Question about 'Waterloo' (Spoilers)
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Waking the Dead
kkuger — 13 years ago(December 27, 2012 06:54 AM)
Spoilers!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a question about the ending of 'Waterloo'
Spoilers!!!!!!!!!!!
I wasn't able to give the ending my undivided attention, so they may have explained.
Why did Marlowe and his guys just let Boyd walk away while they killed Nicholson? Was there a tacit understanding between them? Do they not think that Boyd will grass them up? -
puppyaddict — 10 years ago(June 23, 2015 11:49 PM)
Boyd somehow let them know where he was going to be. Yes, there was a "gentleman's agreement," since even though Barlow was a bastard and a crime boss, he had a certain codehence why he had to kill Nicholson, despite being heartbroken over it. Barlow appreciated getting the info from Boyd that Nicholson was the one who had killed his natural son (providing proof with a photo of the stamp in Nicholson's passport that showed he was in Africa at the time of Barlow's son's murder), and for delivering Nicholson cleanly to him. Since Boyd would going to have a heck of a time proving involvement by Barlow himself, and since Barlow taking out Nicholson for him was a help to Boyd and was doing the police force and the public a favor, Boyd let the murder of Nicholson go. Let a bad guy kill another really bad, hypocritical guy abusing his position of power.