Cliffhanger(1993) Question

Submitted by TrueLegateDamar t3_12212td in movies

So the criminal mastermind Qualen has the plan to steal money from a US Treasury air transport with the aid of a corrupt Treasury agent and the transport pilot.

Now Qualen of course needs two pilots for his own private airplane to transfer the money to, and probably an armed thug or two to make sure the agent and the pilot don't keep the money for themselves. But Qualen has at least *five* armed thugs with him on the airplane, so what they are supposed to be there for?

I know the practical answer of needing enough goons for Stallone to kill in the action sequences, but what reason would there be in-story?

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goldengooseiscooked t1_jdoaygh wrote

you don't always travel with spare thugs? you gotta bring backups.

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Psychological-Rub-72 t1_jdoby8w wrote

Robbers can have 1 extra thug, thrives 2-3, but Masterminds need 5 thugs.

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VonLinus t1_jdok7yb wrote

Qualen was preparing for contingencies

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[deleted] t1_jdoc1r7 wrote

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Prestigious_Sky4965 t1_jdodad8 wrote

Always annoyed me that he referred to it as soccer though. As a Brit he’d say “football”

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Canmore-Skate t1_jdodkxm wrote

The guy with braids was there to rape his girlfriend after he killed Stallone. This is how things worked out in the nineties .

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farmerarmor t1_jdpa4us wrote

I guess I assumed it was his usual posse of criminals he’d worked with many times before and he was just cutting them in on a score to retire on.

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CON5CRYPT t1_jdo9xm0 wrote

Brah.... go touch grass.

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