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savagesketch13 — 9 years ago(January 16, 2017 07:09 PM)

Anyone else feel that this subplot doesn't entirely fit with the movie? I almost feel that if this plot was left out, the film would have worked just as effectively The Russians are never even seen, let alone given individual names. We are never shown what Alonzo's weekend in Vegas looked like, making the few references (and Alonzo's death) seem unnecessary. Was curious if anyone else felt the same

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It was necessary to show how vast Alonzos' experience as a cop was. It helped to explain why he knew how dangerous the streets were.

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The Russians was the entire reason for the events in the movie. Alfonso did all that in the movie to save his ass. That was the point.

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It was probably inserted to demonstrate the multiple racial and economic layers of criminals in Los Angeles. In other words, crime isn't just carried out by Mexicans and blacks but also other groups as well.
Not showing the Vegas incident created a subplot that climaxed the whole story in the end, plus they also probably didn't have time/money to film it anyway.

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