What exactly was the point?

Rating: 3/10 (6 March 2010)

OK! So there are great characters, good atmosphere, good hook to a story but then what? The movie by its end leaves you like you had a big sneeze coming that just didn't. The underdog, the quasi-good guy dies at the hands of the psychopath about 90% into the movie. Then the psychopath visits the dead man's wife, presumably kills her, then has an accident fractures his arm and walks away. Nothing is explained. WHy does the guy survive for almost entire movie just to die near the end? What happened to the money? WHy did the sheriff give up on catching the killer? Why is an air gun the killer's weapon of choice? WHy does the sheriff visit the cat person out of the blue for a totally tangential plot line when most of the movie is done? Most importantly what was the point of the whole darn movie?