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Did Jesse really shoot the cop?


The scene was kind of strange and I thought it was going to have some development during the film. I mean, Jesse was holding the gun, suddenly the back window of the car burst, then the camera went back to Jesse who dropped the gun. Bad editing or what?

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He spent the rest of the movie on the run from it but it always felt strangely open ended to me

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He accidentally shot him. Jesse's reaction and the way he looks at the gun makes that clear. The editing is perfect, imo. It's a shocking moment that's effective because it happens so suddenly.

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