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Did Col. Zolo learn the hard way that violence doesn't solve problems??


So I am making two points here.

The first is Colonel Zolo was partially justified in a way. It is totally illegal to remove archeological artifacts out of most countries without permission from the governments. Yet, here we have these foreign thugs and newly minted thieves trying to steal his country's antiquities and he was Minister of Antiquities after all. Perhaps if he had realized violence does not solve your problems but makes them far worse he might have been successful at solving all these peoples' problems. He paid the ultimate price for his belief in use of violence and corruption. I think there may be a moral in that story for all leaders from this movie.

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They never really explained Zolo's motives or involvement. Why was he in New York following Joan? Why was he going to rob her at gunpoint after the bus accident? Why did he put her on the wrong bus?

If he was a legit cop trying to stop any of this, he would have approached her, interviewed her, explained how he could assist with the capture of the criminals and recovery of herror sister.

In fact, we know he killed the brother in law. And he apparently had no qualms about killing others to get his hands on that gem. He was clearly corrupt.

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Elaine's husband was killed by Zolo. But before he died, he sent the map to Joan. Zolo found out about the Elaine/Joan/Elaine's husband connection. Zolo put Joan on the wrong bus to keep the map far away from Ira and Ralph. He was robbing her to steal the map, until Jack showed up.

Zolo was not a cop, but a corrupt butcher who wanted the treasure and power.

You seem to get all this so I don't understand what is confusing to you.






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