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(Spoilers) How did the father die?


I just watched the movie and still don’t get it how those kids’ father died. He was prancing around with the gun. By the way, that whole scene with him shooting around the kids was so unexpected and hilarious.. What was he trying to do shoot his own kids??

Did he commit suicide or it was just an accident? It was so quick that I couldn’t understand what really happened.

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He shot himself and set the car on fire. He wanted to commit murder/suicide. Have you never read news about people that do that with their families?
It's never explained why he wanted to do that. First time you watch the movie, it's confusing.

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Ok, if he wanted to commit murder then he was really bad at it, but I think it still works, because the kids could’ve died of thirst and starvation anyway, it’s just they got lucky. I think when he was shooting at them it was almost like a game. He was toying with the idea of killing them but couldn’t do it so he killed himself. Thanks for reply!

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