The Killer on Netflix: The Ending of David Fincher’s Movie Explained

Warning, spoilers. It is advisable to watch The Killer before continuing reading this article.

It’s the most popular movie on Netflix right now—it’s the No. 1 most-watched movie—and it’s still dividing subscribers: The Assassin is the new thriller from David Fincher that fans have been waiting for.

Adapted from the comic book series The killer Written by Frenchman Alexis Nolent (Matz) and illustrated by Luc Giacomoni, The Assassin is David Fincher’s twelfth feature film. In six chapters, this film follows an assassin’s revenge mission after a contract gone wrong. He then battles his employers and himself on a worldwide manhunt.

Why does the killer in the killer make this decision at the end?

The killer, played by Michael Fassbender, finds those responsible for his downfall one by one until he returns to his sponsor, Client Claiborne (Arles Howard), who ordered the contract, which the killer unfortunately missed, but also to finish off the killer after his raid. Except that after a series of murders, the character played by Michael Fassbender decides to take his client’s life.

David Fincher explained in an interview GQ Amazing behavior from a killer who believes that his client is not actually a threat to his survival “He’s the only person who has no idea where he lives.” :

“Smoked a whole pack of cigarettes in front of the property. So this is someone who could harm him or inflict terrible punishment on him. When the killer finally meets him, even though this guy is supposed to be involved in some nefarious scheme, he doesn’t.” He is not capable of great evil, he is just a financier.”

The director knows that this ending is really disappointing for the public, who hoped that the killer would take his revenge to the end. But the assassin quickly realizes that Claiborne isn’t really a threat to him because he hasn’t grasped the reality of the world of assassins and that it’s a world that can scare him if he can’t dominate, even if he is. rich.

Claiborne was simply following the logic of lawyer Hodges (Charles Parnell) and had just taken a backseat by killing the assassin because he failed to complete his initial mission and honor his contract.

Of course, Claiborne could always hire other assassins to take out the killer, but the killer is so competent that he could easily dispose of them, just like the ones he killed throughout the film. The fact that he managed to get back at Claiborne and threaten to kill him may stop him from wanting to face the killer again.

The Killer Movie is available on Netflix.