Why did sidekick/friend George “Mac” McHale keep betraying Indiana Jones?
Mac (Ray Winstone) claims he defected to Soviet side for the handsomely lucrative sum as an asset in the search for invaluable treasure that the Soviets pursue in hope of consolidating great power to dominate the world in Stalinist Communism onslaught. As the fight continues in a particular sequence, Mac tries to mend the fence by claiming he is a CIA “double agent” to gain Indiana’s trust, perhaps to exploit Indiana’s gullibility. Mac once again betrays Indiana by dropping the tracking devices while following Indy’s team in service of the pursuing Soviets, greed being the motivating factor that defines Mac’s personality as a self-serving traitor. It is a fitting end to Mac’s life as the result of an avaricious appetite when he became trapped in the vacuum due to an inordinate time spent searching for gold necklaces to grab, instead of escaping with haste. Mac and Indiana may have been friends as traveling archaeologists, but the fact remains Mac was not interested in discovery of arti
