A Death That Should Not Have Happened (spoilers)
Barbara Carrera's character Lola should not have been killed.
She risked her life defending McQuade against the bad guys.
She was intelligent, she loved him, she saved his daughter's
life several times, she cleaned his messy house. Her death
was not necessary for the plot -- his ex-wife was still
moving to Wisconsin, and still didn't want to be a part of
his dangerous life. Carrera's character did. She was a
very good woman, a very important character in the story,
and there was no reason why she should have been killed by
a stray bullet. That lessened the value of the whole movie.
It tells female viewers that even if they are smart and
courageous, and play a major role in overcoming evil,
it doesn't matter -- it will all be for nothing. This
is an aspect of human culture that needs to be changed.