![]() He is simply content with dragging as many lives down with him as he can and ruining Jim's life so he could corrupt him into becoming the man to kill him after he thwarted John's initial attempt on his life. Despite being suicidal, John is never given a justifiable or sympathetic excuse for anything that he does throughout the film (considering his past is intentionally kept a mystery), nor are his suicidal tendencies treated as a genuine mental illness.There is what appears to be a flicker of pity on John's face when he frightens Jim at a café and when Jim tries to get an explanation for why John is doing what he does, but it quickly vanishes and he continues leaving bodies behind and torturing Jim without any signs of true regret for his actions.When Jim hesitates at this realization, John Ryder proceeds to tear Nash apart right in front of Jim anyway. ![]() John does this as a means to provoke Jim into shooting him, in spite of the fact that should he die, his foot will be taken off the truck's clutch cause Nash to die horribly. He kidnaps Nash and ties her between a semitruck and a trailer, threatening to rip her in half when the police try to close in on him.He murders the three police officers who arrested Jim guns down two cops when Jim tries to turn himself in kills four more cops chasing after Jim and his love interest Nash and, while being transferred to prison in a bus, blasts away three guards with a shotgun. After framing Jim, John goes on a cop killing spree to keep Jim out of jail solely to torment and incriminate him further.Their fates are confirmed when John hides a severed finger in Jim's fries to just to mess with him. He is seen driving the same pickup truck for a good portion of the film and the two owners of the truck are never seen again. He later hitches a ride with two more people in a pickup truck, where it is strongly indicated that he murdered them afterwards.Jim vomits at the sight of the bloody aftermath. John Ryder proves his confession to being a vicious killer by hitching a ride with a family of four and brutally killing them, including the two children he was playing with.It is implied that John intends to push Jim into killing him by tormenting Jim, making attempts on his life, killing more people Jim happens to cross paths with and then framing him for his own killing spree by planting his bloodied knife in Jim's jacket pocket and letting the police catch him. He begins relentlessly stalking Jim after his attempt on Jim's life is foiled. ![]() He confesses his murder to frighten Jim before pulling a knife on him, promising Jim the exact same fate.
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