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Why Parker and Longbaugh didn't succeed at the end

posted 15 years ago by darkdomino
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What confuses me is this. They must have brought at LEAST 20 magazines of Colt .45 ammo for their pistols, and yet Longbaugh only brings like 2 clips for his assault rifle???

I think they came to that shootout grossly under-supplied. I think they both needed assault rifles, especially considering the people they were up against were mainly using small arms (.38 caliber) and maybe 1 shotgun.

Either way... I think that the final shootout would have went very differently if they had stayed indoors and taken care of Sarno before they ran out into the open. I think that they did not use cover very effectively. I'm no expert, but I think they would have done a lot better taking the confined hallways and sniping at them from an elevated position than what they did.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?

also do you think that Parker and Longbaugh died at the end? In the director's commentary he said he purposely left it up in the air. I don't think they had many fatal wounds. Parker's arm and leg were shot up, and it looks like Longbaugh took a few in the leg and thigh... not sure if they would bleed out or not.

[–] rsb342013 11 years ago

darkdomino

I'm starting a new thread called 'why you're and idiot'.

[–] UBKing777 10 years ago

I watched this movie a decade or more ago & enjoyed it.

So your giving away the end, didn't ruin anything for me.
But it is an a_hole thing to do.
You could have easily entitled "Don't understand the ending" or something to that effect.
Alerting those who haven't seen it, to not click on the link.
Since the ending will be discussed.

I've seen probably 100,000+ movies & shows, as my personal collection is around 40,000.
Yet I have not seen every one made. When I consider watching something that's already out. I look to see, besides star reviews, if people liked it or not based on the message area.

Only idiots & a_holes post spoiler info in your face with no warning.
Just like asking somebody what a new film is about & they tell you who dies in the film, how & what happens at the end. Or any other main suspense subject to be learned while watching & not found in the trailer.

Because of Your Subject title ... You Suck.
Maybe you are a teenie bopper or have the brain of one & thinks it's cute. ... It's not.