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Why on earth did Sonny dance with Isabella in front of the bad guys?


And where did that one guy have that private recording on his laptop? Was there something I didn't get it? That seemed especially foolish and risky. Did they think Montoya's men wouldn't care?

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i dont think he necessarily saw it as being foolish. plus he certainly seemed to love isabella so perhaps he did not even consider any possible consequences. he had already taken a spontaneous boat trip to cuba with her so i doubt he thought (or cared whether) dancing with her would start more trouble. sonny was incredibly confident and had put himself in a dominant position over yero several times already.

as far as how yero recorded them dancing...i cannot say for sure but i think it's safe to assume the club had security cameras installed and yero played it for montoya on a laptop for convenience.

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I'm not sure but I believe Yero actually owned that club, hence he'd have the security camera footage available at his leisure.
The whole point was that Yero himself was in love with Isabella, his jealousy driving him to rat her and Crockett out. Might be that they felt safe in that no one knew or suspected, as they had to constantly see each other anyway, for business.

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Yero was in love with Isabella? Oops, going to need to pay more attention for that next time. I just found it to a peculiar choice for Sonny to make, knowing that he was on enemy grounds, knowing that activity like that would undoubtedly appear to be suspicious and questionable in front of the drug dealers, wouldn't it seem like a risky thing to do for someone undercover? I'm surprised she didn't say something along the lines of "Not here...." prior to this the two were putting forth an effort to hide their affair. Why the sudden change of heart with a public display of affection?

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The first dance was in Cuba, away from everyone, away from Miami, away from all connections. It was the second dance, in the U.S., that was recorded. That Sonny and Isabella had feelings for each other was evident while they were dancing - that's what Yero captured.

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On the dance floor, they probably just got carried away. But the longer Crockett spent undercover, the more reckless and overconfident he seemed to get - it's the combination of success and love that went to his head (note that he also yells at his superiors and pretty much insists on dictating his own rules). I actually wish the film would have gone further with all that blurring of lines business, so that Crockett would indeed have arrived at a point where he's in danger of losing sight as to "which way is up".



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