this film have a rot core of flexible morality and and yet a quirky sense of justice . so many of the regular joes among u would love to stick it to the man . the man in this case be represent by several different character . mr. keller and who carla report to at her office . later and paul owes 70 large to mr. marchand the club owner . and then there be paul parole officer . there seem to be so much question about this last character side story . reviewer point it out a a weakness in an otherwise well craft subterranean game of ping pong between our two protagonist and escalate tit for tat until their life change dramatically . they be beholden to each agent of the man . one or both could be fire and kill and or imprison if they do not do a they be tell . the film have a sense of relief at the end . carla finally get laid . her bos be force out for be a jerk . mr. club owner be a pulpy mess in his own bathroom . they get the $ money $ . and . they need not worry about report in to the parole officer and because his moral weakness lead him to stash his wander wife in the basement ( or whatever the police find to arrest him ) . it be a critical subconscious trigger to the lock tumbler that wind u up so tight . never mind that someone else may get paul file later to supervise his release while for the moment they be free . they might even get away with it . woohoo . they stick it to the man .