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Wouldn't the Mother & daughter still be in danger?...spoilers

posted 10 years ago by ph75006
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*SPOILERS*

So Creasy trades his life for that of Pita's. Am I missing something here or does that just seem really naive? Because how is he so sure that the bad guys won't go after the Mother & Pita again? He drives to the meeting place alone (okay, not entirely alone since he had the captive brother, but essentially without any backup or help). The mother also drives to the meeting place alone. The bad guys came in a group with menacing guns....The exchange takes place and the bad guys leave with Creasy and the Mother+Pita drive off...however, how do we know that the bad guys don't already have people in place to intercept the Mother+Pita and kill them for good? After all, Pita has seen a bunch of the men and can testify as a witness...? I just feel like the ending was a bit too simplistic? Who is there to ensure the safety of Pita and her mother with Creasy gone?

[–] seoman-1 10 years ago

For what it's worth, I completely agree. I hated the ending for precisely this reason.

[–] Klockard23 10 years ago

That was the only aspect of the ending that bugged me... That there was no way he could be certain they wouldn't just find a way to kill Lisa and Pita anyway, or kidnap Pita again afterwards. A more logical ending would have been if Creasy called the police and told them where the meeting was to take place and somehow the police intercepted it (after the trade-off) and took them all down. Creasy would have been giving himself up to the police in that situation, too (since he HAS gone off and killed people outside of the confines of the law), and Creasy could have still had the same peaceful death there at the end.

[–] black-hood 10 years ago

I'm finding it hard to believe any of the 3 posters above actually watched the movie. Maybe they were distracted while watching, then came on here making such a silly point.

I suggest watching it again a pay attention this time.

[–] toddp-10 9 years ago

finding it hard to believe any of the 3 posters above actually watched the movie

Seriously. Four posters on here that seem to have been playing with phone during movie. Amazing this question was asked.

For those that missed it, as hard as that is even to imagine!: He took down 99% of the whole gang/operation. The ex Interpol guy killed the leader later that day. Whole organization is done from the ground up

[–] moonscar119 8 years ago

Plus she is an american citizen and will move back there with 2.5 million in the camen islands to restart her life with

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

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[–] Planet-38 9 years ago

Watching it this time, I thought about that. I consoled myself by hoping the mother just drove for the border or straight to the airport. After all, she is a US citizen, plus she had to consider the possibility that her child would never be safe if she stayed in Mexico even one more day.

"Arguing with idiots is like trying to play chess with a pigeon..."

[–] forrykook 10 years ago

I think that kidnapping Pita again would be pointless because the money is gone and Pita's father is dead. But there is nothing except the honour of an agreement to stop the villains just killing them. To make this worse, the ending shows the villains' cars going over the bridge towards where the girls were. Makes you wonder.

[–] dixiedragon 9 years ago

Seems a silly if not ignorant question ... the villa ALONE even by Mexico City standards was worth millions if it wasn't hocked to the hilt and am pretty sure the Mexican government was able to recover what was left of the 10M - plus marrying into Mexican "wealth" she was not poor from her own standards ... she could have an American firm handle all the legal details from the USA and take Pita back to the USA unimpeded - that would have been the LEAST of my questions - not to mention the ENTIRE gang was taken down one man at a time right down to the Voice who was killed during the arrest. The fact that this was fiction - total fiction - does not color that there are still dozens of kidnappings weekly in Mexico - NOT a place I'd want to vacation.

[–] maximumcomedy 8 years ago

Well the voice was saying how he is a professional and always sticks to his word so why wouldn't he this time? It's pretty obvious that Creasy knew the voice was better than just a petty criminal and would be fair.

Also I'm pretty sure pita didn't really witness anything because I think she was blindfolded most of the time.

[–] Chester (223) 2 years ago

There’s that, and also there was no need for Creasy to give himself up. Just tell The Voice ‘Drop Pita off at this address by this time or I dismember your family’.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Manzano put the smack down on all them motherfuckers afterward.

Wouldn't the Mother & daughter still be in danger?...*spoilers*

Wouldn't the Mother & daughter still be in danger?...spoilers