Lakeview Terrace

Lakeview Terrace (2008)

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Corrected entry: When Abel and his partner are shaking down the white thug, he claims to be 1/7 Cherokee. That figure is biologically impossible. (One can be 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc.). (00:12:50)

throcko

Correction: He's just a dumb thug who's pulling a number out of the air; lying to the cops, hoping to get sympathy as a "fellow minority". What he said is supposed to be stupid because the character is supposed to be stupid. That's not a character mistake because it suits the character perfectly.

Phixius ★

Corrected entry: In the scene where Abel and his partner go over to the apartment regarding the boyfriend holding his girlfriend and child hostage with a gun, they live on the first floor of the apartment building. But when the boyfriend jumps out of the window, he is jumping from a 2nd story window.

Correction: Actually the apartment building is built over it's garage. The two officers also walk up steps to get to the crowd of people at the front of the building.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene in which Abel is facing the gunmen with the shotgun, after Abel takes the gun away from the gunman and holds it up under his chin, the view changes from Abel's face to the gunman's face. When Abel's face is shown, the gunman's face is low, but when it switches to the gunman's face, you can note that his head is tilted up higher, and vice versa.

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Question: (Spoiler warning) I didn't really understand why the wildfire was put into the story. I know that fires happen in California often and that the scene at the end of the movie looks creepy with all of the smoke and fires in the background, but was there supposed to be any other special meaning or symbolism?

Answer: As far as symbolism, from a film student's perspective (mine), it's like destruction or division, two common themes in the film. The two characters are split in values and the fire is raging between them. As the fire gets closer to the houses, it increases in intensity, as does the fighting between neighbors. I think in this film, fire was used not only as a plot device, but a metaphor for the story as well.

manthabeat ★

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