* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** How sympathetic one finds Father Francis seems to depend on how valid one thinks religion in general is. [[spoiler:He defends his refusal to turn in Christian after his confession by pointing out that the confessional is sacred and that his relation with God is more important to him than an innocent man possibly going to prison. If you're a materialist, he's a callous and naive asshole. If you're a transcendalist, he's simply doing what he thinks is right and eternally true]].
** Does the captor have some sort of history in law enforcement or a FriendOnTheForce? He is shown to possess confidential case reports on Coogan. It would help explain at least some of the information he possesses ([[PlotHole though not all]]), but this is never spelled out directly.
* CompleteMonster: [[AssholeVictim Coogan]] shows himself to be the worst of the nine captives. A self-admitted [[WouldHurtAChild child molester]] and SerialKiller whose "travels" have taken him all over the country, he does a bit in San Quentin for grand theft auto since the authorities couldn't find the bodies he disposed of. [[spoiler:Having infected the Shooter's son with HIV by [[PrisonRape raping him in prison]]]], Coogan is a remorseless piece of work who [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusts every other person in the room]], even otherwise hardened criminals like Sully and Leon.
* MagnificentBastard: The Shooter aka [[spoiler:Mr. Greeley is a PapaWolf who blames nine people of wildly varying degrees of culpability for the death of his son Wade]]. After two years of preparation, the Shooter kidnaps the nine in quick succession and takes them to an AbandonedWarehouse, forcing them to figure out the reason behind their capture and killing one person every 10 minutes they don't. When one of the captives briefly manages to escape and wrestles Shooter's automatic off him, Shooter reveals he took out the bullets beforehand and shoots the would-be escapee with a spare revolver. In the end, [[spoiler:Shooter keeps his word about releasing the hostages, and ultimately has the last laugh when one of the survivors turns on him and her fellow captives, informing her that her crimes have already been filmed and exposed to the public.]]
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