The assassin agrees to meet Rachel in Pittsburgh where they do battle for the final time, but why doesn't Santos simply kill Rachel over scrambled eggs and coffee, rather than selling out his boss? And if Santos wanted Rachel to succeed, why bother fighting her once she shows up? Curiously though, it's Santos who tips Rachel off about Morgan's involvement when the pair talk at a diner. Chalk that one up to narrative license.Ĭongresswoman Morgan's hitman of choice is Amo Santos, who serves as Rachel's enemy for much of her Sweet Girl rampage. Why Morgan publicly targets the pharma trade and appears on TV alongside the very people she's conspiring with is a mystery. She contracted a hit on Bennett because he unearthed proof of her misdeeds, and probably targeted Shah in response to Keeley's assassination, needing to tie up loose ends. Morgan's goal was the senator's seat right from the start. This is hinted at early in Sweet Girl, when Morgan announces a joint agreement with BioPrime and a reporter asks " are you planning on running-" before being abruptly cut off. Morgan's motives are purely monetary, since she's planning a run for senator and needed funds to win the campaign. That honor goes to Congresswoman Morgan, whose motives are quickly glossed over in Sweet Girl.īioPrime ( Keeley and Shah) paid bribes to Morgan, who would use her political clout to get rival drugs shut down at the approval stage. When Rachel catches up with Shah, he's significantly more clued in, not denying his involvement in the Bennett murder and promising Rachel, " we can get to anyone." But while Shah might be the driving force at BioPrime, he's not the fairy atop Sweet Girl's Christmas tree of conspirators. Keeley's ignorance of the dead journalist (Martin Bennett) also seems genuine. Faced with Rachel, Keeley says Shah " brought me on," and since the CEO dies shortly after, there's no reason to disbelieve him. He's associating with Vinod Shah, the chairman of BioPrime, whose hands are just as dirty after bribes to keep competitors like Spero off the market. Keeley is one of them - the pharmaceutical CEO churning out expensive cancer medication and raking in tons of cash for the privilege. Netflix's Sweet Girl doesn't properly map out the BioPrime conspiracy, but there are essentially 3 main players. Amy Brenneman's character positions herself as an anti-corruption politician and is seen grilling Keeley on live TV at the top of the movie. As Rachel later discovers, however, Keeley was merely a cog in a much larger, murkier wheel, and the hand turning the gears belongs to Pennsylvania Congresswoman Diana Morgan. Sweet Girl sets up Simon Keeley as the main villain - so his death inside the opening 30 minutes comes as somewhat of a surprise. The earlier, peaceful Rachel watching angry, violent Rachel represents her inner virtue lingering in the background. This is why "Rachel" always tried to talk her father out of violence, and explains why she always watches "Ray" commit horrific acts, such as the motel murders and Vinod Shah's tunnel death. This explains why Agent Meeker tells Rachel to repeat her own name, and syncs up with Jason Momoa's opening monologue, which speaks of parents and children becoming indiscernible from each other.īut if Ray was really Rachel, who was the other Rachel audiences were watching before? Although Sweet Girl doesn't explicitly address her presence, the other Rachel could be interpreted as the "real" character - the innocent 18-year-old bubbling away beneath the surface of a savage killer. Whatever condition Rachel has, she's blending together her own persona with that of her father. Confronting Congresswoman Morgan, Rachel says " WE never meant to hurt anyone" and, after leaping from the Pittsburgh Steelers' stadium roof, she's reassured when "Ray" returns to comfort her. Sweet Girl wisely avoids digging into the specifics of Rachel's psychological condition, but drops enough clues to confirm she's hallucinating visions of her father. The first reappearance of Jason Momoa's character after his stabbing comes in a mirror behind Rachel, no character ever directly references both of them, and not one person thought Momoa serving drinks at a fancy charity gala was suspicious. Sweet Girl drops plenty of hints that Rachel is in the driving seat throughout.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |