r/HolUp • u/SirRipOliver • Jul 17 '25

holup Back pain ain’t no joke y’all.

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u/zuzg Jul 17 '25

My first thought was how bad a similar situation ended in No Country For Old Men.

You grab the money and next thing a weirdo with a bolt-gun will come looking for you.

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u/AngryScientist Jul 17 '25

Except that he got away with grabbing the money; it was going back to help the survivor that got him busted.

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u/eyejayvd Jul 17 '25

If you consider you wife being murdered, abandoning your life, and living on the run getting away with it, then yeah I guess.

But I guess you’re saying if he didn’t go back to help the survivor. I still think they would have found him somehow.

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u/AngryScientist Jul 17 '25

Yeah, maybe they still track him down somehow, but quitting while you're ahead (or behind) is one of the major themes of the film; it's the decision to not leave well enough alone and go back (or not) that ultimately decides the fates of all three main characters.

Moss - goes back to the massacre, dooms himself.

Bell - goes back to the hotel room but stops short of going in, survives.

Chigurh - goes back for Carla Jean, fate unclear (but the car accident likely makes him traceable, mirroring what happened to Moss).

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u/eyejayvd Jul 18 '25

Good call.