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If this is a true story, why isn't he in jail?


Wouldn't the basis of Luke Wilson's character have to own up to the fact he was involved in the murder? He wrote the movie based on his own situation, right?

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The comment is "influenced by a true story", which covers a multitude of sins. But the Feds covered that with the story about "helping your country" and he also made it clear that they really couldn't give a damn about Russian mobsters sleeping with the fishes.

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Without a corpse, the government would have to work a lot harder to prove their case. Reliable witnesses would be a start but everyone who confessed was unreliable and was trying to cut a deal.

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