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Gutshot John
Which is pretty much what he did.
It's a movie, and a really good one. Enjoy it for what it is not for what you want it to be.
For myself I prefer an unexpected ending that was more satisfying than just another shoot-em-up.
Of course that is what he did. I was noting that, just saying if he wanted to take em out and come out on top he could have done that as well with a little planning.
And like I said, I really liked the movie. It was really good, just had a cop out PC "killing scum is beneath the good guy" mentality.
For example, when he rescued Sue from the homeboys he pulled a gun on them. I'm assuming he was willing to kill them even though they weren't armed (although disparity of strength does justify it) or you don't pull a gun. And this is over some sexual harassment, with the possible threat of rape or injury.
But he isn't willing to kill gun toting, gang banging rapists who have already done far worse than the three black kids?!? Just makes zero sense.
Of course we can chalk it up to "it's a movie", but that discrepancy in character just doesn't work for me. It was just such a powerful movie up to that point. Would have been better if he had managed to orchestrate the hispanic gang and the Hmong gang to take each other out or something along those lines.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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