{"id":484460,"date":"2022-08-11T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ending-of-carter-explained\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T19:27:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T16:27:11","slug":"the-ending-of-carter-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-carter-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Ending of Carter Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368904dcfdf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368904dcfdf\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-carter-explained\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Ending_of_Carter_Explained%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Ending of Carter Explained&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Ending_of_Carter_Explained%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Ending of Carter Explained&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;Korean action thriller Carter wraps up nicely at the end \u2013 until the final shot, that is. &lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/carter.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Carter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/carter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/carter-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Netflix&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Aurora Amidon\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 11th, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;i&gt;Ending Explained&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; is a recurring column in which we explore the finales, secrets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s of interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> and shows, both new and old. This time, we consider the ending of the new Netflix action thriller Carter. Yes, prepare for spoilers.&lt;\/i&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Jung Byung-gil<\/strong>\u2019s Korean action thriller <\/span><strong><i>Carter<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the kind of film that gives its viewer no choice but to take everything with a colossal grain of salt. It begins with a young man, supposedly named Carter Lee (<strong>Lee Sung-jae<\/strong>), waking up in a room with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The only information he has to go off of is relayed to him by a mysterious voice in his head \u2013 a voice he must obey, or else a deadly explosive will detonate inside his mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So Carter has no choice but to follow the voice\u2019s instructions, which command him to retrieve a young girl named Ha-na (<strong>Kim Bo-min<\/strong>). He learns that Ha-na is being hunted by both the North and South Korean governments, as she possesses the necessary antibodies to fight the lethal DMZ virus, which is rapidly spreading around the United States and North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of gunfights and epic stunts, Carter successfully gets a hold of Ha-na, her father, Dr. Jung (<strong>Jung Jae-young<\/strong>), North Korean officer So-ri (<strong>Han Jung-hee<\/strong>), and her young daughter Yoon-hee. Shortly after, Carter finally regains his memory and recalls that So-ri is actually his wife and Yoon-he is his daughter. It also turns out that, before he had his memory wiped, Carter had requested to be sent on the mission to find Ha-na because Yoon-he had been infected with DMZ. The group then manages to board a train to China and narrowly escape the North Korean coup trying to kill them and keep Ha-na for themselves. After all the chaos, this seems like a happy ending. Right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, as with any good ending,\u00a0it\u2019s not quite that simple. Before he is able to fully rejoice in finally being reunited with his family, one of Carter\u2019s opposers asks him if he really thinks he can trust that his new memories are his own. After all, a chip was implanted in his brain when he woke up at the film\u2019s beginning. Who\u2019s to say these memories aren\u2019t the same thing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These themes of trust and mind control bode well for a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sequel, which could explore the answer to questions such as: What would be the purpose of these false memories? Could they have just been a way for the government to appeal to Carter\u2019s pathos and thereby convince him to rescue Ha-na? Could So-ri be working for the other team and merely pretending to be Carter\u2019s wife?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the course of the film, a couple of people refer to Carter as a US citizen and CIA agent named Michael Bane. This muddies the question of his identity even further, especially as Bane was allegedly killed in Syria years earlier. Carter, on the other hand, was a South Korean spy posing as a journalist. Could \u201cCarter\u201d have stolen someone\u2019s identity? Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also teasing the possibility of a sequel is the final shot of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. After Carter and his (maybe) family board the train to China, all seems hunky dory in the world. They are finally safe and off to save the world from DMZ using Ha-na\u2019s antibodies. But then the camera zooms out, and there is an explosion on the bridge train tracks. This kind of attack would be nearly impossible for a train to survive, but one can\u2019t help but think that the choice to cut to black before showing the train meeting the broken tracks is intentional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the fate of the characters is intentionally open-ended. Occam\u2019s razor says that the family fell to their deaths; but then again, Carter performed a number of improbable stunts throughout the film. He\u2019s come this far, so it\u2019s not totally out of the realm of possibility that the stunt-pro would actually be able to save his family from a falling train.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if the family <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">does<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> end up surviving, everything that happens during <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s two-hour runtime hints that it isn\u2019t exactly going to be smooth-sailing from that point onward. The explosion at the ending suggests some nefarious activity from Carter\u2019s enemies, whether they be from the virus-ridden North Korea, the United States, or elsewhere. And if they keep stalling her delivery, then DMZ will undoubtedly continue to run rampant, and we will perhaps get to finally see some of the zombie-virus action that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hinted at \u2014 basically a <em>World War DMZ<\/em>. But regardless of whether <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s potential sequel leans into government conspiracy or a full-on zombie pandemic, there\u2019s no question that it will be a wild (and exhausting) ride.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Ending Explained, Netflix\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/aurora.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Aurora Amidon spends her days running the Great Expectations column and trying to convince people that Hostel II is one of the best movies of all time. Read her mostly embarrassing tweets here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aurora_amidon\">@aurora_amidon<\/a>.        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<pre><code>    &lt;!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --&gt;\n                                &lt;section class=\"recommended py-5\"&gt;\n            &lt;h3&gt;Recommended Reading&lt;\/h3&gt;\n\n\n        &lt;\/section&gt;\n            &lt;!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --&gt;\n\n\n\n\n&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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