I recently saw most of “After the Sunset” (Pierce Brosnan, Selma Hayak) on a flight, but missed the last 10 minutes or so when they turned off the in-flight entertainment in preparation for landing. The last thing I saw was the shootout in the beach house with Don Cheadle.
Can anyone fill me in on what happened after that? I hear there was a twist in there…
I also saw this film on a recent flight. I can’t remember any of the character names – which is quite possibly the mark of a bad film – so I’ll use the actors’ names instead.
To my groggy recollection, Woody Harrelson outwits Brosnan’s character to recover the diamond – but only for a while. He first saves Pierce and Selma from Don at the beach house by bursting in at the last moment. He later calls Pierce from a limosine on his way to the airport. In flashback, it is revealed that Woody monitored where Pierce hid the diamond (in a palm tree on the beach) and has recovered it for himself.
However, the tables are again turned when (somehow) Pierce takes control of Woody’s limo, remotely locks all of its doors and spins the car around on the airport tarmac. (Thus mirroring the opening scene of the film.)
In between all this action, a heartbroken Selma plans to leave Pierce. She packs her bags and boards a plane, only for Pierce to win her back by reciting his vows, which he has finally written. The end.
Disclaimer: I saw this film on a 29 hour journey and cannot vouch for the accuracy of the above spoilers. It’s quite possible I dreamed or hallucinated all or some of the details. (Although, if I did dream it up, I’d hope to have up with a more imaginative script…)
I actually just saw this film on a flight (coincidentily on the way back from Nassau where the movie takes place) and Jervoise’s recollection is correct.
“Although, if I did dream it up, I’d hope to have up with a more imaginative script…”
More imaginative then …say…The Thomas Crown Affair?
Thanks Jervoise. So did Pierce end up with the diamond at the end? How did Salma deal with that?
I didn’t think the film was all that bad. In fact, I much prefer Brosnan’s acting in these stylish grand theft films over the increasingly hackneyed Bond films. Thomas Crown was his best in my opinion.
There’s a cut scene to Pierce with the remote control and Salma beside him. He’s laughing it up, then says to her, “I promise, this is the last time.” She gives him a my-silly-husband eye-roll and he goes back to torturing Woody.
I thought it was pretty good, too, for doing some different things in a heist movie. My flight was San Diego to Houston.