00:00Hi, welcome back to my channel. In this video, I will explain the ending of Hot Seat. So,
00:05let's begin.
00:07Hot Seat is a 2022 drama-thriller film directed by James Cullen Bressack. Spoilers for the
00:11film's ending follow.
00:14For a film that deals with a man sitting on a chair that has a pressure-trigger bomb rigged
00:17exclusively to explode, there is not as much tension as there should be.
00:22Perhaps, it is the way Enzo, the then-unidentified hacker, speaks to Orlando that makes the whole
00:27scenario seem like the former is doing it only to have fun. But the fact is he is not.
00:33So when he talks to Orlando, it is proof that even though he is using Orlando for his own
00:38means, he cannot help but be overly colloquial. This, in turn, proves that Orlando and Enzo
00:44have been working together for quite a long time.
00:47If only the film had used this aspect and established their friendship better, the climax
00:51would have been more effective.
00:53But then again, an hour and a half's worth of budget restraints always takes a toll on
00:57the script, followed by the production.
01:00Furthermore, we can see Orlando breaking into different kinds of servers, but the simple
01:04fact that the film doesn't show the repercussions of these break-ins, like alarms going off
01:09or the dedicated security professionals losing their minds over their servers being hacked,
01:13is what prevents the film from having that urgency and tense state of mind.
01:17There is only one security guy who yells, code red, and that's it.
01:22The only thing that offers tension is the rigged chair, which, frankly speaking, sacrifices
01:26itself to save Orlando.
01:29Enzo wants complete access to the servers that store details, financial and all else,
01:33of and about the bankers, jackholes, whatever you want to call them, that are stored in
01:38security deposit boxes in the form of individually encrypted drives, maintained by a company
01:43called Templar Bonds.
01:45He wants the big guys to live in fear.
01:48But this motive doesn't connect with his revenge on Orlando's father.
01:52Apparently, Orlando, along with his old friend Victor, is responsible for taking Enzo's father
01:57out of commission, as a part of a data breach scandal.
02:00Or, it could be that Enzo, after stealing all the information, will escape and leave
02:05Orlando responsible for the break-in that will certainly land him in prison.
02:09That way, vengeance will be served.
02:12However, if only the film showed what really happened to Enzo's father and a little bit
02:16more of what Orlando used to do during his time as a black hat hacker, things would have
02:20been more compelling for Enzo's character.
02:23As it is, we are unable to understand why he is doing what he is doing and whether it
02:27is out of revenge for his father or for himself.
02:30At the end of the film, Enzo takes Kim and Zoe hostage and brings them to the terrace
02:34of the building.
02:36Orlando has survived the blast of the chair miraculously, and after realizing that his
02:40family has been taken, for lack of a better pun, he rushes to the roof with Wallace.
02:45There, Enzo reveals his reasons for doing what he did to Orlando.
02:50Ultimately, Wallace distracts Enzo, and Orlando shoots him, he had managed to grab a gun earlier.
02:56Wallace takes two bullets but is alive due to his bulletproof vest.
03:00Enzo, while wounded fatally, somehow manages to activate the bomb he had wrapped around
03:04Zoe, thanks to the switch he had on him.
03:07As Orlando and Kim struggle to get the bomb off Zoe, the timer nears zero.
03:12But before it can go off, a wounded Wallace somehow manages to cut the main wire.
03:17Enzo dies, and Orlando returns home safely with his wife and daughter.
03:22That's all for now folks.
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