The unusual structure of the film was due in part to the original script and developments during the course of shooting the film. So on my very first film in Hollywood, I had final cut and I made use of it." He said, 'I defer all those approvals to John. 'And I have approval of principal cast?'. As Boorman recalled, " said, 'I have script approval?' They said 'yes'.
When they agreed to work on the film, Marvin discarded the script and called a meeting with the head of the studio, the producers, his agent, and Boorman. Both hated the script, but loved the main character of Walker. Boorman and Marvin talked about a script based on the book The Hunter. Productionĭirector Boorman met Marvin while on the set of The Dirty Dozen in London. Walker remains silent and does not bother collecting the money. Brewster was the last one." He then offers him an enforcer job, claiming he has looked for a man like him for years. Yost/Fairfax thanks Walker (who is still hiding in the darkness) for eliminating his dangerous underlings, telling him: "Our deal's done, Walker. Brewster calls out to Walker, "This is Fairfax, Walker! Kill him!" Yost emerges from the shadows, telling him that it was not Walker who shot him. He shoots Brewster, who falls to the ground thinking Walker shot him. The hit man is also in the darkness with his rifle.
Brewster receives the money by a courier in a helicopter. Walker does not trust him and refuses to show himself. They travel to Fort Point in San Francisco. "The drop has changed, but the run is still the same," explains Brewster. Brewster says that they can still get him the money in San Francisco through "The Alcatraz Run" in which large sums of money change hands. Fairfax refuses to pay, though, saying, "Threatening phone calls don't impress me." Walker then shoots the phone. Fairfax, telling him that if they do not pay the money, he is going to be shot. Walker forces Brewster to make a phone call to The Organization to get his money. The following morning, Brewster comes home and is ambushed by Walker, who demands his money. Angry at Walker's apparent disinterest in her, Chris slaps and punches him as he regards her impassively, not defending himself. Walker waits for Brewster to return there. He brings her with him to the home belonging to Brewster, claiming she will be safer with him than by herself. Walker visits Chris in her apartment, which has been trashed by The Organization. Yost takes him to a home belonging to Brewster. Walker sees to it that Carter and Stegman are the ones who get shot. A hit man with a high-powered rifle is assigned to kill him at a money-drop in a storm-drain river bed. He then forces a naked Reese off the balcony and watches him plunge to his death.Īfter next confronting Carter for his money, Walker is set up. With a gun to Reese's head, Walker persuades him to give up the names of his Organization superiors – Carter, Brewster, and Fairfax – so he can make somebody pay back his $93,000. Walker ties up some men in an apartment across from the penthouse and has a call made to police to report a robbery, creating a diversion that enables him to slip into the penthouse. Willing to help in any way, Chris agrees to a sexual tryst with Reese inside his heavily guarded penthouse apartment just so she can gain access and unbolt a door for Walker. He is told that Reese has now taken up with Walker's sister-in-law, Chris.īreaking in on Chris, he learns that she actually despises Reese and had considered Walker the best thing ever to happen to her sister. He takes Stegman for a wild ride in one of his new cars, smashing the car and terrorizing him until Stegman reveals where Reese is living. Walker is told that a car dealer named Stegman might know where Reese can be found. A distraught Lynne tells him she no longer wants to live, then takes an overdose of pills. He bursts in on Lynne and riddles her bed with bullets, just in case Reese is in it. With memories of happy times together, Walker goes to Los Angeles to pay back his wife and his best friend for their treachery. Reese used all of the money from the job to pay back a debt to a crime syndicate called "The Organization" and get back in its good graces. With assistance from the mysterious Yost, who seems to know everything about everybody, Walker sets out to find Reese, take his revenge, and recover the $93,000 he is owed. Reese also makes off with Walker's wife, Lynne. Reese then double-crosses Walker and shoots him, leaving him for dead. Walker works with his friend Mal Reese to steal a large amount of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation, with the deserted Alcatraz Island as a drop point.
0 kommentar(er)
