He had like a million chances to kill Charlie and he had the dog point blank. Why didn't Billy just kill Charlie with the flare gun instead of letting himself get shot?
shareHe was a psychopath, he wanted to have his perfect ending to the movie. Which was with him dying in a stand off.
sharePlus, if he had shot Charlie with the flare gun, Charlie's goons would've killed him.
shareHe was wanted by the police for 5 murders. He knew he was better off dead.
share1) he pulled out a Jack of Diamons card to, presumably, frame Charlie as the serial killer
2) whether he used the flair or not, he would have been shot
3) he wanted the perfect end to his final shootout
I don't think it was loaded. Flare guns are typically single-shot, with the flare cartridge being the size of the barrel.
Charlie would have only needed 1 flare, and I'm pretty sure Billy just took the flare gun out of the car, not any extra flares.
Charlie was probably just too emotional to think straight since a crazy guy was pointing a flare gun at his dog's head, so he didn't realize that Billy didn't have any more flares.
this. there's no magazine for a flair gun. he pulled out the gun and no extra flares. he was going out in a blaze of glory
shareRight, but, didn't Billy say something about reloading? I seem to remember when he comes out from behind the rock with the flare gun pointed at the dog, he says, sorry that took so long, I needed a couple minutes to reload this thing. Something like that. But you are right, he didn't bring any extra flares out of the car when he got the gun originally, and I can't imagine how he would have gone back into the car to get another one without being noticed and shot. I chalk it up to the magic of movies.
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