Great film- some SPOILER tidbits

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2004)

I was reading some of the reviews here, and while people certainly have a right to their opinion, I really think they missed the point. This was true to Night's other movies in it's vision and attention to detail. It was different however in that he wasn't going for the "shocker ending". The ending was to me just part of the story. There were tense moments, monsters, and perhaps events one did not see coming... however- the conclusion was only what the people in the film were running from: that violence had touched them where they thought it would not. That you cannot control your environment to that degree and that bad things can and will happen "where you live". You can however choose to be brave in the face of it to help someone who needs it; to be an unsung hero if you will. That's it- simplified of course. I could go on about the imagery and the metaphors that he used, but instead just go watch it- A brilliantly told, brilliantly acted and brilliantly directed film.