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Cochrane's weirdly missed opportunity

posted 10 years ago by uzielis
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When Cochrane ambushed Murphy by the incomplete skyscraper, why didn't he just finish off Murphy then and there? Instead, Cochrane severly injures Murphy and attacks the helicopter, blowing off the side camera and disabling the mechanisms of the cannon. He could have just blown Murphy's head off, given just a few more seconds - which he clearly had. If the jets were not afraid to take out Murphy along with the expensive blue helicopter, then neither should've Cochrane.

[–] enzo_Q 10 years ago

it was a total fantasy. cochrane should have finished BT off within seconds with those cannons. couple of shots into BT's fantail or rotors and that is it....

[–] tylerism1 8 years ago

Yeah, the movie 'Firefox' had a similar "missed opportunity" in the ending. (Perhaps several)

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