2. Arlington Road
In this underrated 1999 thriller, Jeff Bridges plays Michael Faraday, a college professor mourning his wife, an FBI agent killed in the line of duty in a militia raid gone wrong. Faraday becomes suspicious of his new neighbors Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), seeing architectural plans and suspicious behavior but his talk is dismissed by FBI agents and others. Digging deeper, Faraday believes that Oliver is a member of a home-grown terrorist group who framed an innocent man for the bombing of a federal building and killed a friend of Michael’s when she discovered the truth. When his son is kidnapped during a scouting trip, Faraday confronts Oliver in a fight where he yells that the man’s attacks won’t change anything. Faraday then follows a van he saw that he’s convinced will be carrying a bomb into FBI headquarters. Giving chase in Oliver’s car, Faraday bursts into the building’s parking garage with his FBI friend stops him, saying the van isn’t here and every car has been checked – except for the one Faraday is driving. SEE ALSO: The 10 most expensive luxury yachts in the world & who own them (With Pictures)
Faraday realizes the bomb is in his car but it goes off, killing himself, the agents and hundreds of others inside the building. In a montage of news reports, we learn that because of his erratic behavior and some planted evidence, the authorities conclude that Faraday was the lone man behind the bombing as revenge for the death of his wife. His son is shown having to grow up with relatives and live with the shadow of his father being a terrorist. The final shot has the Langs noting they want to move “somewhere safe,” clearly preparing to continue their terrorist work and let some innocent soul get the blame for it. A truly dark ending that naturally makes you wonder how many of these “lone nuts” may truly be guilty.
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