I just saw this film on television yesterday and one thing puzzles me. There was a wild car chase scene where George Clooney is being pursued by two cars. They were driving at breakneck speed, crashing their way through a main city square, firing bullets, knocking down structures and terrorizing innocent people who just happened to be in the area (it was a crowded plaza). The scene took about 5 minutes in film time, as George Clooney kept backing into his pursuers after their vehicles stalled.
And yet, despite all this mayhem in the middle of a busy and centrally located city plaza, mayhem that, I stress again, goes on for several minutes, NO POLICE EVER SHOW UP!!! I realize that if they did then the movie might have ended prematurely and would have been a lot less dramatic, but these are the types of things that make me cynical about the filmmaker.
And yet, despite all this mayhem in the middle of a busy and centrally located city plaza, mayhem that, I stress again, goes on for several minutes, NO POLICE EVER SHOW UP!!! I realize that if they did then the movie might have ended prematurely and would have been a lot less dramatic, but these are the types of things that make me cynical about the filmmaker.