I stopped watching after McCauley got "you're home free" from Nate.
Because in that version he let Waingro go and left the country with his gal Eady.
shareI stop there too - I've said on another thread on here - going after Waingro like that goes completely against Neil's risk vs reward/keep emotions out of it character that we're being shown throughout the film. Especially when he sees the big gun behind the reception desk - surely that called for a re-assessment of the situation.
I think it was a better ending for Hanna too - "so long mf'er - you were good".
He knows he can't win them all, and it ties in nicely with what Nate said about how he can hit or miss.
I think it woulda been cool to have the end credits rolling on the exterior shots of Neil's car headed to the airport.
It ties in neater with the rest of the story also, since it had Chris already doing the 30 second walk away from everything, Michael refusing to quit while he was still ahead and token Donald who should have resisted temptation. My regret with the movie is the criminal underuse of great ass shots of Charlene.
shareThat’s part of what makes the movie so great. Neil breaking his own rule, and losing everything because of it, feels tragic.
He wanted Waingro so bad he could taste it. That betrayal broke a code, and Neil just...could not...let that go.
You can’t have a happy ending in a movie like this. It’s not an episode of CHIPs. It had to end tragically. Sure, Neil has some personal codes. But he’s also human, wired the way a man is wired...and the code Waingro broke...outweighed everything else.
Part of why the movie, and Michael Mann, are brilliant.
It could be argued that the villain getting away would not be a happy ending. If anything having Hanna catch him and kill him was a happier ending.
Neil wanted Waingro so bad it was like acid in his mouth....sorry, wrong 90s film
Exactly this.
We're not talking about some simple thief here, we're talking about an ice-cold killer.
Did you all forget the first heist on the transport already!? It was Neil who gave the okay to kill the last guard who wasn't even a thread. A man with a family no doubt, doing an honest job and just trying to get by.
Be under no illusion that Neil would have not shot the last guard, now witness to murder, himself without hesitation if Cheritto would not have been ready to do so in that moment.
He was a villain. Scum. And he had it coming.
The movie is utterly predictable because of it's by-the-numbers ending.
shareI agree and Michael Mann even admitted that in the end the Bad Guy can't get away, but to me his conclusion leaves Edie as an accomplice and a better ending would be Neil having to leave Edie followed by ditching Vincent only to be left fleeing for the rest of his life. Getting killed was a literal cop out.
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