QWhy wouldn't Vincent have just memorized the details for each target instead of looking them up one-by-one?
AA film making reason could be that it would have removed about 25 minutes from the second act of the film, had Max destroyed the list and Vincent didn't care because he knew the rest of the targets. However, a movie explanation could be that; seeing as how we don't know how detailed the files were on each target, we have no idea how much information was available to Vincent for each target. There could have been far too many details to memorize in such a short time (keep in mind, Vincent only got the information on his targets when he was leaving the airport). There could have been information such as where each target would be at a particular time of day, the best way to get access to them such as identifying himself as a notary to get access to Clark, knowing that Daniel would love to sit and have a drink and boast about jazz and meeting Miles Davis after his club was closed, that Peter Lim would be at a night club and so on. It's also possible that the information was updated every so often by people staking out each target. So when Vincent checked his laptop for the next target, he had current, up-to-date information.
QWhy does Vincent continue to carry out the last hit for Felix even though Felix ordered his men to kill him and Max at Club Fever?
AThe obvious reason would be that Vincent didn't know that Felix ordered hitmen to kill him if anything went wrong at Club Fever. Vincent didn't know the difference between Felix's hitmen and Lim's guards. He assumed that they were all Lim's guards, and therefore they must all be eliminated for him to kill Lim and move on to the last hit of the night.Also, Vincent may have assumed the Mexican hitmen weren't Lim's guards (as Lim and all his crew were Asian) which is why Vincent sent Max in to pose as him in the first place. Vincent knew that Felix probably wouldn't be too happy that he lost the list and may want to kill Vincent. So had Felix's men killed Max in the club, Vincent wouldn't have the list so he'd likely just leave town. But if Max succeeded in getting the list (which he did) and Max was killed by Felix's hitmen, Vincent still had the list and would complete the job (as his reputation was on the line). Felix would realize he killed the wrong man, but the real Vincent followed through on his assignment. Thus keeping his reputation and his anonymity intact.
QWould Vincent have killed Max after he completed his assignment?
AIf the story that Fanning tells of the cab driver who went crazy and shot a bunch of people and then himself was actually Vincent on a previous mission, the most likely answer would be yes.The contradicting evidence is that Vincent says numerous times about what Max should do 'when' the night is over. But Vincent is a trained killer, he would know that giving Max hope by talking in such a way that would suggest that Vincent would let him live, would keep Max from doing anything stupid. Vincent has shown that he is perfectly capable of ruthlessly killing a person with whom he just had a drink and a pleasant conversation, so he may not even feel disconcerted in the slightest way by the idea of killing Max.However, the banter between the two of them could have shown Vincent that Max was a human being, and Vincent felt a connection to him and didn't want to kill him. Which at the very least is likely what caused Vincent to hesitate when they were facing off on the train and allow Max to get the first shot off. Not to mention the fact that had Vincent truly wanted to kill Max at the end, he still had time to pick up his extra mag, reload and shoot Max. But instead he accepted that Max had beat him, sat down and had one last friendly chat with Max until he died.
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