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Attention: McCoy was NEVER part of the Vigilantes

posted 14 years ago by mcintyro
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There are posts that say McCoy was part of the vigilantes and sacrificed because he was unstable.

While McCoy was probably would a little tight, he was NOT killed by the vigilantes because he was one of them and becoming unglued.

He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was a red herring to detract to from the actual killings.

[–] Druff (1523) 2 months ago

In all these years I never had any idea anyone thought Charlie was one of the vigilantes.

My take is that leaving a major plot point like that as nothing more than some subtle subtext for the viewer to maybe or maybe not figure out... nah. This just isn't that kind of movie. Not that kind of script. Milius wasn't that kind of writer. If McCoy was one of the vigilantes, the movie would have come right out and just said so.