![]() Realizing his mistake, he kills the security guard and the custodian before bursting into the - strikingly identical - correct building, sweating from nerves and physical exertion, and signs in at the front desk. Patrick flees to what he mistakenly thinks is Pierce & Pierce. Based on the bewildered look on Patrick’s face, he is just as stunned as we are at the turn of events. He finds himself in an alley blocked off by cops, and in a sudden shootout, Patrick somehow manages to take down a few cops and blow up a cop car. Without a moment of hesitation, Patrick shoots the woman and takes off, the cops suddenly hot on his heels. ![]() ![]() As he holds the poor, unsuspecting kitten up to the ATM slot, a passerby, justifiably horrified, demands to know what he is doing. ![]() ![]() The story is told from Patrick's perspective, and Patrick quickly becomes an unreliable narrator in these crucial last 30 minutes of the film. But from the moment Patrick scoops a stray kitten off the ground, prepared to shove it in the slot, the film starts to take a turn that sparks the question of just how much of Patrick's crimes up to this point have actually occurred. Up until this point in the film, we can suspend our disbelief that Patrick is somehow getting away with his brutal crimes scot-free - American Psycho is a satire after all. ![]()
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