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Why the overkill on Santino?
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04/12/14 06:05 PM
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In the famous tollbooth scene,I've often wondered why the killers used multiple machine guns and a small army of men to do a routine hit. Couldn't one or two guys have lain down on the floor of the booth,and at a signal from the collector,jumped up with 45 automatics?
By the time Sonny would have even registered that it was a hit,he would have been perforated and quite dead. The gunmen could have still killed the Toll worker like they did originally.
My only take on this is that even though it was supposedly revenge on Sonny for Bruno Tattaglia (hence the brutality and final kick in the face),we later find out that Barzini set it up. Given the prevailing dynamic,I don't think that Tattaglia could wipe his butt without clearing it with Baarzini.So was it Tatt's guys or Barzini's who actually did the work?
If it was Tattaglia's guys,I can't imagine Barzini giving his approval for the tremendous amount of overkill,knowing the extremely negative attention that the massacre would have gotten from the public.
Of course it is also possible that Barzini wanted to strike terror into the Corleone's,and thus decided to make a big splash.
What do you guys think? Any insight or ideas?
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Re: Why the overkill on Santino?
[Re: Lou_Para]
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04/16/14 03:25 PM
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As Vito immediately knew and Carlo confirmed later, it was Barzini all along.  Plus what Turnbull said about the "Bonnie and Clyde" shout out. And given that Vito had had inexplicable luck in escaping two previous assassination attempts I suppose the people on the other side wanted to make sure there were no mistakes with Sonny. "Forty seven shots! Forty seven shots in his Sicilian hide and he's still alive!"
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: Why the overkill on Santino?
[Re: The_Doctor]
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11/13/14 04:25 AM
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Sonny had very high HP. They had to keep hitting him until it reached zero. It is known. And a tight enrage timer? lol
Wayne
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Re: Why the overkill on Santino?
[Re: PasqualBruno]
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01/24/15 06:09 PM
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They did it to majorly insult the Corleone family that's why the mutailated the body of Santino agree. insult on top of death.. there's a line in goodfellas "they even shot tommy in the face so his family couldn't give him an open casket wake/funeral" Whatever homage that FFC is paying, the book has Sonny's body being described as disfigured....even the mortician is shocked when he sees the body and you figure that he's seen accident victims,etc.
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