Clooney's "The American"; potential spoiler

[911pcars]

Anyone see the film, "The American" with George Clooney?

Just saw it today. There was a hole in the plot that I either missed or evidence to clarify it was missing. If you haven't seen this film yet and intend to, skip this thread. Otherwise, scroll down a bit and see my question.

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Toward the end of the movie, who killed the female assassin and why? It appears the big boss was the perp, but why and why then?

Thanks,
Sherwood

[RPKESQ]

You must be dozing.

Clooney did with a sabotaged sniper rifle. Did you not catch the scene where he hesitates and handles the case once more before he leaves to deliver the rifle to her?

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by RPKESQ

You must be dozing.

Clooney did with a sabotaged sniper rifle. Did you not catch the scene where he hesitates and handles the case once more before he leaves to deliver the rifle to her?

Nice. Thanks. I do recall he went into the case to do something with the rifle. One more. At that point, what tipped off Clooney the assassin was going to kill him, or was that the point of sabotaging the rifle?

BTW, other than the silencer he fabricated, what was so special about the rifle? It looked like a mini Ruger 14 (or equivalent) and he just went about assembling it rather than fabricating a "to order" assassination weapon as requested.

Sherwood

[sc_rufctr]

Custom sniper rifle!

[911pcars]

Custom. Yeah, but all we saw was him assembling it. No machine tools in sight or probably available in the small Italian village. Mail order?

That was one of those, "aw come on" parts of the movie for me.

S

[sc_rufctr]

This is the best Movie sniper rifle ever IMHO...

[crustychief]

This was pretty funny.
The American Clooney spoof The Canadian from scottanddavedotnet

[RPKESQ]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

Nice. Thanks. I do recall he went into the case to do something with the rifle. One more. At that point, what tipped off Clooney the assassin was going to kill him, or was that the point of sabotaging the rifle?

BTW, other than the silencer he fabricated, what was so special about the rifle? It looked like a mini Ruger 14 (or equivalent) and he just went about assembling it rather than fabricating a "to order" assassination weapon as requested.

Sherwood

In his profession, paranoia is king. Without it you would not last long. The entire movie was Clooney's ability to sort the bad guys from the good (to his point of view). Remember throwing the cell phone away?

The only thing special about the Ruger was the sectioned barrel (to shorten the entire package) and the sound suppressor (not a silencer).

It is not rational to reinvent the wheel each time if a modified wheel will perform as required. That is why, it is just a modified production rifle.

The biggest technical error was the wound caused by the sabotaged rifle. The women is injured in the eye-socket. There is no simple undetectable way to accomplish that wound in that location. What they probably wanted to portray is the type of wound from a burst cartridge case. On the Ruger all one would have to do, is block the barrel just in front of the chamber, then drill a hole on the back of the receiver, modify the cartridge cases supplied to the shooter to weaken them in the extraction grove and instant high pressure, high temperature gas discharge to the face. A highly painful and a heavy bleeding wound at an instant. Not necessarily fatal by any means, but would easily stop that person and weapon combination from causing any harm to others.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

this movie sucked balls.

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by RPKESQ

In his profession, paranoia is king. Without it you would not last long. The entire movie was Clooney's ability to sort the bad guys from the good (to his point of view). Remember throwing the cell phone away?

The only thing special about the Ruger was the sectioned barrel (to shorten the entire package) and the sound suppressor (not a silencer).

It is not rational to reinvent the wheel each time if a modified wheel will perform as required. That is why, it is just a modified production rifle.

The biggest technical error was the wound caused by the sabotaged rifle. The women is injured in the eye-socket. There is no simple undetectable way to accomplish that wound in that location. What they probably wanted to portray is the type of wound from a burst cartridge case. On the Ruger all one would have to do, is block the barrel just in front of the chamber, then drill a hole on the back of the receiver, modify the cartridge cases supplied to the shooter to weaken them in the extraction grove and instant high pressure, high temperature gas discharge to the face. A highly painful and a heavy bleeding wound at an instant. Not necessarily fatal by any means, but would easily stop that person and weapon combination from causing any harm to others.

Thanks for the psychological and technical analysis. All in keeping with the spirit of a Porsche forum.

As for the movie; hey, it was an attempt to make an American foreign movie. American audiences always like happy endings. Sorry.

Sherwood

[Mr.Puff]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

Thanks for the psychological and technical analysis. All in keeping with the spirit of a Porsche forum.

As for the movie; hey, it was an attempt to make an American foreign movie. American audiences always like happy endings. Sorry.

Sherwood

Agreed. To make it 'artsy' Clooney must die . Killing him ruined the movie.

[RPKESQ]

Correction:

To make it realistic Clooney must die . Killing him made the movie more realistic and have far more emotional impact.

Feel good fantasies are for wimps!

[vash]

that chick with the rifle photo. is she supposed to have her eye pressed up to it? is that rubber?

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally Posted by vash

that chick with the rifle photo. is she supposed to have her eye pressed up to it? is that rubber?

Here's the proper procedure:

[RPKESQ]

Originally Posted by vash

that chick with the rifle photo. is she supposed to have her eye pressed up to it? is that rubber?

Yes.

Yes.

It is only a 5.56 mm rifle, very little recoil.

Properly configured even large bore rifles can be equipped with these rubber eye shields.

Like: .308, .30'06, .300 Magnums, .338 Lapua, .408 Chey Tac, etc.