Warning – The following article contains spoilers for The Wonderful World. So please go ahead if you haven’t seen it yet.
If you are a fan of Kevin Costner, then you probably know about the feature film A Perfect World, in which the actor plays one of his biggest roles. Directed by Clint Eastwood, this crime drama that hit theaters in 1993 follows Butch (Costner), a dangerous repeat thief who has escaped from prison.
The character played by Kevin Costner (one of whose first films allows us to become the beginning of a certain Brad Pitt) kidnaps Buzz, an eight-year-old boy who becomes his friend during this crazy escape. Red Garnett, a tenacious Texas Ranger played by Clint Eastwood.
Arguably one of Clint Eastwood’s most underrated works, In Perfect World has many great scenes, but there is one that is absolutely shocking. This tear-jerking sequence is at the end of the road movie.
At the conclusion of A Perfect World, Butch, already badly injured, is shot at point blank range by a police officer, even though Red Garnett did not order him to shoot. Lying on the ground, Kevin Costner’s dying character talks to little Buzz, with whom he has formed a moving father-son relationship. “They got shot twice in one day…”He whispers to her.
Butch then dies in front of this little boy that he first kidnapped before he liked him. Augmented by the sublime music of Lenny Niehaus, the scene is truly thrilling. Find it below.
The poignant A Perfect World is a work you will quickly (re)discover. The film, which allows us to discover Kevin Costner in an unlikely role after Wolves, Robin Hood, JFK and The Guardian, was a great public success with more than 3.1 million viewers in French cinemas.
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