Stupidity: The plan Fouchet enacts at the beginning of the movie is considered very clever by the captain, Mike, and everyone commenting on it. Fouchet emptied the entire police station (minus a single guard) by murdering a guy dressed as a cop and reporting the crime. It is said that the smartest part is that he did not kill a real cop so the whole force is not after him. The fun part is that he kills the fake cop and dumps him in the street, calling the police immediately after, himself, with the van they are using for the heist. Even assuming that his symbolic killing and massive heist right inside the police HQ don't draw the entire police force on him because of weird office politics he can't control, it's kind of amazing that his 'decoy' involved him having a head start of seconds from the police force he openly taunted, and that he can predict for unexplained reasons will be busy (but absolutely not looking for him) for 20 minutes.
Stupidity: While certainly being a charismatic villain, Fouchet's actions throughout the movie seem to hardly make sense. He kills his henchman Eddie and the call girl he hired because he is afraid of the security of his drug deal being breached. However, he leaves two bodies behind and the whole 2 kilos of heroin in its original evidence room-taped package that directly connect this incident to the drug heist. Then, when he finally gets the location of the witness to his already obvious murders, he does not just put a bullet in her while she is at his mercy, but rather drags her around when she has absolutely zero value to him. He even tells Mike very kindly when exactly his drug deal is going to happen.
Stupidity: A movie always needs extra conflict, but Julie's reasoning for walking out on Marcus and Mike is one of the dumbest. "If his wife can find us, I'm a LOT better off on my own." What sort of logic is that? She's the wife of his best friend. Of course she knows where he lives. (01:32:45)
