Explained ending of ‘The Crimes of the Academy’, mystery thriller with Christian Bale on Netflix

In recent years Netflix has produced great films where mystery and intrigue are the protagonists, and one of these arrived in January, it talks about ‘The Crimes of the Academy’, title starring the award-winning actor Christian Bale, which shows an ending that has left many subscribers in doubt.

It is important to emphasize that ‘The Crimes of the Academy’ Netflix presents Christian Bale as Detective Augustus Loganwho is unexpectedly called by the military academy at West Point to investigate the strange death of a cadet who was found hanging without a heart, an investigator who receives the help of a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe.

The synopsis of this film has made it clear that mystery is one of its strong points, and what fascinates the audience until the last minute is that it is a production that offers several important twists in its plot, a title that this discovering detective ultimately reveals who is responsible for the desecration of these bodies, however, they are not the killers.

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If you have already seen the film, you will surely remember that the sons of the West Point doctor are responsible for the desecration of the bodies, as they needed the hearts for satanic rites that have the goal of curing the disease of the aforementioned doctor’s daughter, so In the final stretch of this film, the audience senses that these two young men are responsible for everything, however, in the last minutes this storyline takes a new twist.

The ending of “The Academy Crimes” shows on Netflix that Detective Augustus Logan is precisely responsible for the murders, since he is engaged in a campaign of revenge for what the students of West Point did to his daughter, a young woman who she was sexually abused which led to her committing suicide, an outcome that certainly surprised many subscribers of this streaming service.

The final scene of “The Academy Crimes” is a new beginning

All of this is revealed by no less than Edgard Allan PoeThis is also why the detective chooses the young cadet as a kind of assistant. Once the investigator is discovered, Landor returns to the cliff where his daughter committed suicide, standing right on the edge of it and saying goodbye to a garment that belonged to his daughter, an ambiguous ending that raises doubts among users.

The aforementioned final scene of ‘The Crimes of the Academy’It suggests that the protagonist of this storyline could have jumped or finally accepted the death of his daughter, and it was the director of this film, Scott Cooper, who explained that in the end Augustus Landor makes peace with himself and accepts his daughter’s deaththat is, a new beginning.

What is a fact is that ‘The Crimes of the Academy’ It has become one of the best movies on Netflix. So far in 2023, a year that started just a few weeks ago, however, this title has already left a strong mark in the catalog of this service, a production that has conquered millions of users, so the relationship between Christian Bale and the streaming giant will certainly not end with this tape.