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A few things about the Richie Rich movie...
Was Van Dough's plan to kill the whole Rich family, including Richie, or just his parents? He does think that Richie is on the plan when he arranges for a bomb to be on the plane, only for Cadburry to suggest Richie stay home. Richie's father even points out when the parents get lost at sea that he thought Richie would be on there. So was he going to kill them all or just the parents and Richie being on there is a bonus? Notably, after he finds out that Richie survives and technically is in charge of the company now, he never tries to kill Richie, instead framing Cadburry and using the opportunity as an excuse to become Richie's guardian and keep him stuck at home. I don't think the bad guys make any real attempts to kill Richie until after they find the parents.
And also, was he killing the parents, and maybe Richie, to gain control of the estate and company, or just to access the vault? I don't think he considers having them killed until after the father informs him of a secret vault with "the real treasures". I guess he was in line to inherit this if the parents and Richie all died, but then he had them killed without knowing how to access the vault (and doesn't seem to know/believe that nobody, not even the scientist, knows where it is).
Richie would clearly gain control of his parents interests, and I don't think Van Dough tried to have Richie killed to gain his control. He doesn't really seem like the kind of villain who thinks it's too far to kill a child. Of course if he thought it was too much, he would have likely thought up a logical excuse to keep Richie from getting on that plane (Richie doesn't seem interested in being on that trip).
Was Van Dough's plan to kill the whole Rich family, including Richie, or just his parents? He does think that Richie is on the plan when he arranges for a bomb to be on the plane, only for Cadburry to suggest Richie stay home. Richie's father even points out when the parents get lost at sea that he thought Richie would be on there. So was he going to kill them all or just the parents and Richie being on there is a bonus? Notably, after he finds out that Richie survives and technically is in charge of the company now, he never tries to kill Richie, instead framing Cadburry and using the opportunity as an excuse to become Richie's guardian and keep him stuck at home. I don't think the bad guys make any real attempts to kill Richie until after they find the parents.
And also, was he killing the parents, and maybe Richie, to gain control of the estate and company, or just to access the vault? I don't think he considers having them killed until after the father informs him of a secret vault with "the real treasures". I guess he was in line to inherit this if the parents and Richie all died, but then he had them killed without knowing how to access the vault (and doesn't seem to know/believe that nobody, not even the scientist, knows where it is).
Richie would clearly gain control of his parents interests, and I don't think Van Dough tried to have Richie killed to gain his control. He doesn't really seem like the kind of villain who thinks it's too far to kill a child. Of course if he thought it was too much, he would have likely thought up a logical excuse to keep Richie from getting on that plane (Richie doesn't seem interested in being on that trip).
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