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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heathen72" data-source="post: 1143876" data-attributes="member: 7029">Hey everyone, I've been writing a cop/buddy film and have almost finished - this is how I am thinking of ending it. Our hero stands over the villain with his gun pointed squarely at him. The villain, a loathsome and murderous maniac who has killed hundreds (including the hero's mother, girlfriend and dog) screams at him "Do it, man... Do it!!!!" Our hero seethes with conflicting emotions - there is nothing he would like to do  more than blow this scum away, but the first rule of being a cop is that you don't kill someone in custody. (You're only allowed to beat them up a little.) His eyes tighten and the sweat runs down his temple. The villain taunts him further - "You haven't got the guts!" Our hero is on the brink of crossing the line from good guy to not-so-good guy....But then his buddy/partner/lover (and if the subtext is anything to go by, probably all three) steps in, his voice quiet, yet steady..."Don't man; it's not worth it."The villain is still screaming at him, but our hero pauses, and despite his free and easy attitude with the rules, his contentious relationship with the chief, and the emotional turmoil he is undergoing, he lowers his weapon. He slowly limps away, his pride intact. The police officers move to put the cuffs on the scum. Our hero has won - won the battle with the villain, and the battle with himself. He has managed to reaffirm the values of the system, and the sanctity of human life, even that of the scum. Then, suddenly, and who would have thought that this could happen, the villain pulls out a concealed weapon (or grabs the weapon of one of the arresting officers, or rushes the hero with his teeth bared.) The hero turns, and simultaneously with his partner, who also has a very big gun, blows the scum away!!So what do you reckon?I think it's the perfect ending for this sort of film. The hero makes the moral decision and gets to blow the bad guy away. Talk about getting your cake and eating it, too! And sure, it's been done a few times, but how can you break such a perfectly conceived routine as this one? I mean some film-makers have tried - Dirty Harry taunted the villains to make them go for their gun, and don't get me started on 'Seven' - but I don't think audiences wants the officers of our noble police force acting like this. I think rogue film makers like Fincher have got it all wrong, and with any luck all Cop/Buddy films will soon end my way.As opposed to just most of them...What are your favourite/most hated cliches? At the movies? Around the gaming table?</blockquote>

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