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Triple Frontier: a review on the character of Tom (Redfly's), played by Ben Affleck.

Redfly's death towards the end of the play was shocking. If one will suggest premonition, he didn't want to accept Pope's offer initially. Perhaps, he says no to the mission as a form of defense mechanism; probably because he doesn't trust a part of him that much anymore.

However, that part of him that he has fear over gets the better of him. Being divorced with a not well paying job. He had a lot of bills to pay, which gets him off the grid when he eventually encounters actual bills inside Lorea's walls.
Little wonder that little Benny yelled that:

 " Tom! I've been working with you for over ten years and you have never missed a hard out!!"

Tom though they had things under control until Lorea's family came back from church, as a result, they had to kill the guards and Lorea and stack excess cash with them.

Redfly's account has seen too many red. He'd been starved of enough money that when he finally beholds cash, he isn't willing to let some peasant cocaine farmer get in the way of him and his cash.
So, he shot them "almost by reflex". He didn't know what came over him. Maybe it is a new part of him that has formed after being forced to retire, and being unable to take care of Tess and Molly.

Also, money often tends to cause distrust in a few individuals. Tom's statement that Santiago's girlfriend was lying inside the helicopter betrays this.

He needed the money badly, even the rest of the team knew that. So, also, does one of the farmer's son need to avenge his father's death direly. He followed them to the Andes where he gets a clear shot at Tom's head, and didn't miss his chance.

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