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how did pappas know that utah deliberately missed shooting bodhi??


pappas brings him into the office and gives him a quick bollocking!
for that matter why would utah bust his ass chasing bodhi in a tough foot chase and then deliberately miss at the end of it?? why not shoot his leg or something??
i like the movie but maybe it falls apart at the end

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intuition.



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Perhaps he managed to get the truth out of Utah, or seeing how trusting the somewhat naive Utah was of Pappas, he possibly had no problem telling Pappas the truth. As for Utah refusing to shoot Bodhi, it's the same reason he let Bodhi go at the end of the movie. Despite all the trouble he went through trying to catch Bodhi, Utah grew to like him too much and ultimately he felt conflicted when he had his best chance of catching the guy. Although this may not work for everyone, it's something that you see in many undercover cop movies, and in Point Break the relationship between the two is dynamic because of this.


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His performance reports and training stats. When you have a solid and consistent record for a (for example)4 inch spread at that distance, but you miss every shot, they know something is not right.

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