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The ending! Ugghhh! Spoilers - obviously

posted 11 years ago by MaddisMovies
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And it was going so well. I really like the original 13 Game of Death and was a bit apprehensive as I'm sure most fans were about a remake. But 13 Sins started strong and with an impressive lead in Marc Weber, it really did a fine job of putting a new twist on the original material. Gory, funny, even a bit scary, I liked it up until the last 20 minutes.

Then it just goes off the freaking rails. Unbelievable that the brother would even have the faculties to participate in the game, crazy that somehow the father had gone through it, made millions and then somehow goes undetected by family and friends as he blows through his winnings? What? And the cop side story - love me some Ron Pearlman but that whole setup blows. Dumb dumb and dumber. And the even more ridiculous epilogue with the foul mouthed fiance.

So disappointed. How could the same writer that started off so strong finish with such a stupid whimper.

Maddis

[–] therefdotcom 11 years ago

i was actually looking forward to this remake, which is rare for me. i agree, it went so well and then towards the end they messed it all up. the pre-wedding copout was pretty lame as well.

"laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone." - Dae-su Oh

[–] LuckeBastard 11 years ago

At first I liked the idea of someone so quiet and repressed, lashing out and being forced into ever increasing gambits, while still retaining a conscience and standards. Marc Weber did a great job.

But the ending? Let's put it this way, I had to stop the film twice because I was laughing so hard. I am glad I watched this film, but I'm not going to waste my energy trying to figure out that convoluted mess at the end.

Thanks for recommending the original, I'm off to watch it, and see if it fairs any better. Peace.

*Update- I just finished watching the original, the ending was just as bad. I liked them both just fine, but I don't think either one of them is worth defending. Overall I find them both fairly similar in quality.

The original could cut out the police detective reaction shots, and the girl co-worker scenes entirely, and it would have been alot better.

[–] thepinkrabbit 10 years ago

I totally agree. I was watching it and saying out loud " what?? really??? " specially when the dad kill himself and the dumb brother is clever enough to fake a feeling. completely dumb surrealist.. and the end.. so the guy killed his brother, his father, some dudes lost all the money, is dying in the street but hey he looks so happy ! anndd fade to black... great ! loool really terrible..

[–] VirtualMark 10 years ago

Yeah he just lost his brother, dad and a few million. But it's all ok. He has stab wounds all over him, but it's all ok. He has a ton of debt to go back to, but it's all ok. Lol!

[–] therefdotcom 10 years ago

hahaha. good point.

"laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone." - Dae-su Oh

[–] AdvanceIstheMan 10 years ago

I was willing to accept all of the ridiculous things in the ending, but the fact that he gave up the money was the final straw. The guy literally did everything they asked him to, even if certain things were unintentional, and we're supposed to believe that killing the cop and walking away from the money is some sort of moral victory?

[–] michaeluk26 10 years ago

Could not agree more. The fact after all that he then screws up getting the money to get put back right in the same situation he was in just literally ruined every git of goodwill the movie had earned with me up until then. I was furious that I had even endured the whole movie to end up with that. Totally *beep* ending brought the whole mediocre film down.

Haters gonna hate

[–] dogma867 10 years ago

yeah the ending really annoyed me. i can suspend disbelief that the brother was a contestant. in the back of my mind i was wondering if he really had the mental faculties to do that but it didn't really bother me or annoy me when i was watching it. it was engaging and interesting enough for me not to really care.

giving up the money by shooting the cop pissed me off though. no way was killing that guy a moral victory. the guy was about to kill his own father, killed his own brother, had cut a guy's arm off and now he cold-bloodedly kills some guy that is involved with the game he has been playing this whole time? What is done is done,he earned 6 million dollars and he just gives it up to live happily ever after as some shmuck? give me a break.

[–] gabby_bm 10 years ago

Because that's who he is. But he's not a schmuck. He's a schlamazel.

“You know the difference between a schlemiel and a schlamazel? A schlemiel comes home early from work to find his wife in bed with his boss…
a schlamazel gets fired for leaving work early.” (Louie DePalma)

This guy was a schlamazel. ANd no amount of fly-eating, arm-cutting, foot-shooting mayhem would change that.

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[–] northernlad 10 years ago

Funny I seem to keep reading the same complaint as mine about this movie, it was so strong and damned near perfect until it came to the end. It all started coming undone around the time he got arrested.

[–] mel2000 9 years ago

And the cop side story - love me some Ron Pearlman but that whole setup blows.

What purpose did Perlman's character serve except as a setup to get shot? Nothing he did made a difference.