Ten Movie Characters' Incomprehensible Mistakes2 of 10
"I'd consider it a personal favor if you'd let him back into the casino"
The mistake: After firing the incompetent manager and refusing to reinstate him, Rothstein provokes the anger of his brother-in-law, County Comissioner Pat Webb, despite the fact that his gaming license was still 'pending', he had to keep a low profile and that Webb asked him nicely to reconsider.
The consequence: Webb makes sure Ace's license is rejected, Aces brings bad publicity by accusing the city government of corruption, Police moves into the picture, thus considerably decreasing the life expectancy of 95% of the protagonists. And that's that.
Alternative: Webb himself admitted that his brother-in-law was "as useless as tits on a boar", so Ace could have just read between the lines and consider any job as a fine way to have Webb on his payroll. And any low-rank job would've been fine: picking up the cigarette butts, keeping the ice cubes cold... or counting blueberries in the muffins.
The mistake: After firing the incompetent manager and refusing to reinstate him, Rothstein provokes the anger of his brother-in-law, County Comissioner Pat Webb, despite the fact that his gaming license was still 'pending', he had to keep a low profile and that Webb asked him nicely to reconsider.
The consequence: Webb makes sure Ace's license is rejected, Aces brings bad publicity by accusing the city government of corruption, Police moves into the picture, thus considerably decreasing the life expectancy of 95% of the protagonists. And that's that.
Alternative: Webb himself admitted that his brother-in-law was "as useless as tits on a boar", so Ace could have just read between the lines and consider any job as a fine way to have Webb on his payroll. And any low-rank job would've been fine: picking up the cigarette butts, keeping the ice cubes cold... or counting blueberries in the muffins.