretty much think when the federal agent looked back at Taggart, Taggart became suspicious and then a second later they speeded off and he knew something was wrong. This movie made me laugh a bit. I mean I can see Seagal as a cop knowing aikido and as a Navy Seal that knows aikido, but an EPA agent that knows aikido? I mean, c'mon. But still even with that corniness, I kind of thought that Seagal was at his best (or at least his most awesome) in this movie. For some reason, I thought Seagal was awesome in this movie, even more awesome than in like Under Siege, Hard To Kill, Out For Justice, which are obviously his best movies. His best movies are far better than this movie, but Seagal was really awesome in this movie. Still, this movie was a hell of a lot better than a lot of his recent efforts, even though I hear that Mercenary For Justice, Seagals most recent movie, is pretty good.
