Why did Agent Gibbs (Xander Berkeley) join forces with Radek’s supporters? Did I miss the explaination, or was it just an assumed “he’s a bad guy” sort of thing?
I havent seen it for a while, but I take for granted you are talking about that secret service agent that went down with the plane? I think he was always along with them, just the inside guy… the guy that planted the weapons for the bad guys to pick up in the plane I guess.
Eric
It was just assumed he was the inside man. And the weapons weren’t planted; he merely gave them access.
It was never spelled out. I guess the choices are: A. he was doing it for the money. or B. he was incensed about Harrison’s switch in tactics at the meeting that opened the movie (which would give him a motive for wanting Harrison out of office and to help the bad guys). But of course, an operation like that would have taken a lot of time and planning, so, I guess I’d go with A.
The only thing that WAS said was : Harrison “I trusted you”
Bad guy replies “So will the next President” which to me infers that he believes he’ll still be a secret service guy, and not, say, the ambassador in waiting for the bad guys.
I got the feeling it was MONEY, he would’ve been on anyone’s side for the dough.
honestly, why would we be talking about a movie that really blew chunks? the movie was so hollywood that you really have to wonder why you asked this question.
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