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How tense was that end sequence?

posted 20 years ago by NiceGuyTommy
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Man alive, I was chewing my fingers off. The Cajun dance and the two national guardsmen trying to escape the 'evil' Cajuns. Brilliant. Walter Hill is an absolutely brilliant director, and 'Southern Comfort' is a brilliant film.

And I loved the abrupt ending. The glance that the two soldiers give each other is somehow heartwarming, nerve-jangling and gently amusing. Brilliant from start to finish.

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[–] onleft23 15 years ago

yeah a masterpiece as far as im concerned
actually my favorite movie of all time

was already a keith carradine fan
but really dug powers boothe in this film
i thought it would really boost both their careers
but really not all that much unfortunately

spenser & hardin two of the very coolest characters
ive ever seen on film

and youre right the last 20 minutes of this flick
are as spellbinding as they are tense - and they are tense

a great great movie in my opin

[–] Goosehoundv2 15 years ago

The last act of this film is about as scary as film can get. Its a classic. 10/10..

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[–] RandlePM 15 years ago

First watched this movie when i was 13 years old and absolutely loved it.Still do.Masterpeice.

[–] pardogilly 15 years ago

I know what you mean! I watched it tonight for the first time in over 10 years! I love the bit when Hardin is on edge and in paranoid city in the Cajun town! He see's the two noose's being prepared and his reactions are just what mine would be like! His first thoughts are panic, then he clearly think's it over for a few seconds by looking at the two pigs and trying to be rational. Just a brilliant scene of paranoia and tension.

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[–] thiscrazydancer 15 years ago

Yes one of the better climaxes to a movie.Last 20 minutes delivered the suspense.Cajun Music great for the ending scenes.

[–] Howlin Wolf 14 years ago

I thought it was great how the music never stopped and you had such brutal scenes set to a background of cheerful dancing music... The director did without all of the telegraphed musical cues you usually get nowadays, and still managed to crank up the tension. Accomplished stuff.

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