My BIG beef with the movie was the asshole wimp of a father [Bjørn]
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There is a point where Bjørn KNOWS what Patrick is capable of after seeing what happened to Patrick's son [Able] along with the pictures he saw in the shed. He KNOWS!
Yet after their escape is thwarted and he, his wife and Agnes are back in Patrick's car with Patrick and his wife; Bjørn is still passive aggressive with seemingly no will to fight back:
*His family's lives were at stake, and STILL he didn't fight back.
*When the man was coming for something obviously no-good, STILL he didn't fight back.
*When Patrick was pounding on him and he KNEW things were going to get worse, STILL he didn't fight back.
*EVEN when they're let out of the car in front of the pit, there's STILL a chance to fight back, but no:
Bjørn acquiesced EVERY friggin' step of the way. THAT is what made the ending inevitable: Bjørn's submissive allowance of Patrick's actions.
I'm not a father, but I can't imagine that should I get myself in a situation like that, my '
fight or flight' instinct would
NOT kick in... "When all bets are off, you do what you gotta do to try and survive"; my dad was military and I was raised with that belief...
THEN: The method of their demise, though it was supposed to be shocking, was [for me] thoroughly laughable. Seriously. (Resort back to the
BOLD 'Bjørn acquiesced..' line..) ((They could have run, kept Patrick chasing them until daylight, good god, man: DO SOMETHING!!))
The point for me being: The writer's could have written something in that made more sense and STILL had the movie end the way it did. It would have made a much more satisfactory film for me, at least.
*Whew* Got that off my chest!!
So, finally when Bjørn and Louise are standing there before Patrick and Karin, Bjørn, the pathetic fool his is, snivvels:
Bjørn: Why are you doing this?
Patrick: Because you let me.
Truer words were never spoken!!