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Alonzo getting out the shot up car..

posted 5 years ago by bozo_500 (13119)
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It looks like he trying to get to the trunk..even holding out the key ready (although the trunk had been all bust up).. I guessing he must've had a shotgun and or automatic weapons in there as would be expected for a cop and especially gun crazy Alonzo (maybe we even see guns inside the trunk earlier I can't remember) so its like he was making a futile effort to get there.. (we saw earlier hed lost his handguns in Eva Mendes' flat.. and had the revolver taken away before he could get it, and he obviously has no gun on him as surely hed have it in the car ready and even fired back at the Russians ..)

But if that's so...

..why wasn't he armed already with whatever was in the trunk ? He should've had a piece nearby just in case (shotgun or whatever) .. he knew the Russians were looking for him.. if hed had say an Uzi or even a handgun he might've been able to fire a few shots at them before they opened up and maybe even escaped..

[–] redban (6198) 4 years ago

Yeah, he was making a futile attempt to get something (a weapon) from the back. The act was meant to portray him as a vulnerable, desperate man in his final moments. You indeed hear the Russians say something and start laughing; so they were making fun of Alonzo.

Again, Alonzo's futile attempt to reach the trunk was just meant to make his death seem more ignominious.

[–] bozo_500 (13119) 4 years ago

Unless anyweapons he had in the trunk had been removed (by those guarding him from Jake earlier) and thats why he didn't have a gun on his person? ..but then why would he be trying to get to the trunk? Idk..alonzo was having a bad old day lol

[–] CoachGainz (453) 4 years ago

He was already dead, his brain just hadn't caught up to the fact. His body was in a fight or flight I doubt there was any real reasoning why he got out of the car and seemed to be making his way to the back.