Don't make him go through all that just to kill him at the end. What is the point.
I don't care if it would've been a typical hollywood ending or about the original. Killing Dan stopped the movie dead.
Didn't even care for the last few minutes after that. Turned it straight off
Killing Dan stopped the movie dead
Ya I kinda agree. I mean at that point when he got on the train, he seemed to have already made his mind up about killing his men and all that. So why not let him live, kill his men, then let him go. But I guess it also goes back to the talk he had to the son about being evil and not having any good in him. So he killed everyone
shareSo why not let him live, kill his men, then let him go.
I didn't mind them killing Dan but the whole Russell Crowe becoming good and killing his men and getting on the train was confusing and unrealistic. So he's best buds with Dan all of a sudden and turned on his most loyal henchman? I did not like that part of the ending even though it is an interesting twist from the normal Hollywood ending.
shareBen Wade describes his gang as a pack of wild dogs. While they may serve his purposes, he has no respect for them. In fact, Ben has no respect for anybody. Everyone he killed during the movie was pretty despicable in one way or another. While he probably killed plenty of decent people during his years of crime, he seems to carry a lot of guilt - just look at this way he says "quite a few" when Dan asks him how many families he's destroyed.
Then there's Dan Evans, who's a genuinely decent guy trying to do what's right. It would have been easy for him to take the $300 and go home, but he wants to do the right thing, and he also wants to take care of his family. He's probably the only person Wade has had any respect for his entire adult life.
Dan's son also plays a role in the end. He reminds Wade of himself as a young man. When Dan tells him the truth about the civil war, that's when he really decided to go all the way to help them out. Dan's son and Butterfield would've been killed next had Wade not taken out his gang.
The ending is what makes this a great film IMO. The relationship between these two men is complex and not easy to sum up.
The entire film was implausible and too PC.
shareAnother nice post, Xevious.
shareThe ending was the best part. The whole film had built these two men up as complex characters and the ending didn't simplify that. Ruthless Wade took a ruthless path to a new life.
I saw the first one with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, loved it so I bought the new one. After watching it I gave it away. First one was so superior and the second one ended so badly.
shareThroughout the film, the way events play out made me roll my eyes. It just seemed like none of the characters had any common sense. But the ending was simply a comedy of errors. I don't mean to keep repeating myself, but the climactic shootout and run to make the train was ridiculous.
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