Question: At the end of the film, when Chris, surrounded by the LASD, asks Abel if he listened to his wife and if he saw her leaving coming, did he know that that would trigger Abel's mental unstableness and thus expose him to the deputies? It's as if Chris gave the deputies an opening and a reason to shoot Abel dead.
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
1 question since 29 Feb '24, 04:46
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass
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.
Chris Mattson: Y'know what Abel? Fuck you.
Abel Turner: Is that a 'We Are the World' fuck you?
Chris Mattson: No. It's a special one. Just for you.
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Answer: Abel had been repeatedly criticizing Chris' marriage and was very sensitive to being called out in his ways or being talked back to, such as when he hit his daughter when she lashed out at him. Chris likely put two and two together and figured that Abel would be easily triggered if he did the same thing Abel had been doing to him by questioning his loyalty to his late wife.
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