Movies where the BAD GUY wins at the end: spoilers if movie is less than 5 years old
09-08-09 | 03:34 PM
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Movies where the BAD GUY wins at the end: spoilers if movie is less than 5 years old
...please don't include films like "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th."
I think Braveheart (1995) qualifies, since William Wallace (Mel Gibson) dies a horrible death.
Titanic (1997) since the weather conditions failed to preserve the life of Jack Dawson (Leo).
I think Braveheart (1995) qualifies, since William Wallace (Mel Gibson) dies a horrible death.
Titanic (1997) since the weather conditions failed to preserve the life of Jack Dawson (Leo).
09-08-09 | 03:36 PM
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Re: Movies where the BAD GUY wins at the end: spoilers if movie is less than 5 years
This might be a hard topic to do even with spoilers because you would need to put the movie title outside of the spoiler box to save people blindly opening spoiler boxes, in which case it would spoil the movie simply by putting the title out in the open.
09-08-09 | 03:44 PM
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You could put a specific description of the end, sans any character names, outside of spoilers and then spoil the movie title.
09-08-09 | 05:45 PM
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Plus I think your examples show the "good guy" dying but not necessarily the bad guy winning.
In Braveheart Longshanks died also
In Titanic Billy Zane's character survived the sinking but then killed himself later.
Live and Die in LA Petersen's character was killed but the partner survived
In Braveheart Longshanks died also
In Titanic Billy Zane's character survived the sinking but then killed himself later.
Live and Die in LA Petersen's character was killed but the partner survived
09-08-09 | 05:48 PM
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Re: Movies where the BAD GUY wins at the end: spoilers if movie is less than 5 years
Forum rules dictate that you should use spoiler tags regardless of the age of the movie. But I'm not sure how it could be done with this topic at all, since we're just listing titles of movies.
09-08-09 | 06:49 PM
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"I'm no more than a monster, but don't I have the right to live?"
And I agree. I had more but I couldn't figure out how to post them.
And I agree. I had more but I couldn't figure out how to post them.
09-08-09 | 07:13 PM
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Getting sucked through a portal, twice! Waking up to a ravaged earth.
Spoiler:
09-08-09 | 07:30 PM
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Leon: The Professional ...kinda
Phantoms
Planet of the Apes ...both
Phantoms
Planet of the Apes ...both
09-08-09 | 07:30 PM
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09-08-09 | 07:51 PM
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Been a while since I saw it but didn't the Tim Robbins win at the end of
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09-08-09 | 07:54 PM
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09-08-09 | 08:38 PM
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Spoiler:
09-08-09 | 08:53 PM
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Due to the structure of the movies, I don't know if that should count.
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09-08-09 | 09:02 PM
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09-08-09 | 09:03 PM
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Spoiler:
09-08-09 | 09:13 PM
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The captured serial killer reveals he killed the wife of the cop that's been chasing him.
There a reason that kind of post doesn't work? If you don't recognize the description of the end, don't click on the spoiler and you won't accidentally find out what movie it's for.
Spoiler:
There a reason that kind of post doesn't work? If you don't recognize the description of the end, don't click on the spoiler and you won't accidentally find out what movie it's for.
09-08-09 | 10:09 PM
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09-08-09 | 10:16 PM
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I love movies where the unexpected happens and the bad guys win. Couple of my favorites.
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09-08-09 | 10:58 PM
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It took me a while to think of a movie in which the villain triumphs at the end and gets away. I came up with a couple of the usual suspects, like Vertigo and The Parallax View, but then also remembered:
Those are the only four I could think of.
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Those are the only four I could think of.