Do not believe the people saying that the movie is lame. I do not know why people were expecting a film noir. It isn't one and watching it without preconceptions it is genuinely entertaining and thrilling until the last moments.
That, however, is when we learn a crucial detail literally in voiceover and then in a phonecall. Every other shot in the movie is ambiguous.
Redo the voiceover and erase the phonecall, in an edit literally any fan could make in moviemaker and the movie is easily a 9/10 with great acting, conveying the confusion and struggle of the characters to the viewer, and with genuinely heartwrenching moments.
But as it stands, the ending is just wrong. It doesn't really fit the themes established by the movie itself, and more importantly is the wrong solution to the problem. It's a lesson actively harmful if taken seriously, and thus the whole thing can't be rated above 3.
That, however, is when we learn a crucial detail literally in voiceover and then in a phonecall. Every other shot in the movie is ambiguous.
Redo the voiceover and erase the phonecall, in an edit literally any fan could make in moviemaker and the movie is easily a 9/10 with great acting, conveying the confusion and struggle of the characters to the viewer, and with genuinely heartwrenching moments.
But as it stands, the ending is just wrong. It doesn't really fit the themes established by the movie itself, and more importantly is the wrong solution to the problem. It's a lesson actively harmful if taken seriously, and thus the whole thing can't be rated above 3.