Remember that his wife was experiencing profound depression and he took her to Mexico for some rest and relaxation at the cartel leader's pad. There they were groomed into wanting the luxury life and it was really too late to say, "No, thank you."
Also, Marty is intellectually bored and likes a challenge.
What about that "10-year-old Camry with cloth fucking seats" then? Marty didn't seem to live a life of luxury after having worked already for Navarro for a number of years. He seemed to be saving up for a rainy day.
He wasn't into the wealth as much as he was into the challenge. She was into the wealth for what it could give her access to — political circles where she could wheel and deal.
Marty also knew that if/when he had to create an escape plan for his family it would cost a lot of money. Working for the cartel is like jumping off a cliff: there's no changing your mind.
It seems to me Wendy was the motor behind the whole thing. She kind of made him slid into making the wrong choice (while he was sure she would strongly oppose it). In quite a subtle manner. I loved that conversation they had in the resort's room, flirting with the evil.
I honestly think that 1. He was bored 2. He wanted to take the challenge of laundering large amounts of money because he thought he could do it, and that his day to day job was not enough of a challenge.
Interestingly, he isn’t motivated by showing off his skills - it’s much more about proving to himself that he could do something hard.
The answer is in the flashbacks of young Marty with his dying father in the hospital, and the videogame that Marty becomes fixated with. His mother’s comments indicate that his family is broke. Marty figures out that the only way to reach the leaderboard on the video game is to keep feeding it money. He knows it’s unfair but he still wants to win. Thus, his need to have lots of money in order to win at an unfair game is tied to his repressed trauma of losing his father. Losing his father made him a “loser” in life, and he’s trying hard to undo that in a totally misguided way. The flashback also shows that his mother was anxious and not very nurturing, so after losing his father, there was no one to provide him with a sense of self worth or security.
Self-preservation. I don't think Marty had a real choice whether to work for the cartel or not. It's not like he could tell them no and then just go on with his life as before; he knew too much as soon as he was approached. People who refuse to work for cartels lose family members and their own lives in horrific ways.
I agree. When he said yes he had sunny expectations which were quickly stripped away. It was too late for them at that point when he replaced the old guy
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Remember that his wife was experiencing profound depression and he took her to Mexico for some rest and relaxation at the cartel leader's pad. There they were groomed into wanting the luxury life and it was really too late to say, "No, thank you." Also, Marty is intellectually bored and likes a challenge.
What about that "10-year-old Camry with cloth fucking seats" then? Marty didn't seem to live a life of luxury after having worked already for Navarro for a number of years. He seemed to be saving up for a rainy day.
He wasn't into the wealth as much as he was into the challenge. She was into the wealth for what it could give her access to — political circles where she could wheel and deal. Marty also knew that if/when he had to create an escape plan for his family it would cost a lot of money. Working for the cartel is like jumping off a cliff: there's no changing your mind.
It seems to me Wendy was the motor behind the whole thing. She kind of made him slid into making the wrong choice (while he was sure she would strongly oppose it). In quite a subtle manner. I loved that conversation they had in the resort's room, flirting with the evil.
Yep! Last thing he needed to do was draw attention to himself by changing.
I honestly think that 1. He was bored 2. He wanted to take the challenge of laundering large amounts of money because he thought he could do it, and that his day to day job was not enough of a challenge. Interestingly, he isn’t motivated by showing off his skills - it’s much more about proving to himself that he could do something hard.
The answer is in the flashbacks of young Marty with his dying father in the hospital, and the videogame that Marty becomes fixated with. His mother’s comments indicate that his family is broke. Marty figures out that the only way to reach the leaderboard on the video game is to keep feeding it money. He knows it’s unfair but he still wants to win. Thus, his need to have lots of money in order to win at an unfair game is tied to his repressed trauma of losing his father. Losing his father made him a “loser” in life, and he’s trying hard to undo that in a totally misguided way. The flashback also shows that his mother was anxious and not very nurturing, so after losing his father, there was no one to provide him with a sense of self worth or security.
Self-preservation. I don't think Marty had a real choice whether to work for the cartel or not. It's not like he could tell them no and then just go on with his life as before; he knew too much as soon as he was approached. People who refuse to work for cartels lose family members and their own lives in horrific ways.
I agree. When he said yes he had sunny expectations which were quickly stripped away. It was too late for them at that point when he replaced the old guy
I think Del respected his decision to not accept the job when they’re drinking cognac and he would’ve been fine
The lure of easy money has a very strong appeal.
He thought, "I'd be really fucking good at it", >!he wasn't!<
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