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That ending though.

posted 8 years ago by Necroburn
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The last three minutes, especially the use of Orbinson, I thought was exceptional.

I just wish the previous hour could have held up to the first act of the film. Seems like the second act just didn't work and the third act, up until the very end, was convoluted and shallow.

Still a better film than most of the crap out there.

Digging to the rhythm and the echo of a solitary siren.

[–] odb85 8 years ago

I quite agree with everything you've said here. The closing song really ties the film up well.
But, I also quite agree that final hour was otherwise not up to the potential implied in the first hour and a half.

It is a moment of transcendence when one recognizes oneself as an adversary- Ramu

[–] stefanreichmakerofeye 8 years ago

Yeah it went downhill a lot over the course of the movie. Complicated set-up, then this lame story reveal...