Hardcore (1979 film): Difference between revisions

Van Dorn tracks Tod to a seedy San Francisco [[bondage (BDSM)|bondage]] [[Fetish club|fetish house]] and chases him through the building, eventually beating Tod into giving him Ratan's location. Van Dorn and Mast track Ratan to a nearby [[nightclub]], where he is watching a live sex show, with a young woman revealed to be Kristen. Van Dorn confronts Ratan, Kristen flees and Ratan slashes Van Dorn with a knife. Mast shoots Ratan as he flees the nightclub, and Ratan collapses and dies in the entrywayentrance toof a porn theater as horrified pedestriansonlookers watch in horror just as the police arrive.

In the nightclub basement, Van Dorn finds Kristen scared and angrycowering, who claimsresponds in anger that she decided to run away and made these decisions of her own volition, and felt loved and appreciated in a way that the emotionally distant Van Dorn never offered despite his claims that she was forced into pornography in the first place. Despondent and tearful, Van Dorn explains that his inability to express affection in the past was the result of his austere Protestant upbringing, and Kristen ultimately decides to go back with him. As the two prepare to return home, Van Dorn spots Niki among the crowd of onlookers. He begins to make a token offer of gratitude, but it is clear to both that their relationship is now over. She walks away, resigned to continuing her life on the streets.