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This movie needed a darker ending


Am I the only one who thinks so, or would anyone else agree with me?

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The ending was good, some of the dialogue in the final scene could have been rewritten however (ie "Dad sorry I shot you")

"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine

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If it had been a John Woo HK movie, I reckon Archer would have died at the end. Probably protecting Adam so it mirrored the start of the movie.

by The_Ultimate_Hippo
some of the dialogue in the final scene could have been rewritten however (ie "Dad sorry I shot you")
"I'm sorry I got all those people killed" might have been better.

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It's very rare for action movies like this one to have a dark ending. The good guy overcomes his obstacles and ends up improbably killing or defeating the bad guy and that's that, unless there's enough box office success for a sequel.

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Yes, it is fairly rare for action movies to have dark (or even semi-dark) endings. But I think Face/Off would have been a good opportunity to defy tradition.

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There was an ending filmed where back at the house with the wife and daughter, Travolta looks in the mirror and we see the reflection is Cage's face, and his wife gasps. They opted for a more upbeat and happy ending... gotta love Hollywood.

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Woo opted for it not the studio

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