amazing movie until the ending

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2007)

it seemed like there were two different writers for this movie. there was the writer that came up with the brilliant beginning and then there was the writer that came up with the terrible ending.
i loved this movie. i'm dying to watch it again...but if I did, I know the exact moment when I would walk out. I almost wish the movie would have just cut out and stopped abruptly instead of giving us that awful ending.
not only did this movie start off with an incredible premise, but the story was told in an almost flawless way. they gave this movie the action and suspense of a horror while maintaining the emotions of a drama. i sat at the edge of my seat, totally pulled in, wanting to know more, wanting the hero to succeed....that is, until the end....
deu ex machina. thats all i have to say about the end. i don't know how much i should give away, but i felt like they just used cheat after cheat in the end. things became horribly convenient, to the point where I started to become angry...also, they stopped so suddenly when they could have done so much more. the first thing i said, as soon as the credits started to roll, was "thats it?"....i just felt like they were scared. they had something special on their hands, but they were scared to go to far off and do something different. instead, they made an ending by numbers and a movie that was slightly above average...this movie isn't bad because anything other than what it could have been.