What exactly happened at the end???

cos most of the guys you thought were guards were actually undercover agents. From what i gather most knew the drill apart from emo and his close guards and also vin's men outnumbered memos.

As to what happened with the handcuffs thing, well that is exactly what memo says to vin when he asks him whether it was he who killed his wife and tried killing him.

So the ending is simple, the whole area was infested with cops, military and what ever u wana call them so that there was no chance of escape for memo and he probably would be locked away for good.

Hey Guys,

Right I can see there is a lot of confusion about the whole ending and I can understand why. I'v watched this film 3 times now and I have my own personal opinion about the story and the overall ending. Here is what I think...

Obviously, Sean caught Memo and sent him to prison. From here there is a new dealer taking over under the name 'Diablo'. There is a scene where Memo calls his second in command and he asks him to promise something. We never hear exactly what he says. From this I think Memo has actually asked for the murder of Sean and Stacey (his wife).

There is then the montage of footage that shows Diablo taking over Memo's drug ring and the whole film then has Sean trying to find his wife's killer, whom he believes is Diablo.

Diablo then kills Memo's family which sends him into rage like Sean, add the factor that he's losing his business and cannot do anything while in prison. Memo then uses the information about ''Diablo'' killing Sean's wife to manipulate him to take down Diablo and secure Memo's business for when he escapes prison.

Sean allows Memo's transfer while he follows and finds Diablo, who is revealed to be Memo's second in command. From this, Its revealed that although Diablo was taking over, It was actually Memo who murdered Sean's wife and manipulated him to take down Diablo for his own benefit.

Sean kills Diablo and then hear's about Memo's escape, where he follows him to get his revenge. The scene at the end shows that Memo admits to Stacey's murder and claims that Sean is arrogant for both capturing him and then returning to kill him. Sean then reveals that his plan was to actually arrest him (showing the handcuffs) and walks away as undercover officers appear from around Memo and arrest everyone, showing what Sean's original intention was.

Sean then looks at the sky and smiles, showing the audience that he's found redemption without crossing the line and following the law. It also shows that he feels that Stacey is happy with his actions as he hasn't went full psycho and just killed everyone.

Sorry for the long message, but this is what I think the overall story and ending was. I'm probably wrong, but this is how i interpreted it. Hope people can see where am coming from and if am wrong then please correct me :)