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That bank manager was really stupid


I thought bank employees were trained to just give up the money without resistance. What did he hope to accomplish by acting like he didn't know where the vault key was? He's lucky Neil only punched him instead of shooting him.

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Dumbass!

Perhaps he thought that he was Rambo reincarnated as a civilian?

Or his training was pending?

Maybe you thought wrong?

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I think it was just a conceit for the movie to show that Neil wasn't a man to *beep* with. If the guy just gave the vault up without resistance, then we the audience don't get to see how efficiently brutal Neil is capable of being.

You're right that, in reality, the vast majority of managers in that situation would give up without hesitation...everything is insured and not worth dying over.

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He could have had more than one key.

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