Spoiler note: we discuss the endings of Edge Of Tomorrow, Source Code and Triangle further down.
We have marked where.
We all dream of second chances.
Colters hard-bitten reply says it all: You ever spent any time in battle sir?
Any soldier Ive served with would say that one death is enough.
Both films embrace the realism absent from so many blockbusters and make their heroes truly fallible.
In contrast, horror is a genre where failure is almost mandatory.
We expect to see our heroes make mistakes and get slaughtered, and 2009 filmTriangleis no different.
As Jess arrives at the dock, the loop begins to close.
This is the same Jess we saw at the start of the film.
No matter what she does, she will end up here, making the same mistakes.
She is doomed to watch her son and her friends die again and again.
Its a chilling finale, suggesting that death can never be cheated.
Hes overcome his initial cowardice and is now fully prepared to sacrifice his life to end the war.
Source Codes ending is even more powerful and hopeful.
His time runs out, the action freezes mid-kiss…but then it continues.
Colter has beaten the loop and beaten death.
His body is beyond repair, but his mind is alive.
For Colter, this is the afterlife, and its exactly what he deserves.
