why does he die


the dude who likes holly why kill him off is it just to get him out of the way for the final scene so its jsut the two ladies, or did i miss crucial plot point or was it will patten who killed him on purpose

Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

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i think it was to get him out of the way. if he hadnt of died they would of had him on a strecher because of the same sort of incdent. would have made a better plot if the killer had gotten him.

why dont you shove your head up your ass, see if it fits. - Scarface

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Perhaps, but it also served the purpose of showing how her "shoot to maim" policy doesn't work, which she describes at the range in the beginning. Needless to say, she doesn't go for the maim at the end.

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yeah it would have been better, thanks for cleariung it up for me

Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?

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He died because Holly Hunter's character had been preaching a sort of
law-enforcement good neighbor policy where you DON'T have to kill
people to deal bad guys. Her previous statement is that, if you shoot
the guy in the right shoulder, he won't be able to return fire.

Well, the guys shoots him in the shoulder, then the bad guy turns
over, uses his other hand a kills the ole boy.

That destroys Holly Hunters self-confidence, and now she's able, for
the first time, to understand a little of the horrible life that Sigourney
Weaver has to live because of destroyed self-confidence.

That means that Holly Hunter has to overcome not only self doubt but
physical pain and the physical symptons--the jitters--of her wound
in order to save Sigourney Weaver and herself.

Brings the force of drama right back into the main character both
physically and emotionally.

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Nailed it.

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BINGO!

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