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In a crime fiction movie what is the point of having the crime half solved?

for example - if the criminal who murdered a family was caught but the police knows that other people from the criminal's gang are still murdering some people somewhere else.

how does this ending affect the viewer?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    All things being equal, it may tend to inflame passionate support for more police power, harsher penalties, etc.

    A lot depends on how the events are depicted. A clever creative team could easily make the viewer feel happy that evil government forces are impotent.

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