We didn't need the double twist - SPOILER
What do you think? At the very end? Was it really necessary?
I don't think so. The first twist was better and should have stayed.
Agree.Overkill
shareWhy did they do it??
The big twist was enough. They just killed the movie stone dead.
I was very happy with the ending and felt glad (for him) it was all just a dream. There was a certain amount of empathy during the course of the movie for the protagonist and even the setup and sub-ending wasn't realistic to be a real life scenario. Things like that just don't happen in real life, FBI do not do elaborate setups like that neither does a man that owns his own property put up with a sicko hitch hiker in the first place. These things however do happen in dreams so that all made sense to me.
AFAIK great ending.
Agreed. I was fine with the double-twist for exactly these two reasons:
1.) We felt empathy/sympathy for Antonio's character throughout the entire movie. For him to suddenly be an evil murderer -- while a very creative twist -- was also a shot to the gut.
2.) Indeed, this was far too elaborate and crazy of a setup to be realistic. It was believable enough to hold our interest while watching, but after the movie is over, we'd think about it and be like, "Wait a minute... that would never happen."
So, for it to end up being a dream actually solves both problems. The unrealistic situation still has value because now Antonio's character is going to write a (fictional) book about it.
So yeah. Normally, "And then he woke up and it was all a dream!" is a really stupid ending, but in this case, it actually works very well in my opinion. I thought this was a very cool, clever movie.