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Why did rae put him on the raft?


Why on earth would Nicole Kidman’s character put billy Zane’s character on a raft rather than just throwing him overboard?

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My thinking is that, no matter how much you hate someone, you may not be able to do something which would effectively kill them.

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I don't understand that. She's reluctant to kill Hughie so she sets his adrift on a lifeboat. But later when they come across the same lifeboat she's the one who sinks it with flares knowing that Hughie would likely drown. It doesn't sense.

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Let him die at sea rather than having Hugie's death on her conscience. All she wanted to do was get back to John and find out if he was alive or not. I'd have chucked Hughie overboard into the sea and not thought anything of it.

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I would kill him dead!

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