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I wanted to post this when the movie first came out but the forum was overrun with trolls.
I enjoyed this movie a great deal, I loved the convoluted plot, the cast was great at conveying the feeling that you were walking on a tightrope between disasters. All of the characters were complex, well developed, and we saw that they had warring motivations.
but
the last ten minutes nearly ruined it. I suppose part of the problem is that I loved "the Usual Suspects" so much because it saved the greatest hit for the end of the movie, that when the movie was over you sat there saying "wait! What does that mean? I Have to see this again!" and for 90% of LAC I had the same feeling, that I'd have to see it more than once to be able to figure out how the different plots tied together, to figure out the character a little better...
but the last ten minutes tied it all up, made the movie nicer and neater, had the one cop surviving when I thought he's died, altered the perception (again) of the motivations of the others, made it glossier and lighter. It almost ruined the movie for me, it was like almost as bad as an "it was all a dream" ending. Funny thing is that I have heard that is how the book ended.
I never thought I'd say it, but for once I *wish* they'd altered the book for the movie. I think it would have been a stronger movie if it had ended either
1- as the police cars were coming down the hill towards the run-down motel, fade to black, roll credits.
or
2- with a shot of the police chief, with his back turned to the young cop, see the young cop behind him lift his rifle, aim.... fade to black..... sound of a gunshot... roll credits.
LunaMoth
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