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Originally Posted by KennyJPowers
Another gripe i have with GF2 is the Michael attempted Murder scene in his compound.
What was fredo's part considering its supposed to be where he betrayed Michael, did he let in the assassins? who opened the curtains in there bedroom?
Then after the hit attempt did these assassins not have a plan of escape was it a suicide mission? Michael says he wants them alive but they end up dead somehow
Just watched it yesterday and looked into this issue. According to original script, Fredo thought it was going to be a kidnapping not a hit, so I believe that he did open the blinds to help out.
Regarding them being killed I think the implication is that they were killed by their own men. Likely someone had a car or boat waiting to help them getaway, but killed them instead to be safe so they could not talk (could have been Fredo, but that seems like a stretch).
Regarding the Pantangelli hit, I think you're right that it was to get him to turn on Michael and the cop walking in was planned by Roth (I'm sure he had plenty of cops on his payroll). Killing Pantangelli doesn't really help Roth with Michael, but having him caught does (even if he doesn't rat on Michael, it still hurts Michael's standing in NYC if people think he turned on his own family to help Roth).