Jack was supposed to take Jon to jail. It was part of his deal with the feds. He also had stolen cash.
You're definitely not wrong. However, I don't see this as a hole in the plot. I think Jack made an on-the-spot judgment call to releasethe Duke. Most likely some time on the flight back to Los Angeles and upon arrival at the airport.
shareThat means he is now a wanted man. He aided and abetted an known fugitive. That cash would(no matter the reality) be considered a bribe.
Jack is either on the run for life, or going to prison.
No ifs, ands, or buts.
He could hide the money and say he escaped.
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He could hide the money
[He could] say he escaped.
i dont think jack is in any trouble
1 only jack and the duke knew about the money and niether of them is going to tell
2 jack is a independent bounty hunter and was under no compuntion to deliver the duke into police custody
3 mosley only realy wanted the duke so he could testify against serrano and as jack pointed out sorrano was prosicutable as soon as he entered the airport and was is serous trouble as soon as he took the disks all of witch was recorded by servalence so the dukes importance in prosicuting serrano was now negligable.
jack knew that if he delivered the duke into police custady that sorrano would still probably have the connections to have him killed before he became a fbi protected witness, and what a poor ending to the film that whould have been instead of the gold we got (one of my favorite endings to a movie)
and maybe the duke handd himself in to the fbi directly instead of going through the possibly corrupt police system.
these are just my musings of the end of one of my favorite films
1 only jack and the duke knew about the money and niether of them is going to tell
2 jack is a independent bounty hunter and was under no compuntion to deliver the duke into police custody
3 mosley only realy wanted the duke so he could testify against serrano and as jack pointed out sorrano was prosicutable as soon as he entered the airport and was is serous trouble as soon as he took the disks all of witch was recorded by servalence so the dukes importance in prosicuting serrano was now negligable.
jack knew that if he delivered the duke into police custady that sorrano would still probably have the connections to have him killed before he became a fbi protected witness, and what a poor ending to the film that whould have been instead of the gold we got (one of my favorite endings to a movie)
mosley clearly liked and respected jack in the end, you only have to see the scene where jack and serrano were talking at the airport the "another copper is *beep* your wife" bit you see mosleys face and the realisation of the history between walsh and serrono
and i'm not tyring to negate your point we both clearly like/love the film i'm just giving my opinion/take on the ending.
and as i said in my previous post i wouldnt be suprised in the duke did give himself up to mosley/FBI he didnt seem like the type to drag his wife around on the run forever esp as the main reason for being in hiding in the fist place (serrano) was in custedy and the only way for jack to get a happy endind (out of this misrable buissnes forever)and the duke to get safly into wittnes protection was how the ending panned out imho.
other opinions are valid and available
Well the_la_baker, Jack proposes the following to Mosely:
Would you let me take the Duke in
myself and collect my money?
English is not my mother tongue, but I argue that that does not constitute a promise/contract to get him into custody. He just wants to have control over the Duke again.
And Mosely agrees, since in the end, as others have stated, he is not interested in The Duke per se, but in Serrano.
So yes, I think I have negated your point. :-)
He wasn't delivering The Duke to the Feds; he was giving him to Moscone so he could collect the bounty for him. The deal Jack cut with Alonso was to get Serrano arrested. The Duke was Alonso's original way to do it, but Jack set it up so that Serrano could take fake discs and get arrested on a slew of charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and several RICO Act statutes. Alonso didn't want The Duke brought to L.A. for some idiotic charge...which I admit they didn't really explain clearly in the movie (how The Duke got himself arrested and was set with that bail).
But now that Alonso got Serrano, The Duke was no longer needed.
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He wasn't delivering The Duke to the Feds; he was giving him to Moscone so he could collect the bounty for him. The deal Jack cut with Alonso was to get Serrano arrested. The Duke was Alonso's original way to do it, but Jack set it up so that Serrano could take fake discs and get arrested on a slew of charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and several RICO Act statutes. Alonso didn't want The Duke brought to L.A. for some idiotic charge...which I admit they didn't really explain clearly in the movie (how The Duke got himself arrested and was set with that bail).
Nobody knows about the money, so that's not a problem provided Jack was smart about it. And he could claim the Duke escaped from him...nobody could prove otherwise------^ another vote here
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Nobody knows about the money, so that's not a problem provided Jack was smart about it. And he could claim the Duke escaped from him...nobody could prove otherwise
shareNobody knows about the money, so that's not a problem provided Jack was smart about it. And he could claim the Duke escaped from him...nobody could prove otherwise
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My vote as well. He won't be in any trouble, no plot hole.
Nobody knows about the money, so that's not a problem provided Jack was smart about it. And he could claim the Duke escaped from him...nobody could prove otherwise
I would reply but my brain is still not functioning properly.
Oh shít wait... I did just reply.
Argh.
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