Written by Mr. Mouseburger 23rd Jun 2006

Kindly submitted by Marko

Working as a sub-contractor, Lamont has designed the swivelling, rotating base, which the Jackal's big gun is to be placed upon. Now, far be it from me to tell the Jackal how to go about his assassination attempt, but I would have thought that discretion would be a big part of his business. This is something his 1,000,000 rounds a minute gun cannot provide, but it does make for a cool special effect sequence at the end of the film. Alas, I digress.

Lamont is the creator of his own demise, when he chances his luck by casually threatening the Jackal to rat him out to the authorities (he had the plans for the base) if his fee was not increased. This is a movie no-no, as we are all aware that open displays of avarice in a films generally leads to your death rather quickly.

The Jackal seemingly agrees to the Lamont’s demands but asks to test out the equipment. Lamont takes him out to a remote location to test the gun mounted on the said base.

Little did Ian know though that he was going to experience the results of his craftsmanship first-hand. The Jackal makes the hapless Lamont run for his life, so he can test out the auto-tracing system. After about forty paces he yells at Lamont to "stop!" which of course made him freeze in his tracks. To test the precision of the newly assembled gun, Lamont is told to hold out his pack of cigarettes, which the Jackal targets with his sophisticated laptop interface.

*click*

A round of depleted uranium goes off, severing Lamont's hand in a bloody shower of glory. "I told you it was off", the Jackal almost mutters to himself, proving that his complaint with Lamont's handiwork was justified. Reeling in disbelief at his newly missing limb, Lamont staggers a few more feet in a dying, futile attempt to escape his tormentor. He finally leans against an abandoned car where the Jackal shoots off some more rounds to finish him off.

This is easily one of the more disturbing scenes of violence I have seen in the recent years. It was reminiscent of Murphy's (q.v.) spectacular death scene in Robocop, but rightfully gory in its own right.