this movie had me almost till the very end.. then it all went to s#ite..

I wasn't necessarily expecting a 'happy ending' per se by any means.. I was simply expecting something a tad 'less contrived' ('more realistic') and 'tacked on'..

and btw, brain farts and stress are part and parcel of humanity, but come on, this was just too absurdly ridiculous for words..

and yes, when you wear a piece of GOLD around your neck in front of a bunch of ca$h-hungry animal thugs, you are flaunting it! simple as that.. common sense says it's gonna get ripped off your neck in the blink of an eye.. and surprise, surprise, that's exactly what happened in 3, 2, 1.......

I guess if it had been a 'true story,' I would've simply respected the tragedy of it all and appreciated the gritty realism for what it was.. however, a fictionalized ordeal suddenly ending in such inane manner is just plain pathetic..

I would've been happier if the pirate/thugs had just shot and taken out a slew of the crew at the end out of sheer viciousness and for the sheer hell of it.. at least that would've been in character/in keeping with the behavior of animal thugs..

but come on, when a man who seemed to cherish his wedding band above all else in life -and who went through great and clever pains to keep it hidden from the animal thugs throughout the movie- suddenly decides to go: 'aww fvck it, I'm just gonna wear this gold ring around my neck for all to see as if it were a cheap string of puka shells cause we're now all buddy-buddy and chummy with these thugs' is the kind of ludicrous behavior only a complete and clueless MORON would engage in.. i.e., totally out of character/out of keeping with the personality of the devoted family man, loving husband and astutely clever survivalist we were told at every turn the cook was..

maybe I just have a low tolerance for moronic behavior..

and then to get into a struggle with a thug carrying a loaded weapon was even more ridiculously humorous still.. at that point you say to yourself: hey, my bad, I was stupid enough to let these cutthroat animals see a piece of gold jewelry, now I have to pay the consequences and give it up without getting myself or any other member of the crew potentially killed.. besides, my wife and daughter just want ME home alive, ring or no ring.. a ring can be replaced anyways, a life cannot.. truly, even a young teen would know it is MUCHO STUPIDO to risk your life over a piece of jewelry (or in the young teen's case, an I-phone)..

as I said, the lack of brains displayed by the cook and the captain at the very end just ruined it for me.. at that point, I simply couldn't be bothered to care anymore, sadly enough! especially when all they had to do was call for omar to intercede/intervene on their behalf to try to get the ring back p-e-a-c-e-f-u-l-l-y.. but no, apparently risking your life argueing with an armed animal thug over a damn ring and expecting him 'to have feelings' seems like a good idea to some people.. wtf?

wonderful acting by all involved though, even in acting out that almost comedically moronic ending..

it wasn't the fall from her 16th-floor penthouse that killed her, it was the landing