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The 3 sets of criminals in this movie


This was a very good movie movie. Watching this I saw there were 3 criminal sets in this movie. The Drifters, the professinals, and the old timers.

Parker and Longbaugh are obviously the drifters. They do what they can to make a quick buck. There have no luck as career criminals, until the do the kidnapping. Its here they try to score it big.

Jeffers and Obecks at one point were the same way. Drifters at one time, doing what they can to live by, until the stumbled upon Chidduck, and went legit. Legit in a way for a crooked business man as his private security. They no longer were seen as career criminals.

Old timers are Abner and Joe. The same as the other two sets, first drifters, than professionals, and now semi-retired. They have been in this business for so long that they no longer know how to do anything else. Abner is depressed an suicidal, which is why he tryies to kill himself, and joe is best at what hs does. They're stuck in this criminal element that is what they choose to do. It took them a long time to become where they are, and you can see there tired and sick of the crime and killing.

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These are great observations. Me and my GF love this movie. Especially because of all these characters in their different groups and how they interact with one another. A lot more depth than the movie might get credit for lies in those characters.

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