Quoted: So why not kill the kids at the end... they saw him after the wreck... I still think that conscience played a part... |
Because he didn't strike a deal with anyone that cost the kids their lives.
Two kinds of killing for him:
1. Have to, like the guy who took the money, his wife if he didn't cut a deal, guy with car, as he needed to ditch the cop car. It was clear, even if Moss gave him the money back, he was going to kill him anyway, it was part of the mission he was undertaking. He offered to take the money back and kill Moss, completing the mission, then let the girl go, but Moss said no. She then became part of the mission.
2. Doesn't have to: like the gas station guy. Maybe, maybe not, but certainly not part of his primary mission. The kids fall in there, his "mission," recovery of the money and vengeance on everyone who earned it, was done at that point. Neighborhood during broad daylight, you can't kill everyone anyway. Plus he was injured, which complicated things.
The thing that gets me is I understand the coin toss with the old guy, because his death meant nothing to the mission, same as the kids.
But the girl's death WAS the mission. He would/should not have flipped a coin to see if the mission was going to be completed.