Did no one else catch this problem? SPOILER

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2002)

Ok I admittedly have not read all of the reviews of this, but one glaring script problem has not been mentioned in at least the first 15 reviews, so I feel it necessary to point it out:
Did anyone else notice how the RANDOM latino girl that Ethan Hawke HAPPENS to see in a RANDOM alley in downtown L.A. about to get raped and who he HAPPENS to save just HAPPENS to be the cousin of a man who will later -- in a completely unrelated incident -- try to kill him ? Does no one else have a problem with this ridiculously coincidental contrivance? I do, and for me it ruined an otherwise VERY solid film full of great acting and storytelling. Congrats on the Oscar, Denzel.