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Exactly! It's almost like they wanted the police to realize there were some serious heavy hitters behind this. Way too high profile.
I knew Manny was not the brightest guy, but that scene still always amazes me in the "what were you thinking " way. Darwins law
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Yes and no. It would depend on the administration. If the US felt their power was being challenged by a foreign drug lord they might very well make up evidence linking him to it.
His insistence that it happens in front of the UN makes no sense. If he was worried what attention a speech in front of the UN would bring him, what did he think a bomb going off in front of the UN (killing the guy who was there to speak about him) would do?
Agreed. It seemed needless to make his death so torturous. They still could have made it look like a robbery while making it quicker.
There was no reason they couldn't have made it quicker for her
Agreed. The least they could have done is shot her first, or even better yet drugged her drink so she passed out and wasn't aware of it. Throwing her out alive and conscious like that seemed like a depraved act of sadism.
I guess that while I definitely saw Sosa as ruthless, I also saw him as a shrewd analytical strategist, and while a man like him would have no conscience, he would see the folly in murdering two children in such a gruesome fashion right in front of the UN when the whole world would know it was him, even if they could not prove it right away. It makes him seem more reckless than I initially would have assumed.
"Me.....I always tell the truth....even when I lie!"
Realistically no. Al Pacino made him charismatic so we do like he character, but in reality he was a despicable human being (even though I love the movie)
Good point. I've always felt that doing the attack in front off the UN was poor judgement even if there were not kids involved.
I actually felt that Tony could have leveraged this fact to his advantage in his final conversation with Sosa and maybe lived. Sure, Sosa would not have any moral issue with killing children but if Tony said "Hey, how do you think the press will react when two kids are blown up in New York, because their father was speaking to the media about Alexander Sosa? You'd be the Wolds most wanted man! The international community would put you at the top of the most wanted list and you'd be finished. I tried to point this out to him but he lacked the judgement to think of the massive amount of press and police/military heat on you, so I prevented him from doing that. You're welcome!"
Maybe Sosa might have had a moment of clarity and realized that as bad as the heat was with the bomb being found, the whole world would come crashing down on him when the pictures of those two kids ended up on the news for days. As angry as he might have felt he might have realized that Tony in fact saved his behind.
Any thoughts? Sosa seemed like a shrewed man, and could see the political blowback to kids being killed in front of the UN.
Great book. Very well written.
I agree that what you say makes sense, but then I am sitting here safely behind my keyboard. I hate to admit it but in real life if I had a gun pointed at me I'd be petrified and desperate to appease the guy with the gun.
Then he was not the brightest guy. He played games with a man pointing a gun at him.
I don't know but Takagi drove me nuts in that scene. He has a gun pointed at him and seems to be a bit belligerent with the man holding the gun. Assuming he didn't actually know the code, why chose the words "You'll just have to kill me"?!?!? Seriously? That was the most diplomatic way to handle an armed man with a gun? Why not appeal to his sense of reason. Sure we the audience know he was doomed anyway but he didn't. Why not say "Hey, I'm not willing to die over some bonds. I swear if I knew I would tell you. If there is any way I can help you please tell me, I'm not dumb enough to try to be a hero here".
ANYTHING has to be better than "You'll just have to kill me". He was literally daring Hans with an ultimatum.
It is possible he is seen in a good light, but remember those younger cops were hurt, they had a fellow officer die and were probably under tremendous pressure to back up Teasle and the others. As for the rescue mission I do see you point, it would be hard to cover that up, but not necessarily impossible. Also, if it did become public record, then the idea that this guy could single handedly take on hundreds of Russian and Vietnamese troops single handedly might still make people wary of him.
To me the worst part about her death is that while the viewers assume her life ends when her head goes under the water, the reality is that she could remain conscious for a minute or two after her head finally went under. Even though the screams are now silenced, she could have suffered unbearable horror for at least another minute or so under water, unable to scream.
I never understood why Maximus made it so obvious to him that he knew what happened, and why he snubbed his offer. Why not play dumb, show him respect and let him think he had his loyalty? He could still let those close to him know what he suspected, and plot behind his back, but walking out on him just seemed dumb.