The ending was SO bad!!

For me, the moment Jordan drops the phone into the hole i knew this movie was going to the dogs! Till that point i was praying she would call 911 and when she takes out the phone i was relieved, but then..

And finally the ridiculous revenge in the end.. Ha! Crap ending for a good movie.

But they didn't. They left him down there, locked in a room and strapped to a chair to bleed/starve to death.

You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with. Choose carefully.

@johnmicah01

1. Responding to: Uh, maybe he tortured Leah BEFORE he killed her...?

- He didn't torture Leah, he killed her in her home.

2. Responding to: What else was she supposed to do? How would she have had any way of contacting the police or anyone else?

- Jordan's intentions were not to find Casey by herself, what is she, insane?
Would you, the 911 operator, go on the field to solve crimes and fight serial killers? Jordan was investigating the killer's ranch because she heard that noise on tape and wanted to know if there was more about the case. There was no intention to find Casey all by herself. She even tried to contact the police when she discovered the dungeon and dropped the phone, she didn't want to face the killer all alone. That's what I was saying, that she could have taken the phone and get back up the ladder and call the police, OR even, get the ladder out and then run to the car and find some help on the road.

3. Responding to: Okay, and.....? What's wrong with that? Of course she be scared and crying. Anyone would.

- I was saying that Casey at first was a crying girl and by the time Jordan gets to her she becomes like this little criminal mastermind. I mean, in the morning when she is kidnapped she is all crying and scared and in the evening when she is above the dungeon she is the one that suggests that they should leave him there. There is a big difference between who she is in the morning and who she is in the evening.

4. Responding to: Ehh, so what. It was supposed to be a vigilante-type ending. And that's exactly what it was. But I agree. I would've called the police, too.

- If you really want to make a point-by-point answer, don't say "Ehh, so what."

5. Responding to: Who knows? All that could have just been a line they made up to tell the Killer.

- Really?

Uh, maybe he tortured Leah BEFORE he killed her...?

Uhh... how does it not make sense? They left him down in the cellar, in a locked room, strapped to a chair to bleed and starve to death



You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with. Choose carefully.

actually, if you guys followed the last few scenes of the movie, you would see that Jordan actually wound up in that situation... more or less because of circumstances.

1. she got obsessed with the kidnapper because of the earlier connection, and you could see her obsession when she played back that track endlessly. her disappointment mounted (along with her obsession) when the police officers found the black lincoln with no sign of Casey. this was her escalation to outfield "sleuthing". in her mind, Jordan was probably thinking, if i don't do anything about this, i will never be able to work as a 911 call operator again. to me, that is pretty strong motivation, and given the extenuating circumstances, rather plausible.

2. she went to the red house alone as it was obviously against the rules. if she called her cop boyfriend, she would either get him into trouble or get talked out of it. besides, she was probably just hoping to find more clues.

3. by pure luck (only in movies), she recognises the clinking sound and ends up finding the trap door. she did not intend to go in alone -- she took her phone out and was about to dial it. but since she dropped the phone down the dungeon (quite a tough phone eh), she either had to leave there and then (which would mean a long delay, could be fatal for the victim) or she could go in and at least pick up the phone.

4. so she picks up the phone; taking the risk of entering the dungeon. unfortunately, phone loses signal in the dungeon, and the delay gave her some time to poke around the dungeon; a further risk. the motivation here was simply that she's already in there.

5. she looks around carefully, probably not yet fully realising the amount of danger she is in / getting herself into. on the one hand, Jordan's unarmed presence might prove to be of no advantage in the situation -- trapped underground with no backup in a violent murderous kidnapper's lair -- yet, if Casey WAS being held there, and if she WAS still alive, Jordan is suddenly Casey's best chance of survival. the convenient movie-timing of these two scenes: the perp's thrilling near-miss expository scene, and the imminent scalping/death of Casey, make it such that if Jordan had NOT been there, Casey would be dead. in an ex post facto manner, Jordan's crazy heroics turned out to be Casey's salvation.

6. during the climactic scuffle, Casey stabs the perp. how is this unimaginable? she finally gets a chance to hit back after all the trauma he's inflicted on her... plus she was trying to save Jordan after all. if anything, i was surprised she didn't stab him in the eye! i find Casey's "transformation" here totally believable. real-life victims have turned far more violent against their captors.

7. after finally overpowering the evil killer and kicking him down the dungeon, we have the infamous "wait" scene. doubtlessly, the harsh vigilante-style comeuppance is morally questionable; even foolhardy in the potential risks. regardless, we have i) an obsessed operator-turned-circumstantial hero high on adrenalin and hatred from the first incident, and ii) a traumatised victim-turned-vengeful badass also high on adrenalin and hatred. given the circumstances, they only merely tied him down and locked him in, without personally hurting him a bit more... i'd say it's still within the realms of possibility. like others have said, it's not a perfect plan, and Jordan will have a lot to answer for, but it's not THAT bad an ending. for an empowering-the-women type movie, at least they didn't castrate the perp? :)

Totally agree, when she decided to go get the girl herself (WHY?? there are about 300 cops at the killers house, phone them, you're a 911 call centre expert)and didnt tell anyone, not even her cop boyfriend where she was going that is the end of the movie, just walk out the cinema, or eject the dvd and through it on the fire or in the microwave or use it as a mirror for pulling hairs out your ass..

..she then took forever putting all the clues together, becomes a clumsy beeach dropping her phone.. "forfksake", I couldnt believe it was going down this well trodden path. Surely someone making this movie had read the end of the script and thought 'OMG not this sh*t again?? seriously??', she eventually hits the guy, he falls over and she turns her back on him!! because they never get back up again do they?? it goes on...and on until the last scene..bloody hell .. terrible so terrible..worse than the bachelorette.

Agreed... I actually liked the whole 911 operator on the line and being trapped in a trunk while the clock is running out trying to find her with a trail of clues. When she left "the Hive" and went out at to his place at night alone and with no weapon it became ridiculous, like a "Silence of the Lambs" wanna-be. I would rate it a 7/10 if not for the ending, so 6/10 it was.

They just tied the man up to sort of teach him a lesson and to quote the line "It's already done" or something like that. After that, they did called the police but it wasn't shown in the movie. Happy now?

All these cops with all their devices were not able to discover there were rooms underground ? Not very good CSI work eh ?