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How did they get the money??


If the real white cops took the bag of money away from sugar ray and quick? So i guess they didnt get all of calhouns money or what? On top of that they seem like they dont even care about not getting any money. I'm confused...they said they were going to rob calhoun and when they tried it failed cuz the cops got the money instead. Someone please explain what i missed.

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Those two white cops were working for Sugar Ray and Quick. In the movie's last scene where everyone is standing in front of Vera's house, Sugar Ray and Quick thank the two cops and ask them if they took their share of the money.

It's funny, even AFTER I watched that scene and the closing credits started, I thought they were just going to leave and not get Sunshine out of jail. Then I had to remind myself that those two cops never locked her up. :-)

Move along! There's nothing to see here.

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How do you know they didnt lock her up? Was she in the last scene when they were all leaving?

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I don't remember seeing her, but then again Sunshine was just some Harlem whore, so they could have given her a cut of money and she stayed in Harlem. No one would know who she was except Richie Vinto. And I can't remember if he was in the explosion or not. If he wasn't he probably got out of dodge anyway cause last he remember he lost a million of some mobsters money without dieing, so he probably left while the leaving was still good.

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Part of their payoff was double teaming Sunshine in the back of that police car.

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