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The ending was pretty bad...


Maybe I'm judging this movie by today's standards, but to simply have Steiger do his "overwhelmed stagger walk" yet again down a busy city street as the camera pulls away and funky jazz music plays makes for one of the worst movie endings I've ever seen. And please don't tell me that the choice of music was supposed to provide a contrast between the lively city streets and Nazerman's emotional deadness. If that was the intent, it failed IMHO.

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I thought the ending was perfect. Nazermann's "overwhelmed stagger walk" was partly due to the pain of having intentionally driven a metal spike through his hand, and the grief and guilt of watching Ortiz effectively sacrifice his life for him.

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Didn't like it either. It would've been a perfect film otherwise.

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