No Ticket said:See... that right there is the most interesting thing about Mutt that we could've heard and developed on. KOTCS missed the mark here and what really sucks is they obviously even HAD the idea in mind whilst shooting.
Tsk tsk tsk.
This would've been great if the film had focused on Mutt's tough-guy image being revealed to Indy as a front and that he never did anything like that before but Indy obviously has. Then by the time he fights Spalko... he has "grown up" into a much more Indy-like tough guy.
This would've been a lot more interesting. And it's a shame they didn't do that.
I think that's a brilliant idea, but maybe Indy should have just called him out on it. After Mutt stabs the cemetary warrior, he's in shock from what he has done so Indy says something to drive the reality of the situation into Mutt's head -they're not playing around- and then Indy later repeats it before the big chase and fight with Spalko and company to remind Mutt; and this is the source of Mutt's sincere fight with Spalko.
It would have been the most serious part of the movie, but I think the film could benefit from that. It would have added to Mutt's character and also a little more of a sense of urgency, kind of like the part in LC when Henry Sr. is sitting in the sidecar of the motorcycle and is impressing upon Indy (I don't remember exactly what he says) how dangerous the grail would be in the nazis' hands and why it's so important to stop them.
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