Who sent the severed arm with the money?

It was the Nihilists, man.

It was Bob.

It wasn't Marv who would be too squeamish to sever an arm - evidenced by how afraid he was to look in the bag, his cowed demeanour before the chechans, him wincing in private etc. Marv told the older brother to get rid of the stopped watch, and the older brother confirmed that the younger brother didnt know Marv was 'the guy' behind the first robbery. So Marv thinks he's safe.

It wasn't the chechens because why would they get blood on their own money, hang it on the fence etc (doesnt make sense). Also, they didnt know what Bob was talking about when he explains the returned money is damp. Chekov said 'what the f-k are u talking about', but just accepts the money. Then, chekov makes the bar the drop for superbowl night (the safest airline is the one that had a crash the night before). The chechens would have made sure to watch the bar on superbowl night - Marv makes his move, thus he's executed.

It had to be Bob because he threw away the arm. He didnt want to chechens to see it, as that would absolve both him AND Marv from the first robbery. He put the arm into the bag to make Marv think it was the chechens who cut the arm off and found the money.

The other clues that it was Bob :
1) The dispassionate manner he wrapped the arm up, which demonstrates his cold-bloodedness.

2) How Bob was courting the chechens, that he was the guy who could best look after them (he took the trouble to remember their favourite beer, that chekov didnt like the previous whiskey that smelt of feet)

3) It was Bob who personally handed the $5,000 back to the chechens, not Marv. The comment by Marv that the chechens would shoot them in the face if they returned the money from the first robbery was just Marv's point of view, he was afraid of them.

Okay so im just as confused as everyone else.. I think its a very hard thing to solve there are plenty of ways this can be viewed. Im still not convinced.

I'm quietly judging you...

Found this in another topic/thread but makes a lot of sense. I thought Marv killed him too until I read this. Especially the "junkie friends" line..and also explains how they knew were Marv was and got to him so quick.

They had been watching Marv for a long time. They tortured the junkie with the severed arm,knew Marv was in on it but let him be,no spoken threats,just sending the money and the arm back as a test of sorts. It wasn´t so much money for the chechens so they let Marv decide his own fate. Marv said he was followed and was right,just to desperate and greedy to see the big picture.

Marv owned the bar and changing leadership is something they´d want to avoid if possible.

-Why you always try to take my money? You and your druggie friends leave me alone.." Chochka is saying he knew Marv was in on the first hit,they have been watching him closely and if he screwed up again,he´d die. They found him in his car so fast cause they were keeping tabs on him.

It was the Chechens. The movie dropped a lot of clues. First off, Marv was pissed that Bob told the police about the broken watch. Second, Marv told one of the guys to tell his idiot brother to get ride of the broken watch.

Then, the arm with the broken watch shows up in a bag of bloody cash. It is pretty obvious that the broken watch lead the Chechens to guy and the money.

The arm and bloody money were a message from the Chechens to Marv and Bob not to *beep* with them. I am pretty sure they suspected or even knew that Marv was in on the robbery.


It was not Marv or Bob. That is ridiculous.

It is amazing to me that we are all so ready to forgive this movie for not making this point clear, we all liked it so much.



P.S. So why throw the arm in the water? It wasn't weighted down enough to sink, was it? And was the watch still on it? If the police found it, hoo boy. That would be an easy connection to the bar considering the wrapping.

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It was Bob he was cleaning up after Marv. He suspected what Marv was up to during the first robbery. He knew it was Marv when he gauged Marvs reaction to Bob telling police about the stopped watch. He id'd the guy wearing the watch so he took care of that tool and retrieved the money in an effort to save his and maybe his cousins rears. By sending the arm and money to themselves it makes it appear to the Chechen's as if neither of them were in on it and that the second robber panicked killed his partner and returned the money after finding out who it was he actually robbed. Of course the Chechen's and Bob knew everything from the jump but sat back and let everything play out for their own personal reasons. Marv just couldn't stop screwing himself the schmuck.