Avoid Without Seeing

Rating: 3/10 (26 December 2008)

I lose patience with movies that throw plot devices at you that aren't supported by "real world" rules. This is one of them. For example, two of the characters are having an affair and the male character is in the woman's bedroom while she is away. The male character accidentally shoots a third character hiding in her closet. It's a "bullet through the brain" head shot that leaves a mess all over the place. Afterwards, we learn that the body is disposed of in a river. It's clear that the male character never tells the female character what transpired in her house. But wait a minute, remember it is her house, and the shooting occurred in her bedroom closet, and she's clearly a fastidious person who would notice anything awry. How did the shooter get the closet cleaned up so quickly that she wouldn't notice? Clearly, some of her clothes would have been spattered, too. Also, the third character broke into the house by breaking a glass panel on a rear entrance to unlock the door. So, in the space of presumably a few hours the shooter's character got rid of a dead body, cleaned up blood and gore all over the wall and carpet of a closet, cleaned any affected clothing that got spattered, then cleaned up the broken glass from the rear door and replaced the glass panel. This movie is supposed to be set in the real world, that is, it's not an alternative fantasy universe where physics don't apply. But here's a key plot development that doesn't pass a real world test. This isn't the only plot element that doesn't make sense, just the worse. If any of this is explained in a Deleted Scenes segment, then we didn't bother watching it.