Infernal Affairs. Although the ending was changed to a good ending for viewing in China, I think. Perhaps you could put The Departed in that list, even though the bad guys doesn't get away.
I remember that! It was Law-Abiding Citizen!soren7550 said:Got another one that comes to mind, but I don't think this one counts either, and I don't recommend watching it anyway.
For the life of me, I can't remember what it's called, but it stars Gerald Butler and Jamie Foxx (least I think it was him, been a few years since I've seen it). Anyway, the plot is Butler's home is broken into by two dudes, and his wife and child are raped and murdered in front of him. The dudes are caught, but Foxx aiming to further his own career, lets the guy who did the raping and murdering get off with a light sentence, and the other is put on death row. Butler isn't happy about this, pointing out that he saw what the other dude did, but Foxx doesn't care, so Butler is out for revenge against not only the people that broke in and killed his family, but the people in the legal system that persecuted the wrong guy in spite of his testimony.
Now, you'd think that Butler is the hero of this movie, right? Wrong. In this asstarted film, it's Foxx who's the hero, and Butler who is the bad guy. Yeah, you're supposed to root for the guy that's the main reason why a rapist/murderer got off very light.
Mm, I agree with this, and it makes it doubly painful in Fate/Stay Night because:Black Reaper said:Do you accept anime?
If so,then Fate/Zero
It is no spoiler that 80% of the cast is dead by the end
and their sacrifices are in vain
An analysis [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfRO4nEuC0] begs to differ. The article on his site goes into more depth.ToastiestZombie said:Clockwork Orange is a hard one to say. Alex certainly isn't a good guy, not by any means. He doesn't really "lose" either, since at the end his mental conditioning is taken away and he's able to live the life of crime and rapin' that he loved so much. I would say it doesn't count, but I would like to hear an argument on the contrary.klaynexas3 said:Hm. Would A Clockwork Orange count? The protagonist "wins" I suppose, but nothing good comes of it all, and the protagonist is hardly good anyway.
Well they did end up with the rifles which were worth a hefty amount.Blablahb said:Isn't Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels a bit of a losing end? All the main characters get out of it emptyhanded.
Nah. I mean, ok yeah you have a point and Ash has a tendency to screw up but cmon. The guy loses his hand and his first thought is "hmm, that stump would look great with a chainsaw on it..." He is in my opinion, at the end of the day 100% solidified badass.icythepenguin said:Evil Dead trilogy. I mean no matter what Ash does he's rewarded with either a marginal victory or completely screwed. Then again he does have his boomstick.
"Klattu Verata Nic*coughing*. There I said it."
Eh I know your stretching it, but D-Fens was only a good guy in his own mind....Mr.Cynic88 said:Falling Down
Memento
Rocky
I'm using the term "good guy" for Falling Down and Memento broadly, but these are three great classic movies with non-traditional endings.
well yeah, Ash does some badass stuff like cutting off his hand with said chainsaw in the first place. But look at his track record. He's forced to dismember his friends and girlfriend, then gets possessed, locked in a cellar with a Deadite, possessed again, attacked by a tree and ends up lone survivor again, sent back to the dark ages, copied by the evil, raises the Army of Darkness because he can't remember three words, thinks he's won and goes back to his time only to be attacked by another Deadite. The man can't win but he is damned stylish and badass while trying to though.mortalsatsuma said:Nah. I mean, ok yeah you have a point and Ash has a tendency to screw up but cmon. The guy loses his hand and his first thought is "hmm, that stump would look great with a chainsaw on it..." He is in my opinion, at the end of the day 100% solidified badass.icythepenguin said:Evil Dead trilogy. I mean no matter what Ash does he's rewarded with either a marginal victory or completely screwed. Then again he does have his boomstick.
"Klattu Verata Nic*coughing*. There I said it."
They landed on the ledge and then the credits rolled while he was trying to answer his phone. You never actually see if they get tossed into the river or not.Blablahb said:And remember what was done with those in the closing scene of the movie? ^_^Little Gray said:Well they did end up with the rifles which were worth a hefty amount.
No dude they jumped off the cliff....Sinc3riT said:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
I guess it's KIND of a cliffhanger ending ... but not so much when you think about it.
Came on here to say just this. What a pretty damn depressing ending.Anoni Mus said:The Mist.
Oh yeah, what a fucking twist. Jeez...Casual Shinji said:Seven
The good guy most certainly fails there, and how, and the bad guy wins.
How did I not think of that? It's one of the very few movies I own. -_-RandV80 said:I'm kind of ashamed for the Escapist that I'm the first to mention this:
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