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IceboxMovies — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 02:35 AM)

The scene in this movie which always bothers me is when Bud White walks in on the unarmed black rapist, murders the rapist even after he raises his hands up in the air, and then covers up the scene to make it look like the rapist tried to shoot at him.
I know the guy was a sick rapist, and everybody here probably believes it was justified for White to kill him, but the guy
did
raise his hands up in the air. Also, he looked genuinely scared for his life. The fact that he is humanized in that moment makes it difficult for me to enjoy his death.
The movie is all about this sort of thing, of course cops willing to break the law in order to get criminals but to me, this is the worst crime which White commits in the film. Instead of trying to arrest an unarmed rapist, he acts as judge, jury & executioner, and murders him. That has always made it hard for me to truly like Bud White. I guess that's the point, though.

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Yes, that's the point. All three of the main protagonists, the Kevin Spacey character, the Russell Crowe character, and the Guy Pearce character are quite flawed human beings at the beginning of the story. But the good in their nature draws them together over the crimes that they uncover. They each end up heroes by the end of the film.

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That has always made it hard for me to truly like Bud White. I guess that's the point, though.
Another point is that White rejects that approach as the film progresses - he's had enough of being Smith's thug, and actually becomes a 'good' cop in the end.

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