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Mismatch in statistics shown in opening credit scene
2400 times a year, divided by 52 weeks a year:
2400 / 52 = 46.15 robberies a week
46.15 times a week, divided by 5 days a work week:
46.15 / 5 = 9.23 robberies a day
9.23 times a day, over an 8 ...
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Mismatch in statistics shown in opening credit scene
To be honest...it doesn't matter because
They are all wrong.
There haven't been 2400 bank robberies a year in LA since the 1990's
2014 Article
Since the 1960s, the city of Los Angeles has become ...
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What was the point of the conversation between Ray and Donnie?
The rest of the crew knew Donnie was questioned by the cops. Ray was supposed to be a leader of the gang. Now, he has to do something to keep the discipline and to keep anyone from wavering in their ...
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Where did Donnie get the money from?
From wikipedia,
Yes. he did use the second garbage truck
Nick later goes to Donnie's bar and sees pictures of him with some of
the crew members from the heist, also noticing that employees of ...
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Why does Ray want the police to know when and where the bank robbery begins?
Donnie tells Nick that the robbery is taking place, on Merriman's instruction. However, he did not tell Nick where the robbery was taking place. Only that one is taking place on Friday. Nick is told ...
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Where did Donnie get the money from?
Donnie orchestrated the whole thing..."I'm in complete control of my environment. People don't even know" he says early in the movie
He pulled the ol' switcharoo with the garbage trucks.
At 35:30 ...
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Why did Merrimen's girl tell him "I did what you told me" after sleeping with Nick?
In addition to getting the phone number, she also told Nick which bank they were going to hit. Merrimen wanted to make sure they were set up and stalled outside the bank, that way they could hit the ...
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