Written by Mr. Mouseburger 5th Jun 2005
Agent Horrigan has taken a bullet on behalf of the president. The would-be assassin, Leary, uses the wounded Horrigan to escape to the lift.
Horrigan and Leary have a fight in the glass lift. After a protracted struggle Leary is shoved off and is about to fall to his doom when Frank grabs hold of him. This parodies a scene earlier in the film where Leary prevented Frank from falling.
Eastwood's character really wants to kill Leary, but that is against the law, so is begrudgingly preparing to take him in. Leary, sensing this inner struggle, relieves Frank of any responsibility and lets go of his grip and falls to his death.
Leary's death was pretty ironic and indeed reflected the earlier scene with him and Frank in Washington DC.
His fall was kinda choppy though, I'd say bad editing because you got these fraction of a second to 2 second shots of him falling.
He let go, you see him fall.
Then you see Frank's face.
Then you see him fall.
Then you see Lily's face.
then you seem him fall.
Then you see Frank's face again.
Then you see Leary's face
and from under him, his landing.
So not only did I find it choppy but when he first lets go, you can actually see through him for a second. Kinda primitive for a movie in 1993, the first part at least. Oh, and his fall was lenghty. Choppy indeed but it was lengthy, as if he was falling from the US Bank Tower or something.
heh, i have never really looked at it that way commanderblue. Indeed, that will probably annoy me from this point on!
Mind you, Hollywood is renowned for multi angle effect shots. Most Arnie films show massive building explosions from about 5 different angles. It is over the top, but adds to the impact that this is a *seriously* big explosion.
Lol, yeah.
In his fall, there should've been at the very least a good shot of him falling for 4 seconds instead of 1 to 2.