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Great film, but I still couldn't understand... [SPOILERS]

posted 6 months ago by [email protected] (153)
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Why did Ralph kill Colbert? Was there an actual reason? Or just to steal money so he can pay for Dolores' abortion?

[–] Effie21 (108) 5 months ago

From what I understand, he didn't intend to kill him, he just wanted to rob him to pay for the abortion. He just hit him too hard as he describes his intention to only "tap" Colbert on the back of the head but ended up accidentally killing him.