11 Film Endings That Didn't Solve Anything

2. Warrior

No film's final act sucked like Warrior's, and that's not because what's shown is terrible. Indeed, it's what isn't shown that's the problem. The film's narrative threads are varied and interesting. Joel Edgerton delivered a terrific, earthy performance as a teacher and family man struggling to make ends meet, Nick Nolte brings the crazy as only he can as his repenting, recovering-alcoholic father, and Tom Hardy threatens to steal the film from under them with his portrayal of the damaged and dangerous Tommy Riordan.

But great performances aren't complete without great plotting, and this is something Warrior sorely lacks. The point goes thus: while the film does a terrific job of making us care about these men, the fact still remains that these threats are cut short by the script. While we'd love to know what the after-effects of the tournament are - the plight of Brendan's family and his continued employment, Tommy's pending incarceration, the development of both men's relationship with their estranged father - this is all hastily cut short in favour of a vignette of the brothers leaving the arena draped across each other. And that's it.

Soon after, the credits roll, and the audience is left baffled by whoever made such a daft decision to cut the film this early. So while this entry might stand out as a cheat - you do learn who would win in a fight between the two brothers, after all - it really isn't, entirely because we were denied the finale that would've solved everything. As is, and in its absence, nothing is solved.