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  • Why didn't Will Smith's character bother arming himself and just shooting at the two NSA henchmen who went after them? Even a couple warning shots would have bought him a little bit of time.
    • ... he's a rich lawyer who lives in Georgetown and (judging by where his wife in the ACLU) is probably a left-wing kinda guy in politics. This does not exactly add up to 'in the NRA's prime membership demographic'. Its entirely believable that his character just doesn't like guns and doesn't know a damn thing about using them, which means he's not going to mentally default to 'I need a gun!' when suddenly placed in a stressful situation.
  • In the hotel scene, wouldn't even hotel security have had some suspicion about the two NSA henchmen?
  • How was that wildlife camera not something Reynolds and his minions would check for and deal with long before attempting to suicide that senator at the Lake? That's damned sloppy. Getting caught on camera murdering some Joe Blow would be bad enough, getting caught on camera murdering a United States senator? If that's not a surefire way to get the death penalty, I don't know what is.

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