Why did Sanchez kill Truman? - Licence to Kill (1989) Discussion

[–] crakatoot 9 years ago

He was being manipulated by Bond to doubt everybody. Again and Again Bond kept telling Sanches how he couldn't trust anybody, how everyone was conspiring against him. Remember when Sanchez was paying off Bond for telling him about Milton Krest and how he was planning to betray Sanchez. And what does Bond Say "it was only one person, I figured there had to be more, no one would dumb enough to go up against u alone". Now that was a brilliant move on Bonds part, not only does it feed into Sanchez inflated ego but again it makes him doubt everyone around. Like maybe Krest didn't act alone. Maybe there is someone else trying to bring me down. That's one of the reason I like Licence to Kill so much. It shows that even without the support of his country Bond is still very effective. When he couldn't stop Sanchez with his regular weapons like guns and bombs, he tried to stop him using psychological tactics. By the end, he was doubting the loyalty of Everyone around him, so when he saw Truman with the briefcase of money, he thought he was ripping him and that was all it took for Sanchez to kill him. And thats what Bond wanted. Like even if Bond hadn't been able to Kill Sanchez, his empire still would have been in ruin.

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[–] Verdugo85 9 years ago

Spot on. I think Bond also tricked Sanchez about Heller stealing his stingers.

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[–] shaundee 9 years ago

Loyalty is more important than money!

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[–] uziforu 9 years ago

Because he was a little weasel who insulted Sanchez by calling him Franz

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[–] mikeyg24 9 years ago

I think that's pretty much it. At the end of the day suck-ups like Truman were two a penny and he had already questioned Franz reminding him that the product in the tankers belonged to the Orientals, now he's opening up a fresh mouth. The less people Franz had to deal with in the present situation the better. Get the trucks and the money to a friendly place hire a new 'Truman' and start all over again.

I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time Del Boy, it's them that started me drinking!

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[–] Koosh_King01 9 years ago

At the end of the day suck-ups like Truman were two a penny and he had already questioned Franz reminding him that the product in the tankers belonged to the Orientals, now he's opening up a fresh mouth.

Although to be fair to Truman-Lodge, he did have a point. Sanchez had a deal with "the Orientals" and was absconding with both the briefcase full of money they'd paid him and all the tanker trucks full of drug-laced gasoline he'd promised.

We have to assume the Asian businessmen he was dealing with represented some pretty powerful people, ones who wouldn't like being screwed over.

And since it appeared that this was exactly what Sanchez was doing, Truman-Lodge wouldn't be doing his job as Sanchez's financial adviser if he didn't point it out to him and tell him why it was a very bad idea.

What actually seems to have happened is Sanchez simply didn't want to listen to him at the moment: his attitude seemed to be "kill Bond, get the trucks and money out of the exploding factory to a safe place, and worry about the fallout with the Asians later." Truman-Lodge, whether he had a good point or not, didn't seem to understand that now was not the time to discuss these things. Sanchez would've probably been perfectly happy to listen to him and his concerns about the deal after they'd killed Bond and gotten away somewhere safe, but Truman-Lodge kept pressing the issue at the worst possible time and followed it up with an insult (he insinuates that idiotic plans with financially disastrous outcomes are a regular thing with Sanchez).

So Sanchez, as you say, just decides he can hire a new financial adviser, one who'll understand that the middle of a high-stakes truck chase when everything they've built is at risk is not the time to start reminding his employer how rotally screwed they are, and "fires" him (ha).

I mean, really, how many times will you look under Jabba's manboobs?

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[–] mikeyg24 9 years ago

I completely agree, Franz was ripping them off but bear in mind he didn't kill Truman when he reminded him of this it was later when he had lost at least one tanker and Truman started mouthing off. Right or wrong Sanchez had no choice and it got to a point where Truman was more of a hindrance than a help. Not to mention he was an irritating whiner. I think I'd have shot him too!!

I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time Del Boy, it's them that started me drinking!

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[–] oz_mant 9 years ago

if you really need an answer after seeing how crazy Sanchez was i don't know what to say

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[–] voight84 9 years ago

this answer of mine is completely serious and actually spot on...like someone else alraedy pointed out sanchez was simply annoyed by lodges' complaining and had it with him,so in asudden fit of rage he gunned him down...simple as that...oh and bond did not really trick sanchez into thinking heller was betraying him...heller was actuall yabout too but had a change of mind after the assassination attempt

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[–] Irishdrummer007 9 years ago

Because Sanchez could not trust Truman anymore. Remember in the start of the film Sanchez said loyalty is more important to him than Money. Bond played on that Moral code that Sanchez lived by and made Sanchez not trust anyone around him.

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