I was giving that thriller a 9/10 all the way till the last 30 secondes...
Leaving him there to die was soooo unrealistic.
Jordan is practically a cop, she would never do that. She would have to lie and make up a story. What if he escapes and founds both of them kill all their family...
Almost the same. It was a 9/10 from me, all the way up to the point when she decided not to tell her cop buddies that she heard a clue on the recordings and instead investigated it herself. From there on out the movie abandoned its unique idea and crashed'n'burned.
- why wouldn't she at least ask her buddy (Morris Chestnut) to meet her there?
- why wasn't the cottage - the last known location and personal property of the kidnapper - crawling with police and crime investigation, when it was clearly chockful of evidence pertinent to the case?
- why was there still all that loose dirt on the trap door even though the kidnapper used it?
- did we really need another movie with the super clichéd scene of turning your back on a downed bad guy without securing him first? Really?!
- they had the chance to legally finish that guy off in self defence, but instead they chose an approach that will eventually get them in trouble? Really??!
The last act feels like a completely different and much, much worse movie.
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My thought exactly. Also a police woman looking for a serial killer without bringing a gun? It was so great and trilling, the ending just ruined it, as if they changed director.
shareI don't think she's a police woman. And yes, the ending ruined it completely.
He's obviously completely nuts, so it's debatable that he deserves such an unpleasant death.
And what about some damn closure for the families of his other victim(s), and the massive waste of resources that will be expended hunting for a secretly dead man?
Of course their story would fall apart in about 5 minutes anyway but in the reality of the movie that's not going to be the case.
...then whoa, differences...
He was killing and burying teenage girls (I wasn't sure if alive or not). Either way he knew what he was doing and deserved that punishment.
But I totally agree, a real poor last 15mins with all clichéd moments (going alone, turning back on "knocked out" bad guy etc.). Shame, as it was really tense with some great acting from Halle Berry up until then...
I agree completely. I really enjoyed this movie until the end. It's unrealistic to the characters, especially Halle, and not only that it makes me dislike them. Horrible message, ruined the entire movie. I would have recommended this movie to a lot of people if it ended right, but oh well.
shareI agree. Up until the last third of this movie, I was quite impressed with the action/thriller I had watched for about an hour. But suddenly Halley Barry's character decides she's a psychopath in the last half hour and seeks vengeance and retribution over justice. Vengeance and retribution make sense when the character is above/beyond the law but her character is presented as a part of law enforcement; seeking to find a solution and bring the criminal to justice. This sudden change to vigilante makes no sense in context, and belittles the first hour of this movie. Reducing it to formulaic drivel, instead of elevating the movie to thriller royalty. I would describe this movie as disappointing more so than bad. than
shareBrainwashed by Hollywood into thinking every character in a movie is supposed to be a hero with no flaws. The ending made this film go from 7 to 9. I have seen it already, way too many times. But I had not seen that ending, first of all the police was meant to come and save them both, that did not happen, they *beep* fought, *beep* ballsy ending.
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