Brutal (spoilers)


This movie is very good... and is different, which is pretty hard these days... but I almost wish I hadn't watched it.

In the end he loses everything, his innocence that his client was actually devoted to him, the client herself, his entire life's work turns out to be a series of fool moves for other people to profit from, and he actually loses his life

wow.... Brutal

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I am in the same boat as you. This dose not need to be labeled a comedy. I guess black comedy genre but I didn't see any comedy. I probably would have liked the movie much more if I had gone in with out expectation of a comedy when I was in the mood for one when I watched it. It was very Brutal a nice guy who just gets walked all over and nothing goes his way even at the end. I guess i see the comedy in that I mean your watching the movie exspecting it to turn and go in the usual direction and it never dose.

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I probably would have liked the movie much more if I had gone in with out expectation of a comedy when I was in the mood for one when I watched it



I agree completely. Terrific film. But terribly mislabeled!


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I'm in the same boat. I liked the movie, probably would have loved, if I hadn't gone into it with the mindset of it being a comedy.

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So true. This is a nice drama, but is closer to being a thriller than a comedy. Why would they label it as one?

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Wow... I wanted to watch something funny and boy this was NOT a comedy. There isnt even a single funny moment.

Great movie, but holy *beep* this is a sad film.

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I was thrilled we didn't get the usual, sappy hollywood ending, everything turning out alright in the end. If anything it was a little overwrought and melodramatic, just happening to catch the bullet in his chest. Still very good though.

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Agreed with you...... I just finished the movie and I am shocked, more shocked than any horrifying horror movie has ever done it, I am scared, my pulse is racing and my blood pressure is high after watching what happened at the end.

And above everything else......

I have truly lost my faith in humanity. Every good, modest, honest, kind etc. etc. etc. things that my parents ever taught me has been a crushed after watching this. After watching this I know that a human being cannot afford to be kind and affectionate anymore. The only thing left for a person to do is to be neutral and totally oblivious to everyone else. This is what I have realized today, this movie has scarred me for life and has forced me to lose my faith in humanity.

This very same thing, needs to happen to 'Clark Gregg' in real life......

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Oh gosh Answ, I think you missed the point entirely. If anything it should give you faith that there ARE good people out there who do good despite the cost.

Being a good soul is a HARD HARD HARD path to follow. It is thankless, brutal, and filled with strife. But THAT is what separates heroes from regular people.

Look at Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakastani girl who stood up to the freaking Taliban and spoke up for women's right to an education. It got her SHOT in the head. Thankfully she survived. The Taliban has threatened her again...But she isn't going to hide despite the fact her life is forever in danger. Why? Because there comes a time when you have to decide between what is right and what is easy. Sure...hiding is easy. But standing your ground means you keep the wheels of change moving.

My point is...be neutral if that is what you are comfortable with. No shame in it. Most of humanity feels the way you do. BUT at least support those who are willing to stand out and put their lives on the line for change and their fellow man. Those people are true light warriors and they are fighting a very hard war against the darkness that threatens to consume us. Support them in any way you can.

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answ25, you know movies aren't real right? lol, the characters aren't real people and the events did not actually happen. so don't worry, it's not something to 'lose faith in humanity' over.

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I don't think that's the aim of the ending.

I think the idea is that the actress is a strong girl, who needed to leave that part of her life behind. But her still wearing the bracelet (and the look they share when he notices it) and her reaction to his being shot and her not wanting to leave suggests that she was covering her true feelings about him and that she still loves him, she just wanted to move on with her life from what her dad did to her.

And Howard and his girlfriend share an almost smile when he's dying, suggesting that he actually was happy—he had finally nurtured a successful actress, he had found a partner who actually cared for him and now he's ready to transform and move onwards..

Or something.

Plus: I think we wouldn't have been left feeling as we had done if we were expecting that turn—I think the marketing is a clever misdirection that not enough people get!

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Her dad didn't do anything to her. She suggested her father was being inappropriate, however the father did tell Howard what really happened...his daughter was molested by her coach and her mother didn't do anything about it

She only went with Howard because she knew she could manipulate him into doing what she wanted him to do and the other agent wouldn't have.

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