The Ending The pièce de résistance in the loudening orchestra of chaos and destruction conducted by Kevin (Ezra Miller) is that subject all too frequently occurring in the American news a high school massacre. Using his well-honed archery skills, the troubled youth begins to pick them off with his bow. When he has decided his work is done, he serenely walks out of the school and surrenders to the police. Meanwhile, his mother (Tilda Swinton) returns home to find the bodies of his father and sister in the garden laden with arrows. The film resumes two years later with Kevins mother visiting him in incarceration. She asks Kevin why he murdered all of those people and he replies saying that he no longer knows. Depressing because Nothing was ever done to prevent Kevin from committing his heinous acts of needless violence despite incidents that warned his parents throughout the film of his dark capabilities. The troubling scenes which make up the final act are made all the more depressing by the parallels to be drawn between Kevins last stand and other high school massacres in America. Plus Eva's life, once extremely successful, is impossibly ruined. A Silver-Lining? Kevins final statement to his mother may hint to the faintest trace of remorse for his crimes.
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
