Angel Heart
Director Alan Parker’sAngel Heartis a deservedly hail horror detective story , but itsending twistis laughably obvious in hindsight . It ’s not often that legendary actorRobert De Nirohas made a stop over in the realm of horror motion-picture show , and even rarer that he did so back in the heyday of his career . That ’s one reasonAngel Heartis a treat for genre fans , although that ’s far from the only reward the film has to provide those who check it out .
Angel Heartis the seldom attempted combining of film noir with revulsion , and its success makes one wonder why more people do n’t try and make that connexion happen . Then again , the fact thatAngel Heartwas a box office dud , not even make back its own production budget in field of operations , in all likelihood did n’t encourage future film producer to put their their eggs into the movie noir / horror jazz group basket . unluckily , the best motion picture often are n’t the big hits when it issue forth to cash in hand .
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As good asAngel Heartis though , that does n’t intend it ’s pure , and a in particular baffling choice - admittedly one first made in the 1978 novel the picture show is based on - risks cluing in even first time viewer to the narration ’s big twist . What ’s in a name ? In this case , everything .
Angel Heart’s Twist Ending Is IMMEDIATELY Obvious
At the end ofAngel Heart , it ’s revealed that lead character Harry Angel ( Mickey Rourke ) was in reality the man he was pursuing the whole clip , Johnny Favorite . The case Harry had been sour was a gambit byRobert De Niro ’s character Louis Cyphre to defeat the measures Johnny had take to change his identity and hide his computer memory to stave off devote up on a deal with Satan and spend timelessness in Hell . Cyphre is revealed as having been Satan the whole time , and Harry / Johnny terminate things fall on an endless elevator ride , presumptively to the Hell .
It ’s a cool turn of events on the open , but look back , the Louis Cyphre name might as well be a neon signboard say " De Niro is playing The Devil . " It ’s even witness as this in - universe , with Harry / Johnny realizing how obtuse he was not to remark earlier . But Louis Cyphre is so airless toLuciferthat it ’s a wonder every somebody who ’s ever determine the film did n’t immediately guess where the history was going . While that would n’t needs ruin the motion picture , and there are other hints to the twist throughout , none are as glaringly obvious , and one wonders why both the film - and again , the Holy Scripture it ’s based on - chose to include it . Then again , the name Harry Angel is n’t that subtle either . It ’s possibleAngel Heart ’s paltry box office take could ’ve part been due to how many multitude guessed the game ’s twirl based just on forward motion merchandising .
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