the identity of leroy

the mexican actually has an OK plot. the movie is sort of disarming cuz brad pitt is so unassuming. it has many worthwhile moments, though.

the mix-up over "who" leroy "is" is played as a major plot point. of course, we do learn that winston, despite being lovable and nice enough to sam the whole time, is working for someone who would screw over or kill jerry and who jerry works for. as if we couldn't tell leroy is a black guy. but even leroy had a chance to reveal that that was his name and he didn't. so, bam. figure that shit out.

all that winston did was to tell her to tell jerry that she was with leroy. would this have gotten jerry killed or saved his ass? this is all unlcear to me and depends on ted or something.
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alright, so it becomes pretty clear by the end. Or does it? We do know that nayman wants to cut margolese out of a deal for the gun. we seem pretty convinced margolese has an honorable reason to want to take the gun. jerry is convinced.  

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don't we think winston may have turned around to side with jerry and sam? He has bonded with sam. He always insists he's so good at what he does, and he does seem to be good at it. He saved Sam's life. Why was leroy even trying to kill her in that scene, anyway?

So, are we sure about why Jerry killed Winston? Did he have to? This exact moment is hidden from us. I may have to watch again if I am really interested in these questions. We know that Jerry loves Sam. so we kinda have to think that he the only reason he'd need to kill winston was if winston def had sinister intent. but we get distracted that he's not black, that Jerry thought he was the leroy he knew all this time. also, maybe winston wears kevlar. but, what about all that blood?

organized thoughts next post? kbai.



there are a couple moments where these characters get to shine.

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