The Ending

Well the reasons that occur to me are first that he went AWOL from any duties he might have had and the next is that while he was AWOL he murdered at 2 American citizens/agents. There was likely others who knew his identity which was compromised. This is a realitic scenario and out come moost other endings to spy movies are all hollywood. This is a real ending to a conflict like this you cant go home after you go off grid and settle a score yourself. You lose the trust of your service branch. Not to mention all the crimes he commited.

London to me sounds like a great place, I myself have been to europe and know that London is a good place to go because you have ease of access to other parts of the world. With a fake identity and passport which he would have he could disappear easily and very quickly to any where in the world. Either by taking the French tunnel or by going thru Heathrow airport or any of a number of smaller airports around the UK. Also being the type of operator that he is he could possibly have alot of contacts in the UK. Plus with the large population of London and fake identity it would be easier to stay hidden then Jerkwater USA.

You're a daisy if you do. Doc Holliday.

And who wants to live in Schumcktown, Idaho?

i thought about this question too. My feeling is that there would be people within the administration that would want him dead (to keep him from telling the president the whole truth). But if he did ever get to speak to the president, surely he would now be in a position to ask for any favour.

Did they fly them out to London just to shoot that one scene?

My thought:

Would you go back to work for the guy who was willing to let his daughter get sold into slavery, raped (eventually), and then killed - all for political capital?

Even if you could go back to your unit and whatnot, would you?

As for London, seems a good place to live without being within striking distance of doing something stupid.

"surely William H Macey was the only official to know Kilmers identity"
You should have spent more time watching the movie, rather than playing with your cellphone. Do you remember the scene where Kilmer is sitting in a bar, and strikes up a conversation about his knife? Perhaps not. Kilmer handed the knife to him, and it was handed back. Much later, while you were still on your phone, Kilmer found a tracking device in his knife. I guess you missed that. How do you think that the tracking device got into the knife? Think hard. Now, you realize that many people know of Kilmer's mission, he faked his death so that people would no longer look for him. Does that sound familiar? You do remember when the Secret Service agent mentioned that about why people lied about the daughter's disappearance, don't you. Chew more gum.

My question is did the professor drown? If he's not one of the two random bodies, then the whole story falls apart, right?