I agree that it would have been better to have Worth sacrifice himself holding back Quentin so Leaven and Kazan could escape. Like, if Quentin opened the door and they freaked and Worth gets knocked down by Quentin and Leaven and Kazan escape and as Quentin tries to follow, then Worth holds his leg.
That would have been a bit more intense because you would have known Worth sacrificed himself to stay in the Cube and save them. There's no way he'd survive however many days it'd take for the bridge to go back around again.
The reason I think Worth sits down is because it's part of his character arc - that he becomes aware of who he is and he's not proud of himself. He starts off as this apathetic character who doesn't care and finds it all amusing to someone who confesses his role and then starts to feel remorse for what he's done.
It's even hinted to this when he has that conversation with Holloway when she says, "How long did you know they were putting people in this" And he responds, "A few months" and she says, "That's not long if you consider your whole life" and he says, "I am."
It's kind of hinting how he's realizing that by keeping his head down and just taking the check, his actions had very real repercussions.
But yes, the ending is forced. I guess Natali had a specific way he wanted the ending to be was that Kazan is the only one to escape because that's almost a message in itself. The only one to escape is the Autistic guy who's motives are somewhat pure. If you really think about it - the traps only killed two people (Rennes and Alderson). Quentin killed everyone else. He was more deadly than the cube.
I guess there was no easy way at that point to wrap it up but yeah, having Quentin sneak up wasn't the best idea.
...For every man who has ever lived, in this universe, there shines a star.
-Arthur C. Clarke
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