Film Language Tag: payoff
The highest point; the greatest degree; that part of a work when the action reaches its most intense and decisive moment. The climax provides a turning point at which the end result becomes inevitable.
Don't Look at Her Eyes, Please, Nope
OJ Haywood (Daniel Kaluuya) walks around his house after an alien UFO excretes blood all over it, yelling out for his sister and friend to come to the car. The music is distorted because of the alien's interference with electricity. A flashback reminds him not to look up at the alien.
Ending Sequence, Lilies of the Field
Homer's (Sidney Poitier) work is finished. He and the nuns have one final interaction before he returns to his life.
June Receives her Mother's Feather, The Joy Luck Club
June’s father (Chao-Li Chi) gifts June (Ming-Na Wen) a swan feather. June’s mother, Suyuan (Kieu Chinh) intended to give the feather to her daughter as a symbol of her hope and pride, but passed away prior to this gifting.
Sergeant Al Powell shoots Karl Vreski., Die Hard
The terrorist Karl Vreski (Alexander Godunov) emerges from Nakatomi Plaza and aims his gun at John McClane (Bruce Willis). John tackles Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) to the ground before Karl is shot multiple times by Al (Reginald VelJohnson) and killed.