“Contract killers to murder a woman? Yes. Yes, I do. She was severely wounded.”
They were “contract killers,” and she was NOT the contract, she was collateral, a hassle, a pain in the ass, nothing short of a nuisance, and once she escaped, the juice of hunting her and tracking her in an actual jungle was not worth the squeeze.
“ Why should we expect such a confirmed sociopath to care about this lady? Shouldn't he be on a flight somewhere protecting himself?”
One of the primary themes within The Killer is about transformation, the transformation taking place within the mind of a sociopath, I’m not saying he becomes a good person, but he makes a significant change nonetheless. He even tells his girlfriend’s brother, paraphrasing, “nothing like this will EVER be allowed to happen again.” He’s committing himself to a change, what that change is we will never fully know, but he makes it clear that empathy is part of the equation, something sociopaths do not, and I quote from him, “give a fuck” about. Does he stop being a sociopath, no, but that doesn’t mean he can’t make room in his psychopathy for improvements, similar to how someone who suffers from alcoholism can remain sober if they choose to do so.
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MavKilledGoose (785)
6 months ago
"They were “contract killers,” and she was NOT the contract, she was collateral, a hassle, a pain in the ass, nothing short of a nuisance, and once she escaped, the juice of hunting her and tracking her in an actual jungle was not worth the squeeze."
But that's just not true. She could have had information. She said she was tortured but held strong. It's incredible that she escaped. And I mean "incredible" literally -- almost impossible to believe. You're making a big deal about exiting a window and being in the jungle. The Killer literally follows footprints into his house. This woman was bleeding and injured.
As for the comments regarding sociopathy, I merely granted your assumption as true and carried it to its logical consequences. It was an exercise to demonstrate that it doesn't hold. I think there are stronger reasons for believing he was not a sociopath, or at least not as unfeeling as he wanted us to believe (since we should be looking at this as a spectrum rather than hard categories). The Killer possesses a self-awareness, "I'm no genius," but he's also lying to himself. He's not as self-aware as he presents. His reaction to seeing his lover in the hospital bed is emotional. His vow that it will never happen again is emotional. The mantras represent a conscious commitment, a kind of self-programming.
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DancingintheDark (1292)
6 months ago
Human beings are capable of tremendous feats, including ones who are not in the contract killing business. Yes, the majority of individuals living in a first world country most likely have the survival instincts of a well fed Labrador but please, do not minimize what many others are capable of when faced with a life and death situation. This woman didn’t just exit a window, she threw her body against a plate glass window knowing full well that if the glass didn’t kill her, the fall might, and she did so not out of fear but with every intention of escaping certain death. So yes, I am going to make a big deal out of her escape because it says everything we need to know about her. She is not only a fighter, but she is a survivor, and everyday, ordinary people like this exist whether you want to acknowledge it or not. I appreciate the inclusion of such a character as it adds depth to the narrative of The Killer, as not all targets are going to be low hanging fruit, every once in awhile someone may put up a fight, and when underestimated as she was, may even turn the table on the assassin/s.
All of life is gamble, nothing is certain and just because something should happen, it doesn’t mean that it always does.
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