Plot hole: When Chris finds the informant's phone and calls Abel, it makes no sense for Abel to answer the call: Abel wouldn't answer the number of the phone he is trying to find and get rid of in order for people not to find out he called him and ordered Chris's house vandalization. Also, he knows the phone is somewhere around the house and looks for it there, and having seen Chris get it, he can easily deduce Chris found it - which only makes his decision of answering nonchalantly all the more peculiar.
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
1 mistake since 31 Dec '24, 17:05
Directed by: Neil LaBute
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson, Kerry Washington, Ron Glass
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.
Question: What was Abel's problem? I don't really buy his wife having an affair with a white man and being reminded about it by Chris and Lisa's actions as a reasonable excuse for him going psycho. I think there was a bigger problem he had with them that may have made him snap.
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Answer: He already had a much bigger mental problem in general, and not just about his wife or with Chris and Lisa. They were merely one of many triggers that could set him off.
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