8 Films That Ended Too Soon
2. Get Out
Get Out was a bold, strange, oftentimes uncomfortable film that was beautifully shot and featured a stellar cast. What’s not to love?
In the film's final scenes, Rose ends up bleeding from a gunshot wound with Chris astride, choking her. His face falls as a police car pulls up, and he and the audience share a sombre moment of knowing exactly what this looks like.
Except, surprise - it’s Chris’ friend Rod who has commandeered a vehicle and found his friend at his most vulnerable moment. It's very odd to end Get Out paying off a joke from the film's side-story, where Rod's TSA training has caused him to become suspicious of Rose's family.
And what happens next??
Rose may have been left bleeding out on the road, but are we to believe all that commotion wouldn't have caught the attention of the Armitage family's neighbourhood? What happens when she tells them her ex-boyfriend burnt down her home and shot her? And if she does die, wouldn't anyone who finds her body also identify that her boyfriend just up and left on the night her whole family died?
Chris surely hasn't escaped the reality of the situation, which would've been a better note to end the film on, rather than what's essentially a throwaway gag.