Question on last shot before credits. . . .

I usually prefer the hero to live as well, but there's a quality to the hero sacrificing himself for a higher good that makes for a very powerful story.

Agreed, I would definitely watch a sequel. I wonder if that is what Netflix is thinking.

The critic and audience scores haven't been phenomenal, but they've been good enough to say that they are overall positive, so hopefully that will help.

The director came out and confirmed the ending. Saw an article that a movie news site posted on their Facebook page. The ending is officially ambiguous. In the script he originally died, but they decided to shoot an additional scene (the final shot) where it left things opened. It's definitely up to the viewer to decide. They were sure some fans wanted to see him live, so they created that final shot to allow each individual to decide on what the final shot meant. So if you wanted him to still be alive, then that's him. If you wanted him to die, then the kid is just hallucinating him at the end.

You left out the part that is was a river in India, probably the nastiest rivers in the world where the amount of bacteria would have given him sepsis before he could ever get to a hospital. He would probably have died just from getting a minor wound submerged in that shit.

Yeah. He was pretty banged up. Shot through the neck. Without immediate medical assistance, I can't see him surviving and considering all his buddies flew/drove off, I'm not sure who would be able to administer that. Especially in such a hostile environment. Not to mention I'm sure that river is absolutely filthy and crawling with bacteria, excrement etc so infection is inevitable. I imagine he'll have some form of IFAK on him so he might be able to patch himself up albeit temporarily. Still needs help though.

Of course the jumping into water and hiding was established at the beginning so no doubt that's what they're implying but he obviously wasn't in top physical form so how effectively he could repeat that I don't know. Perhaps we're supposed to think he hid for a bit then floated down river. His radio survived and he was able to call his people for a pick up.

Director has confirmed the ending. He originally died in the script, but they shot an additional scene to leave things ambiguous and for the viewer to decide what the final shot meant. They figured that some viewers would want him to still be alive. So if you felt he died and couldn't survive all those shots he took, then he died and the kid was just picturing him standing there and stuff. But if you wanted him to live, then it's really him standing there. No one is right or wrong about the ending. It's what you personally want for the character and the director confirmed it's ambiguous and up to the viewer.

Original script had him die. Test audiences were not happy with the ending and Netflix wanted a possibility of a sequel if the movie did well which is why you have the ambiguous ending you have. It was a compromised ending that was supposed to allow people to believe what they wanted and not piss the writer and director off too much.

She was a likable character, yes, sans the fact that she seemed willing to just let Ovi die earlier on in the story. If they do make a sequel then they definitely should make sure she's in it, and I'm certain they will.

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Bingo!