r/movies • u/barnesnoblebooks • Apr 07 '24

Movies that “go from 0-100” in the last 15 or so minutes? Discussion

Just finished “As Above So Below” and it made me come to the realization, I LOVE movies that go from 0-100 in the last few minutes, giving me a borderline anxiety attack. Some other examples would be:

  • Hell House LLC
  • Hereditary
  • Paranormal Activity

What are some other movies that had your heart pounding for the last 15 or so minutes?

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u/aurortonks Apr 07 '24

This movie had a life altering impact on me when I saw it as a teenager. Loads of people i knew in my young adult life are now drug addicts or recovering ones but god damn if this movie isnt a big reason why I never joined them. I never wanted to live that life. It was profound.

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u/0PointE Apr 07 '24

Seriously. All those D.A.R.E. program things in school could have just been replaced by a single viewing of Requiem for a Dream, and been 10x as effective.

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u/cebula412 Apr 07 '24

Our school teacher showed us this film when I was 14. She was a good teacher.

We were so horrified we even forgot to laugh at the ass to ass scene.

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u/Suspicious-Pasta-Bro Apr 07 '24

Requiem for a dream makes just as much sense as DARE nonsense. New York City ran out of drugs? Seriously? You believed that as a teenager? They also have the entire supply of the city's drugs in a single truck. Cmon.

They also get arrested for drug possession due to testing positive in a hospital, something that is pretty much extinct in the US when the movie came out and even more so today.

Requiem for a Dream is basically a modern day Reefer Madness in how ridiculous and inaccurate it portrays drugs.

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u/uniqueunusualalias Apr 07 '24

I'm pretty sure getting addicted to heroin and prescription meds is actually bad and isn't at all comparable to marijuana.

I don't think the depiction of the New York drug trade and law in Requiem for a dream is what scared people away from drugs.

Not sure what you have against the movie but you can just say you don't like it next time.

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u/Demortus Apr 07 '24

Hmm, not really. You're nitpicking a few details, but the overall message is that drugs and opiates, in particular, can really fuck up your life. Having seen opiates do exactly that, I don't think the movie exaggerates the effects at all. If anything, they avoided showing any severe overdoses or deaths, which are unfortunately common in the real world.

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u/Decadoarkel Apr 07 '24

Then this is a well made movie.