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Ending spoilers

posted 8 years ago by dutchusc
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OK, I of course understand that he killed her while he was sleep walking, but was he the burglar all along causing their security system to go off? Or did that just trigger his actions while sleep walking?

[–] theoceaneer 8 years ago

That was the least of my concerns -- this movie purports to be a "found footage" film (there's actually a title card saying that it is from police evidence), but it contains a recording of one of the characters' dreams. Everybody keeps making a big deal of the guy's new phone -- maybe this is actually a sci-fi movie about a man who invents a mind-reading cellular phone.

[–] filmklassik 8 years ago

Great point.

[–] JackAteSally 8 years ago

Movie was silly.

[–] Pomacea 8 years ago

There really could have been somebody breaking in and maybe hypnotizing him, or either giving him or messing with medicine, thus causing him to sleepwalk. So at the end, the cell phone recording would be real, then the sleepwalking incident would take place afterwards.

But, it does seem this film is asking us, the viewer, to take what is recorded on the cell phone as the main character's subconscious and dreams. Which is pretty f-ing dumb.

[–] ThresholdDweller 8 years ago

I think maybe you hit on it here. The recording of him meeting up with the burglar could have really happened - and then because of some crazy stress overload, he had that episode and stabbed his wife. Makes more logical sense than us seeing his dreams being recorded.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

It's a piece of crap movie in every way. The writing is garbage, the pacing is tedious, the acting stinks, and the whole things makes no sense at the end for several reasons. Not many movies that I wish I'd never wasted my time with, but this is definitely one of them. This is trash in every sense of the word.