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Spoilers follow for Rebel Ridge, which premiered on Netflix on September 6.
The finale of Jeremy Saulnier’s action-meets-legal-thriller Rebel Ridge moves on the rhythm of protagonist Terry Richmond’s (Aaron Pierre) choices — all of which go against what his enemies expect him to do. The scene goes against what viewers expect the filmmaker to do, too.
Terry refuses to meet the Shelby Springs police at Rebel Ridge, the implied Confederate stronghold where the villainous Officer Lann (Emory Cohen) wants to do a swap for incriminating evidence. He attacks the police station that stores officers’ stolen loot, and threatens the “discretionary funds” they care about more than their duty to citizens. And when…
