Two similar victims in the film ...

While rewatching the film, I couldn't help but find similiraties between Calvino's bouncer and the cop at the diner, and not just physical.

Whether they're in opposite sides of the law doesn't matter, they're obviously not cut for their respective jobs, the bouncer is obviously too nice for his own good: he asks Sullivan if he should frisk him (?!) And the second owed his demise to a tip he forgot to leave, and his come-bak alerted Maguire that it was Sullivan driving away and started the shootout.

Both deaths are kind of ironic. I mean the bouncer didn't even want to work for a sleazy runt like Calvino and thought he deserved better yet he died by trying to protect him, and the second was working in the middle of nowhere far from a more dangerous territory like Chicago yet he had to cross the path of a vicious and ruthless hitman, talk about being at the wrong place and the wrong time.

Finally, for all the bad luck they had, they could have easily avoided their death, or at least try to. The bouncer could have shown his hands and shouted "please, don't shoot, Mr. Sullivan", Sullivan wasn't a man to kill a harmless one. Instead, he draws his gun while his boss is already dead meat and Sullivan full of adrenalin. And don't get me started on the cop who made himself an obvious target with his "hey, what do you think you're...". Just shoot the bastard!

I really feel sorry for these two men, good spirit but bad luck and bad move.

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