Wray asking this may not seem like that big of a deal, but in reality, it implies so much. Because of the “missing reel”, we lost out on Wray’s back story. So when he asks Muldoon, “so that was you?” implies that he knew of bin Laden’s death – and what people have access to that knowledge? Abby clearly was unaware that bin Laden had even been killed, whereas Muldoon, the Army leader killed him, and somehow Wray knew of it. And don’t forget that Wray knows both of these men. Muldoon the American Hero and Abby the biochemist from “the other side.”

Now we’re given Lt. Muldoon’s backstory. And how the bad guy isn’t actually all that bad. In fact, we owe him a great deal of gratitude. But because of his lack of accreditation, he’s become sinister, and an antagonist.

Funny story:
Rodriguez had cast Brice Willis in his previous film, Sin City. Bruce absolutely loved it and told Rodriguez that he’d do any part in any movie, even if its a dog. When Rodriguez was thinking of who he could get for this minor roll, he thought “Maybe I should think bigger” and reached out to Bruce. His pitch was “you’re a bad guy, it’s a small part, but you get to kill bin Laden”, Willis responded “Who better?”

At this point, the soldier’s true colors come out. He was “playing” nice but quickly turned. As he gets creepier and scarier, a red wash is edited over the film to give the effect that he’s a darker character.

Robert Rodriguez says that Quentin owns actual film prints where they’re worn out so much that they have this magenta hue to them, and he figured what better way to use that than to shoot that effect over Quentin himself.

At this point, the crew, lead by Wray, steps outside to escape the burning restaurant, but there are so many zombies approaching that they have to potentially sacrifice the situation. Wray instructs everyone to get back inside, knowing that the smoke from inside the restaurant could likely kill them, just not as quickly as the zombies could.

Once Sheriff Hague and company arrived at JT’s, he and Tolo unveiled the “All or Nothing Box” to everyone, which included deputy badges. Hague made everyone (sans Wray) a deputy. Before storming JT’s restaurant, the Sheriff told everyone to be care, and most importantly, don’t shoot him.

So when Hague is saying “I figured one of the new deputies might end up shootin' me, not you Tolo” it just plays on the foreshadowing that was given to us earlier. It also further drives home Tolo’s ignorance, although he means well.

Before we’re allowed to see Wray with a firearm, the only person “in charge” is Sheriff Hague. At this point in the story, his presence still dominates Wray’s.

And he’s not a bad shot either.

Revenge, part 1 of 8

This “soldier” really gets the best of Cherry for the time being. She’ll be getting her revenge mere moments later.

Her personal self-worth and esteem have flourished over the course of the film. Meanwhile, her dancing has regressed.

Earlier in the film Wray was either dragging Cherry or assuming she’d be fending for herself.

Now that the two have consummated their engagement, he’s seen helping her stand up. Very few times we see development in Wray’s character.

And so it begins…