Seeking to understand a movie-plot better or to clear confusion about certain aspects.
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in 1980s “Scarface” was Omar really an informant?
"Scarface" with Al Pacino as Tony Montana features a scene where Bolivian kingpin Sosa kills Tony's colleague Omar, saying Omar was an informant.
Later, back in Miami, an angry Frank Lopez tells Tony ...
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Did Officer Jim Kurring know that Claudia was a drug addict?
A while back I had a small debate with someone about whether Jim knew Claudia was addicted to drugs and needed help. My interpretation was that he did know and felt he could be her "knight" because ...
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What exactly happened to Aaron Eckharts character in The Missing?
In The Missing (2003), Brake Baldwin (played by Aaron Eckhart) is found stuffed in something on top of what appears to be a camp fire. Wikipedia makes a reference to a ritualistic killing, but does ...
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Why was Sonmi important?
I have watched The Cloud Atlas many times, but still am completely perplexed as to why Sonmi is considered at all important to either the Union or Unanimity.
At one point her love interest mentions ...
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Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid and why was the operator at Recall killed?
Why did the federal police come to arrest Quaid suddenly? They should not have arrested him because everything was going according to their plan. First I thought, the man in the Recall might have ...
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What wrong did Tobie Frost do?
By the end of Safe House, I was led to think that Tobie Frost (Denzel Washington) was the good guy. That believe was challenged when he asked the other (good) guy to be better than him. Now, I am not ...
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What is the purpose of the lab in The Divide?
What exactly happens at the laboratory in The Divide (2011)? Who are the guys at the laboratory and what do they try to achieve?
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What changed K's experience?
In MIB3, the proposed explanation for K's lack of emotion and human interaction can be traced to the happening at Cape Canaveral. When J goes back to change the otherwise altered past, K comes out ...
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Understanding the final twist in Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Since this is a question about a spoiler, I'm hoping I don't actually have to use spoiler markup.
Near the end of the movie Flying Swords of Dragon Gate one extra twist is thrown into the mix. The ...
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Where did they get all of the gum from?
When the Wyld Stallyons in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure have a breakdown in their time-machine, they just have all of their historical buds chew some gum and patch the antennae back together in ...
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What was wrong with Buck after his return?
In Band of Brothers, Episode 5 "Crossroads", shortly before the Battalion is called to the Ardennes, there is a scene where the soldiers are sitting a tent watching a movie.
Cpt. Winters enters and ...
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The Usual Suspects - Truth in Verbal Kint's Story
Verbal Kint(aka Keyser Soze?!) narrates 'the story' of what happened after their police lineup, few weeks back, that ultimately leads up to the finale at the ship. How far is the story told by Kint to ...
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In The Prestige, did Angier know that Borden was backstage at his final magic show?
I recently rewatched The Prestige and find this question to be central to understanding the plot. In the final narration Cutter seems to be challenging the audience to discover a further, hidden ...
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When did Margaret Ford know she was going to kill Mike?
In House of Games, the Lindsay Crouse character (psychiatrist Margaret Ford) seems to be unaware of her being the mark until the red convertible shows up unexpectantly. She then performs a rudimentary ...
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Did Mavis cause the crash that disabled her cousin?
In the film Young Adult, Mavis and Matt discuss her cousin, who is in a wheelchair. She mentions that the car accident that disabled her cousin happened on the weekend of her sweet 16. Given her ...
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Ending of Chrysalis
At the end of Chrysalis (2007), it turns out that the real daughter of Professor Brügen, Manon Brügen, lies on the bed in a coma at her mother's clinic. So who is the healthy girl? Is she another ...
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Why doesn't Sam use his ability to move things to open the door?
In "Ghost," we see that Sam has learned how to manipulate objects in the physical world. But near the end, when Oda Mae comes to Molly's apartment to run from Carl, we see her begging Molly to unlock ...
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Does John Silver escape with *all* the gold at the end of the 1950 version of Treasure Island?
The 1950 Walt Disney version of Treasure Island ends with John Silver in a small boat, escaping treasure island alone with a chest full of treasure. The Squire, Jim Hawkins, Dr. Livesy, and the other ...
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How did Tracy win the gun battle with her android duplicate?
Near the end of the 1976 film Futureworld Tracy Ballard, the female reporter, is in a stand-off with her android double, each holding a gun. The android was made as an exact duplicate, and they ...
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One Piece: Who is Monkey D Luffy's mom?
Who is Monkey D Dragon's wife/Luffy's mother? Buggy The Clown mentioned that Silvere Rayliegh is Luffy's uncle. This implies that Rayliegh's sister should be Dragon's wife! Why didn't Eichiro Oda ...
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Who was the girl and why was she seen in Wrecked?
I recently watched Wrecked and have some unclear parts. I realized that during the robbery, the men (robbers) dragged along the Man only to use his vehicle. During that, we are shown the dumbfounded ...
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When did Peter/Will go to Greenhaven?
In the movie, "Dream House", it's revealed that:
Will Atenton is actually Peter Ward. And that he had been in the Greenhaven Psycological Hospital for a long time and then discharged.
When was ...
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Why doesn't Aman's wife comes back the last time?
In the movie Survive Style 5+, Aman's wife comes back as a ghost every time he kills her. But when she is killed the second time by the hit man, she doesn't come back. What is the difference?
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Why was Terry killed?
In Roman Polanski's classic Rosemary's Baby, Terry Gionoffrio throws herself from a window. Is it ever explained why she killed herself?
Was she under some kind of spell or is it just a plot ...
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Explanation of the ending of Frozen Day
I recently watched Frozen Day, an Israel movie where a woman survives a suicide bombing. She later visits the hospital and identified her friend who is in a coma. She started living in his apartment ...
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In Inbred, what was the problem with where they outsiders were staying?
When they were in the pub they were talking to Jeff, the land lord, when they said where they were staying he dropped a glass and looked shaken. As he was talking he dropped another one and tried to ...
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Deamon taking Emilly to a faroff city and bar?
In The Vampire Diaries, S01E11, Why does Deamon takes Emilly to a far off city and then to a bar?
What was his purpose? In an earlier episode it was said that he does everything with a purpose.
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Why did Grandfather insist on Albert knowing Emilie's name before giving him the horse?
Towards the end of the film "War Horse," Albert is attempting to bid on the horse, Joey, before it is auctioned off by the military. Also present at the auction is Emilie's grandfather (unnamed), who ...
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Why did they start killing people?
In the movie The Wild Hunt, after a series of incidents occur with the girl that the shaman likes, they end up kidnapping her and make her wear the skull mask. After she puts on the skull mask she ...
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What happens at the end of “How to Rob a Bank (and 10 tips to get away with it)”
I don't really get the ending of "How to Rob a Bank (and 10 tips to get away with it)".
To be honest, all of it is very complicated. But I think I understand most of the film.
What I don't ...
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Does Chin Bo's crush also betray the rebels?
In the movie, Tai-Chi Master, does Chin Bo's crush know that he's about to betray them? Is she also in on it? She certainly looks like it during this scene:
Yet, after the betrayal, she resists his ...
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Was the William H. Macy character part of the con?
In the David Mamet movie House of Games, Mike (Joe Mantegna) lures Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) into their circle by proving a small con at the Western Union Office. He explains that the basic idea ...
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Who stands at the top of the mountain in The End (Fin)?
In The End (Fin), the main characters see a person standing at the top of a mountain. They shout and wave at them, but the person doesn't react and leaves a few seconds later. We know it's not Angel, ...
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Why does Hutter alone survive the vampire bite?
In the German silent film Nosferatu (1922), the vampire Count Orlok bites the guy Hutter.
But then how come he alone survives while all the other people who have been bitten by that vampire die?
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Why are humans considered a delicacy in the Land of Ooo?
During the episode where Jake meets Lady Rainicorn's parents. Misinformation happens and he accidently gives her parents permission to eat Finn. They then attack him in a blind hunger-rage and ...
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Did Crowley welch on his contract?
Towards the end of season 7, Crowley enters into a contract with Dick Roman (the leviathan) to share parts of the U.S./Canada with Crowley. It seems that helping the Winchesters by giving them his ...
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Election (1999) vote count
In the movie Election, when McAllister secretly disposes two of Tracy's votes to reduce her vote count by 2, won't it also alter the vote counts for the Vice President? Since for both president and ...
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In the movie “$9.99”, are the sofa chairs in Tanita's apartment her ex-lovers?
Is it just an illusion that Lenny has when the sofa chairs in Tanita's apartment start talking to him about bone removal? Or were they really Tanita's ex-lovers?
The reason I am asking is after Lenny ...
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In The War Zone (1999), who was the girl in London?
There's only one scene that is shot in a city, which I assume to be London (as implied by the story). The girl the brother and sister meet seems to be a prostitute organised for brother by sister, but ...
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Where did the jewelry go?
In the movie "Robot and Frank," Frank steals valuable jewelry with the help of a household robot. He hides the loot well enough that the police can not find it and he escapes punishment. At the end of ...
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How was Daniel Lugo able to withdraw Victor Kershaw money from the bank?
In the movie Pain & Gain, How was Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) able to impersonate Victor Kershaw personality when he went into the bank in the Bahamas?
I find it hard to believe that any bank ...
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What is the meaning of McCoy's reply?
At the end of the Law and Order episode "Innocence" (S20E16) A.D.A Cutter's former mentor (and opposing lawyer) reveals the secret that Cutter never made his bachelor's degree in order to discredit ...
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Were the 5 men indicted for murder?
I recently saw, 30+ years after my first viewing, the 1968 Truffaut classic La mariée était en noir, starring Jeanne Moreau as the avenging bride Julie Kohler. There's something in the plot that I ...
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What exactly was Cook's plan and from whom did he get the money?
In the movie Drive, how did Cook plan to double cross the driver? And why didn't the pawn shop owner admit anything was stolen? And how did driver come to know from the news clip that he was setup?
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Liu Kang a Villain in Mortal Kombat Legacy II, is this accurate to the source material?
Machinama has finally released a trailer for Season 2 of Kevin Tancharoen's hit web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy. It seems from the trailer that Shang Tsung recruits Kang to fight alongside the ...
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In “A Late Quartet”, when did they decide to play together again?
In the movie, A Late Quartet, after the group completely falls apart (and a brief interlude where Peter tells Juliette that the quartet must be kept together), we are suddenly shown the final concert. ...
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Power Broker believing in the lady's story of alternative path of the history?
Im the television series, Misfits, S03E04, how come the power broker actually beleived in the lady's story of the alternative path of the history, at the ending part of the episode?
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What is Rusty Ryan is referring to in this scene?
In the movie Oceans Thirteen, after the drill hit the bank's hotel building for the third time, the drill does not stop at once; it goes on for several seconds and the building vibrates. Then Rusty ...
