Continuity mistake: In the last scene, Max's bathing suit changes color, from dark blue to light tan, back to dark blue.
Suicide Kings (1997)
Plot summary
Directed by: Peter O'Fallon
Starring: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nina Siemaszko, Mark Watson
Max and his girl Elise set up a fake kidnapping to make some profit and in turn Elise's brother Avery thinks he's setting up the kidnapping in order to get out of a debt. Max, Avery, Brett, and T.K. then kidnap Carlo Bartolucci(Charlie Barett) a mob boss, and take him to Ira's house. They cut off Charlie's finger and tell him that's what the kidnappers did to Elise, and whatever they do to her, they'll do to him, so by him paying the randsom to Elise's kidnapping he'll get to save himself.
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Charlie Barret: I'm bleeding to death. Humor me.
Question: Much ado is made near the start of the film about the kidnappers sending Elise's finger back to her family as a threat, but we learn later that she was never harmed. Did the film ever explain where the finger actually came from, or if it was even sent at all?
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Answer: The finger is never shown, only mentioned. Since Elise looked to have all her fingers one must assume it was made up as part of the scheme to fool everyone.