Yes, I agree, TLW: Logically, Michael should have had an escape plan. In fact, not even his one personal defense--his bodyguard--was there with him. His actions turned out the way they did because of those, uh, fortuitous circumstances that Hollywood manufactures.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.