I'm so pissed right now! (**MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**)
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SpiritedAway86 — 14 years ago(May 18, 2011 12:52 AM)
Exactly! Yeah it sucked that she ended up being sold as a sex slave in the end and that ending was extremely sad and depressing but it was also great in that it wasnt the typical happy ending. I really thought that she was going to get away the whole movie but when I realized that she was being shipped out as a sex slave and it dawned on me what all those items in the box he had her purchase for her own kidnapping was for it was just really ironic and sad. She bought her own items for her kidnapping, how crazy!
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Stink_Face — 16 years ago(February 16, 2010 02:31 AM)
She did very little right at all.
Tell me, when they smash the rapists face in with the wrench and then tackle the red haired driver, why, oh why, oh why did our brunette, actually scrap that, why oh why oh why did the "writers" decide that the only option she had was to jump in the driver's seat and start driving the van? the guy was still at large right behind her struggling with her mate.
The guy was attacking her friend in the back and SHE decides that it's time to take a drive. Together they could have beat him into submission. There's NO excuse for stupidity such as that. I can only think that the "writer" thought hey what we need here now is one of those high speed fights in car and van crashes every other movie does.
It was a total failing of a face palm for sure.
If you have tor write crap like that - you shouldn't be writing.
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MissAngelCakes — 16 years ago(October 28, 2009 04:20 PM)
I know!
I atleast wanted her to kick the crap out of the driver! He was stabbed, shot and involved in a car crash with no seatbelt she was quite healthy, not a scratch on her and taller than him. She could have definately beat him up.
I think a good ending is:
When the men return to pick up their 'prize' they find Mel on the floor, her face cut open from the broken glass of the torch she had just broke.
I would have liked that.
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skinky_1999 — 16 years ago(October 29, 2009 04:39 PM)
her face cut open from the broken glass of the torch she had just broke.
Pretty hollow victory, since they'd probably rape & kill her, & everything in between. Suicide would be the only alternative. Those slavers aren't paying for corpse.
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MissAngelCakes — 15 years ago(April 15, 2010 12:40 PM)
" Pretty hollow victory, since they'd probably rape & kill her, & everything in between. Suicide would be the only alternative. Those slavers aren't paying for corpse. "
- Hollow? the whole point why he kept her so safe was that he needed to preserve her looks. If they found out she was damaged, the man would get in serious trouble. It's a self-sacrifice, but one that would get her some revenge, it's what I'd do anyway..
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Clem_DeFontane — 15 years ago(December 12, 2010 12:44 PM)
Sex slavery does exist in the States. We don't have formal brothels like they do in Asia, but it exists underground. I used to do work for an org working against the trade, and some of the material they showed us mentioned that strippers and prostitutes are sometimes sex slaves. Also, I saw a story on (I think) 60 Minutes that described an American girl who made friends with some girl in her class at school. The second girl invited the first girl over to her house, then the second girl's parents drugged the first girl and locked her in the basement. Then, they charged people to have sex with her for some long period of time.
I think part of the point of this movie is that the inner city is shamefully lawless and uncaring. Nothing happened after the grocery store checkout lady viewed the video tape. No police cars were anywhere. The bad guy ran over one of the good guys twice in the parking lot right outside the grocery store's window-filled front side. And, these guys just wrapped two bodies up and tossed them over a bridge. They've been doing it for years, so they probably know what they can get away with. Maybe this is a wakeup call about the lawless nature of the inner city. -
met76 — 14 years ago(August 29, 2011 11:42 AM)
They've been doing it for years, so they probably know what they can get away with
Except if they would really do this the way they did in the movie, they would get caught shortly after the first time. This would NEVER work. -
PurpleFanatic — 16 years ago(January 04, 2010 08:28 AM)
I can NOT believe that the OP said: "Honestly, if it wasn't for that goddamned heavy handed ending, this would be one of my favorite scary movies."
I would love to know what other Scary films are on your list of Favorites
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Ennder — 16 years ago(January 17, 2010 10:26 AM)
I think the end saved what was a pretty mediocre 3rd act. The entire scene in the warehouse just dragged on too much and it took the girl way too long to realize what was happening. Throw a happy ending on that and I don't think I'd have liked the movie.
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szmuc84 — 16 years ago(March 30, 2010 10:34 AM)
The beginning of the movie was good, and believeable, the end was fabulous, because it made sense. If you go through all that and can't win, you almost deserve to get sent to East Asia. When someone has killed 2 people and you have the upper hand with a gun, you shoot. You do not ask questions, you do not second guess, you shoot. Even facing the worst possibilities, it's self defense, and no jury would convict her. All in all, you shoot. No doubt about it.
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Awakening124 — 15 years ago(June 03, 2010 09:32 PM)
"Scary movies are supposed to do a good job of scaring us, give us a character we can identify with, then let us all breath again by allowing that character we identify with survive!"
The only requirement for a scary movie is that it scares you, and after that all bets are off. A happy ending might be what you personally want out of a scary movie, but that by no means makes it a requirement for the genre. Saying what a horror movie is "supposed" to have, beyond being scary, is all your personal opinion.
There are plenty of horror movies that don't have happy endings, and they're still obviously horror movies. Maybe not ones you specifically want to see, but still. -
C.S.Wood — 15 years ago(June 06, 2010 09:57 PM)
Sure, there were some dumb moments, but, for the most part, these characters acted the way most regular people would react when confronted with some aggressive, crazy dude with a gun.
No to belittle your opinion, but when I finally manage to get the gun away from the crazy dude, the first thing I'd do is shoot him in the face. The second thing I'd do is shoot him in the face again.
And assuming that didn't go as planned, after the shuttle bus crashes and I'm the first to wake up and I get my hands on a knife, what I will not do is get out of the bus. What I will do is slit the throats of the two psychos as to ensure my safety and know for certain they won't get right back the hell up and take me hostage again.
I'm sorry, but I just can't stand by any movie where characters do stupid things that I wouldn't do. Yeah, I'd be scared in that situation, but if I see an opportunity I sure as hell am going to take it because I know I'm dead meat if I sit and do nothing.
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media_HO-HOlie — 15 years ago(July 06, 2010 01:08 PM)
When someone has killed 2 people and you have the upper hand with a gun, you shoot. You do not ask questions, you do not second guess, you shoot. Even facing the worst possibilities, it's self defense, and no jury would convict her. All in all, you shoot. No doubt about it.
-i totally agree.
"I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world."
-Angelina HOlie