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The cult of Murphy

posted 12 years ago by ScarletSpider87
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One interesting dimension of the film is that it implies that Murphy has a cult following among criminals. Because Elvis was his father, it seems to have made him some kind of criminal royalty.

You can see it when he calls the guy to bail him out of jail. Murphy never implies that he will pay the guy back, but he fully expects him to bail him out immediately, no questions asked.

You can also see it at the end when the same guy asks, "Is he really your father?" That guy was willing to die for Murphy because of an almost cultic attachment to Murphy as Elvis' son. His dying wish was simply to know for sure that he had been with Elvis' son.

[–] eggoleggo15 12 years ago

That guy(Jack played by Howie Long) was in on it from the beginning.

When David Arquette's character is complaining about how much they're paying him for just flying the helicopter. In Murphy's reply, he mentions that Jack is taking care of 'a lot of other stuff, you don't know sh*t about'. Hanson and Michael then exchange a look, knowing that something's up. This is what leads me to believe that he was intenting on killing the rest of them anyway(A lot of people say that he only made the decision when Franklin died).

The reason him and Jack were so close, were because they were in Vietnam together. Maybe Franklin was also a veteran, or long time friend of Franklin's, and that's why he got upset then.

And of course Jack would bail his friend out of jail. He would have bailed ANYONE out of jail with that much moulah on the line. As for the ending, I think it just proves how close it was. Murphy hadn't 'bragged' or mentioned the fact that he was Elvis' son to anyone else in the movie, yet Jack knew.

[–] TheOriginalFakeShemp 9 years ago

In the novelization Murphy and Franklin's relationship in Vietnam is briefly touched on and it's heavily implied that they were lovers.

[–] csos 9 years ago

What novel was that. I can't find reference to it anywhere. Thanks.