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why did he take his ballaclava off?


why did ethan hawke take his ballaclava off? was it so he would have a better chance of killing the cop and is this why he got caught because the cop could then recognise him afterwards?

sorry if im being dumb, cant believe no one else asked that

so if hed have kept it on, he wouldnt have gone to jail? bit weird that i thought

If your gonna shoot a cop i would have thought it imperative to keep ur feckin mask on

Beethoven had his critics too, Keithy, see if you can name three of them

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If he had been wearing it the cop would have quickly realised that he was one of the robbers and most probably would have started to shoot at him immediately, but without the balaclava maybe it was to confuse the cop into thinking that he might have been an innocent bystander running for cover, it certainly gave Ethan Hawke the upper hand, as he managed to fire off a few rounds before the cop realised he was one of the robbers.


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err he was firing a gun at him, doubt he would get confused for an innocent bystander

Beethoven had his critics too, Keithy, see if you can name three of them

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I thought the same thing. But, in the end, that was just a vision, and not reality.

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Maybe he took off the ski mask bcuz it gets in his way when he tries to shoot people.

They got caught bcuz the driver got shot by the off duty cop. They showed the car crash into a parked car and stop.

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What Spartan113 said is the only answer you need to listen to on this thread ( apart from mine before any IMDB pedant goes to work! :) ) That version of the robbery, that if you remember ended with Ruffalo's character being imprisoned, was merely a premonition of what might have happened. While Ruffalo's character was listening to the news it said that the robbers had "Gotten away with an undisclosed amount" i.e. In reality they weren't actually apprehended until after the robbery.

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Glad some people actually watched the film.

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SPOILER - - - - Because he was an idiot and it was most likely bothering him to wear it. And of course, he ended up going to the joint for fifty years.

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