As the girl drives away, we see she's infected. But let's face it: its not like that isn't treatable. Hell, penicillin would kill it. Unless we're to assume she dropped dead right there, then its safe to say she made it back, is cured, and the Ruins have been paved over into a Walmart.
shareDon't assume anything. The theatrical release does not show her being infected. It shows a closeup of her face but no vines were there. You are talking about an alternate ending that I've never personally seen.
Besides, who would believe her crazy story?
Oh. Well I wouldn't know about theatrcal versions.
As for believing, they still investigate the missing people and it's not like those other guys would move the bodies.
What bodies? They were eaten up by the plants, weren't they? Which means no evidence. The ending I saw did not infer that the surviving person was infected....although I suppose that it's a logical assumption since we saw moss growing on their clothes as the movie progressed.
No-one knows how long 5 minutes are in the dark.
Well sort of. More like dried. Either way, the girl who escaped would lead people back with at least the claim of knowing where the bodies are. Once there (and promptly disposing of the bow and arrow wielding natives with good'ol modern assault rifles), the plants would be discovered.
Really, I just look forward to the sequel. It'll be from the plants view point, and have them slowing being killed off one by one from a mysterious force that we find out at the end is a Walmart gardner with Roundup.
The purpose of the ending is to show how the cycle continues. It is very possible that not all the bodies they found were with the german guys brothers' group (I think there were 3?) Anyway, it shows how this has all happened before, is happening to them, and will happen again.
shareI'm not sure if this is in the cut version, but there's a (deleted?) scene where they find one of the archeologists under a shallow layer of vines. The vines don't eat them as a whole, most likely just slowly eat at their flesh and muscle tissue. There would *at least* be skeletons there for evidence.
shareThough I'm a bit confused. How in the world did Amy get affected? She didn't have any open sores or cuts...
shareIt was shown to grow on Amy's clothes. Safe to say her hands came into contact with the vines and she did something like rub her eyes. That's how it got inside of her body.
Also, to the OP, I don't see how penicillin would help. I don't think the vines constitute (medically) as an infection or a disease. Amy would have probably died, but not without spreading the vines to the outside world and leading more people back to the Ruins.
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It depends on the version you see. The one I saw (on tv) had no vines in her eye. (I rewound it several times to check, and later found out there was one such version. It's labeled the "original theatrical release" version, also the vine one also played at the theater.)
Also as noted, there were in fact bodies left over, etc. -- she'd certainly be believed, if she survived.
A bigger Q -- would they be able to stop the vine before it took over the rest of the planet?
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I interpreted the last scene of the two Greek guys showing up as evidence that she, in fact, did not make it.
sharePenicillin kills bacteria. Plants are not bacteria.
Also, since it would be something that science hasn't found yet, they would need to test for the safest and most effective ways to wipe out the plants/pollen/whatever.
Penicillin? It's not an infection, it's a flesh-devouring supernatural plant.
shareEither way, the bitch deserved to die. She was the stupidest one of the bunch.
sharethe ending i saw with the closeup of vines in her face implies that she dies shortly after escaping...it wouldnt make sense for her to survive as otherwise the mayans would have had no reason to kill the young boy who is merely touched by one of the vines
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