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Why the name "The Killing"?

posted 8 years ago by kepotaz
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What is it referring to?

[–] rogue_snail 8 years ago

I just rewatched this tonight and I thought the exact same thing. Perhaps its a comparison that the characters were going to make a "killing" on this robbery, but then they almost all end up getting killed in the process.

[–] AvaSinatra59 (195) 6 years ago

Agreed.

[–] Line-of-Flight 8 years ago

I guess the Tarantinoesque-avant-la-lettre shooting near the end, killing most of the criminals.

[–] kalelabud 8 years ago

didn't know tarantino invented shootings...

[–] CaseyRyback (80) 6 years ago

Made me think of Tarantino too..

[–] MajorWoody (21) 5 years ago

Tarantino-esque? 40 years or so before he made movies?

[–] misterlint 8 years ago

It's a racetrack term. "I made a Killing at the tracks."

[–] slc2466 8 years ago

Agree, Mr.Lint!