I
started watching The Fear last
night. Late last night. In brief: A Brighton crime boss turned entrepreneur and
the disintegration of a criminal mind.
That's very brief. This film features Albanian mobsters who, I
believe, once ran a school for ISIS newbies on how to get your point
across. But here's what I'm posting this for.
Richie is an aging Brit crime boss who owns Brighton.
His two sons, Matty and Cal (he, something of a half wit) run the
business while Richie enjoys his golden years. Then two things
happen.
First, Richie flys off the handle when a unicyclist rests his arm on
his chauffeured car at a stoplight. Richie throws open the door
and
beats the living crap out of the kid. This, on a crowded street, so the
coppers soon have a description and plate number of the perp.
When
Richie is confronted with it, he genuinely has no recollection. That's a clue.
Meanwhile, the Albanians have started taking over his turf. Matty
and
Cal, especially Cal, muck things up by promising things they cannot
deliver. The Albanians let them know they won't negotiate, and
deliver
that message by leaving the decapitated head of Cal's
girlfriend f
under his bed pillow . FWIW, I found this to be the most horrific
and
artful display of that genre, ever!
Cutting to the chase. APPLE,
PENNY, TABLE
Richie is convinced he has a memory
problem; probably Alzheimer's, but won't give in to it. He visits
an
old Dr. friend who asks him 5 things:
- Remember the words apple, penny, table
- What date is it.
- The Season?
- Count backwards from 100 by sevens
(subtract 7)
- And finally, what were the three words?
Richie comes
close with
the date, missing by a day. The season? Fall. Spot on.
He stumbles
counting backwards, but gets the first 3 or 4 iterations. But he
can't
remember TABLE. But wait.
A few minutes later he remembers Table.
Which leads me to this
tenuous aside:
You prolly, like me, took the test with
Richie. How did you do? I ask this for a
reason.
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