I think their explanation of the ending is not right. Pam’s guy, and the DA’s guy were not meant to meet. Pam made a call to [ ], and the DA made a call to [ ]. Then [ ] made a call to the two characters played by BP and GC. BP and GC’s guy/handler wants to control the drug trade (and stole the drugs from the Albanians) in NYC and use building contractors to launder the money (the phrase “Great things to come” [kind of a homage to MAGA or MIGA], is seen from the beginning of the movie when GC stops his car, to when they’re driving near construction sites, they are a massive legitimate player). He wants a “tough on crime” DA (who now owes him a favour) to get rid of the warring factions. and people like Pam (who now owes him a favour) to figure out who knows about the scheme (video surveillance). Once they do him that one favour, that’s it, he owns them too, he has dirt on them. Lagrange too is not a minor player, there is a giant Lagrange dumpster in the beginning of the movie when GC is walking to the hotel, where a guy (maybe even a fixer himself) is moving a very heavy garbage bin too. It’s a great way to show people that the fixers are so isolated, they don’t know what the other is doing, by design. BP and GC were supposed to be ambushed when they made the delivery, but they sent in the kid, and the Albanians showed up because the pager somehow either was the tracker, or activated the trackers in the drugs. Lagrange’s men were told to eliminate BP and GC, got startled when the kid and the Albanians show up, which turned an ambush into a shootout. They weren’t meant to be cleaned from the start of the movie, it was just bad planning on the part of the handler, and a series of unforeseen events that led to the decision of their fate. So even though the handler got his war between Lagrange and the Albanians, the only two people that can mess everything up are still alive, and need to be cleaned up. The kid isn’t the problem, because as BP says, he’s too lucky to be killed, which can be seen through out the movie. I think they made it out alive because of the song “just the two of us, we can make it if we try.” And if they got injured, they could hit up the doctor in China town. Just a thought. Great movie, seen it so many times already. Probably the greatest movie I’ve seen in a couple years.
Also, Dimitri works with the handler, that much is clear. Dimitri has used the handler on at least two occasions. And since Diego works for Dimitri, we can assume the handler is using the Croatians as hidden middle men (and therefore knows through Diego that the kid has the drugs) that were to supply/plant the stolen drugs in secret on Lagrange, to make the Albanians think Lagrange stole the drugs.
Where did you get that their name's are Jack and Nick? Their names are never mentioned. Clooney's credit is "Margaret's Man" and Pitt's is "Pam's Man." Also, your timing on some of these plot points are off.
I’m curious as to why the son said to his dad, these men have something to talk to you about, only for him to go on, and on about Sinatra. What did they tell him? What was the look the dad gave them after they left his house. It felt like the dad was into some things too.
the dad was a diehard sinatra fan so he was yapping about him initially, when they yalked to his im pretty sure they were threatening him to not say anything about what his son was doing, that's why the dad looked shocked as they left his house.
It's curious how in the scene after the end, it seems that the meeting between the prosecutor and the young boy turned out to be a plan. I don't know if it's a mistake or what, but it doesn't feel the same as the party and drunken atmosphere that they both explain when they supposedly meet at the party. anyway, good movie
@@inoox They were set up by Lagrange, a drug dealer, and their shared handler, “the Guy.” The goal was to eliminate them alongside the Albanian gang, from whom Lagrange had stolen drugs. Lagrange manipulated the situation, involving the Kid in a drug deal and using both fixers to unknowingly handle the stolen drugs. They were led to believe they were on separate jobs, but in reality, both were being lured into the same deadly ambush at the drop-off location. The hotel manager played a key role by ensuring the incident involving the District Attorney (Margaret) and the Kid was caught on camera, which gave Lagrange blackmail material to control the DA and the fixers. Ultimately, the drop-off was a setup to have the Albanians and the fixers kill each other, but the fixers realized the plot, fought off the attackers, and spared the Kid’s life, uncovering the scheme in the process. As for how the kid and Margaret seem to have met differently than described…Couldn’t tell you. I’m convinced it’s just bad writing there.
@@inoox This is what i think happened. The DA’s (Margaret) re-election campaign is underway and she needs a big enough case to instantly put her up there above the other candidates. The DA makes a deal with “The Guy” and the Croatians to steal the Albanians’ drugs, putting a tracker in them and delivering them to Lagrange’s men through a mule (The kid). The Albanians track it down through a tip off which is a calculated ambush and a shootout begins, eliminating the fixers as collateral damage while they take part in killing Lagrange’s men who think the Fixers are with the Albanians and the Albanians who are there to kill the “Thieves” along with the buyers “Lagrange’s men”. The DA swoops in to save the day and “Arrests are made” on the Albanians through “A DA who is tough on crime” just like Brad pitt’s character said. Clooney’s character also says “We didn’t fool Dmitri, he was tipped off” meaning he knew the plan to take out the Albanians giving him monopoly over the Albanians’ and Lagrange’s territories while the DA gets re-elected. As for the strange CCTV footage showing the DA casually inviting the Kid upstairs, (This next part is only a guess) that’s the condition made by “The Guy” to help her get re-elected. “The Guy” wanted leverage over her. The kid omitted that part for some reason, i mean for all we know he might as well be “The Guy” himself or something. Excited for the 2nd movie
Disappointingly boring, no wonder HW didn't want it. Mediocre acting and dialogue from it looks like 2 has beens. Clooney looks like he is 79. The drug kid was the only one in it.
I loathe each of these men personally, especially Clooney, who is a fellow Kentuckian, VERY close, and whose father was on the local news and penned a column in the newspaper for YEARS, for their politics, but this Jon Watts movie is FIRE. The soundtrack even, from the first song at the very very start of the film---str8 BANGERS. Its only on Apple+, but with shows like severance (season 2 in January-best show since the sopranos or breaking bad), apple+ is THEE subscription to have anymore
