Liam played the role of Robin Hood- helping out drug dealers solve the mystery of their missing wives. And in the show- rated NC16, does give an insight into a typical rape scene in any novel. It even showed the boob of the wife to be murdered, which took me by surprise. It wasn't sexy in any way, and if felt like looking at your aunt's precious or something, slightly awkward and weird, like you shouldn't be looking at it at all.
The plot developed very neatly, with suspense in all the right places. The most captivating scene of the book was when the 3rd man jumped off the roof, after feeding his pigeons for the last time. It sort of painted a romanticized picture of suicide, as though it is perfectly okay to just jump, as you wish, whenever you want. The surreal, calm face on the guy is so unlike any normal suicide scene, where any last minute regret or hesitation displayed is usually seen.
The part where the two baddies locked on their next target, a little girl wearing the red coat reminded me of Samson in the bible. Where the moment he looked at that philistine woman he ordered his parents to "get her for me to wife". And if Samson could stoop to the level of these men then i guess it speaks volumes about the depravity of men. I look, I want, I get.
The twist of the story was when the last remaining baddie pretended to be slain after being knocked on the head by the drug dealer. He freed himself and chopped of the hand of the drug dealer, killing him in the process. The drug dealer then joins the already dead friend of the baddie, who was also called his "boyfriend". I don't know what their relationship is, whether purely platonic or romantic I'm not entirely sure. But one thing's for sure- you don't actually love the person if you can kill them when they're injured. I noticed that when his friend was shot through the bullet proof vest he just continued walking into the house, almost leaving his "boyfriend" there, leaning against the van. So I guess he didn't really care about his "lover".
The role of little detective wannabe was quite cute, especially when Liam told him to shoot himself on the head. And this boy being naive thought that people wouldn't come after him- he was sorely wrong. Him getting out of the van that he hid in was quite easy, nothing spectacular or scary so it was like a bridge scene- added in to make a role for the little boy to make him seem useful.
The movie then draws to a close with the scene of him spending time with the recuperating and sleeping boy, who drew a picture of him being a superhero.
It was like a sweet father-and-son bonding time, only that they weren't related. It's really like iron sharpening iron, with the whole "don't feel sorry for me" thing going on between the two.
Overall the movie though contained profanities and a tad too much blood and gore (for my liking) embodied the characteristics of a best-selling novel, with created tension in all the right places.
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