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The Review Geek
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Dangerous Animals (2025) Ending Explained – Does Zephyr manage to survive?
Dangerous Animals Plot Summary The opening of Dangerous Animals sets the scene for the film to follow. Mysterious, tense and just a tad surreally funny – Bruce Tucker runs a shark-diving expedition on his boat. Unfortunately, it all goes wrong for tourist Heather when her boyfriend is killed, fed to the sharks, while she's abducted by this maniacal serial killer. With Bruce on the hunt for new victims, he sets his sights on young survivalist Zephyr, a savvy and free-spirited surfer. When she crosses paths with Bruce, Zephyr must do everything she can to overcome this maniacal predator. Why is Bruce killing? Bruce Tucker is a disillusioned man, killing his victims by feeding them to sharks. He's a firm believer of the hierarchy within the animal world and knows that sharks associate his boat with food, hence why the sharks swim around. He targets impressionable young women – preferably tourists – and chalks their deaths up to 'accidents' at sea. Bruce films the encounters for his own amusement and gets his kicks from watching them back. He has a whole bunch of videotapes in his cupboard recording these deaths, complete with locks of hair for good measure. All of these are locked up (no pun intended) inside his cupboard where numerous other tapes are located. How long does Zephyr have to live? When Zephyr awakens after being kidnapped, she finds herself in the presence of Heather, who's still alive after the incident from the start of the movie. Zephyr shows her resourcefulness and attempts to pick her handcuff lock with the underwire from a bra but it doesn't work. Bruce drugs them both and makes a show of it, killing Heather right in front of Zephyr and filming the encounter. Bruce then decides that Zephyr has 24 hours to live before she goes swimming with the fishes. Zephyr buys herself some time by throwing Tucker's camcorder in the water. As our killer wants to film and savor the experience, he heads back to shore to get a replacement. How does Moses try to save Zephyr? Whilst docked, this gives Moses Markley time to mount a rescue mission. We met Moses earlier in the movie and Zephyr's casual hook-up turns to more when she realizes she genuinely has feelings for him. That feeling is mutual for Moses, who does his own investigation and tracks down the boat. All of this eventually converges with Moses and Zephyr captured and driven out on the boat to Hangman's Shoals, a secluded area in the nearby sea. Having understood now how sharks operate (partly thanks to Tucker's surprisingly informative monologues) Zephyr convinces Moses to stay as still as possible in the water. This works so the sharks don't attack, given they don't mistake him for a seal. Bruce takes things one step further and stabs the guy in the chest before dropping him back in the ocean again. The entire operation however is interrupted by a helicopter flying around outside, prompting Moses' torturous ordeal to be delayed. Does Zephyr manage to get away? Moses bleeds so much that he passes out, allowing Bruce some alone time with Zephyr. He likens himself to her, pointing out he can see the fight she has and likens both of them to sharks; solitary creatures that fend for themselves. Zephyr dislocates (and bites off) her thumb to break free of her handcuff when he leaves, but unfortunately Tucker tracks her down again when she tries to run away. As a result, he's ready for the final show. How does Zephyr manage to stop Bruce Tucker? In the water, Zephyr puts on one heck of a performance, managing to stave off a Great White as it circles her, preparing to strike. With Bruce hungrily filming, Zephyr manages to break free from her restraints and underwater, finds herself face to face with the shark. There's a moment between them as they stare into one another's eyes, seemingly understanding the other's ordeal. The shark decides not to strike. In fact, this shark is battered with scars and sports a nasty gash over its face, a result of Tucker's meddling earlier on. Zephyr makes it back to the boat and outsmarts Tucker, shooting him with a harpoon gun and sending him into the water. The hunter becomes the hunted, as Zephyr watches as the shark grabs Tucker and takes a big ol' chomp out of his side. The same shark that Tucker stabbed with the harpoon gun earlier on. How does Dangerous Animals end? With Tucker dead, we pan across to his camcorder where we ironically find out that his death has been filmed the whole time. In the end, Bruce becomes the final victim in his twisted mausoleum of death. Zephyr and Moses both survive their encounter, thanks to Zephyr firing off some emergency flares to prompt the nearby party boat to turn round and save them. Zephyr realizes she does have something to live for in Moses, and after professing this to him, the pair await rescue as the movie ends. Read More: Dangerous Animals Movie Review
Black America Web
5 days ago
- Health
- Black America Web
Memorial Honors Bruce Tucker, Black Man Whose Heart Was Taken Without Consent In Virginia's 1st Transplant
Source: Mininyx Doodle / Getty The family of Bruce Tucker gave their loved one the home-going service he deserved after years of pain. According to ABC 8 News , on May 30, relatives of the 54-year-old gathered together at a private ceremony organized by Virginia Commonwealth University Health (VCU Health) to honor Tucker, who died in 1968, following a severe head injury from a fall. Tragically, what followed the death of the Stony Creek native was equally heartbreaking. On May 25, 1968, physicians at the Medical College of Virginia (now VCU Health) declared him dead. Without notifying or obtaining consent from Tucker's family, surgeons—acting with a medical examiner's permission—removed his heart and kidneys. His heart was then transplanted into a white man in what became Virginia's first and the world's 16th recorded heart transplant. In response, Tucker's brother William filed a wrongful death lawsuit. However, in 1972, the jury ruled in favor of the defendants after being instructed to consider the concept of brain death, despite it not being recognized in the Code of Virginia at the time. To honor Tucker's legacy, VCU Health established a historical highway marker in the Stony Creek area of Dinwiddie County. The marker details the events surrounding Tucker's case, a gesture hospital officials say is part of an ongoing effort to acknowledge and address the violations of his medical rights and privacy. 'The marker now serves as a public reminder of the importance of informed consent and transparency in health care,' Gayle Turner, a representative for the Tucker family,' said, according to ABC 8 News. 'It also serves as a permanent acknowledgement and memorial tribute to the life and legacy of our beloved Bruce Oliver Tucker and the impact his story continues to have on medicine and ethics today.' Notably, on May 24, 1968, Tucker was taken—unconscious and unaccompanied—to the Medical College of Virginia, after he suffered his fall in Richmond, according to VCU Health's official website. The American Journal of Transplantation noted that the working-class Virginian fell off a three-foot wall. Doctors diagnosed him with a basilar skull fracture, a subdural hematoma, and a brain stem contusion. He underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain and received a tracheostomy to help him breathe. As Bruce Tucker lay in critical condition, members of the hospital's transplant team began to consider him a potential organ donor. Unable to locate his next of kin, and with a white patient in need of a heart transplant, the surgeons proceeded. Though Virginia's 'Unclaimed Body Act' required a 24-hour waiting period before declaring a body unclaimed, this protocol was not followed. Within hours of his death being pronounced on May 25, 1968, surgeons removed Tucker's heart and kidneys, without the knowledge or consent of his family. His heart was transplanted into a wealthy white businessman named Joseph Klett in what became Virginia's first heart transplant and the 16th worldwide. Klett died six days later due to organ rejection. Tucker's family only learned of the organ removal after his death. His brother, William Tucker, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the surgeons and medical examiner involved. The case went to trial in 1972, but an all-white, all-male jury ruled in favor of the hospital. The case raised serious questions about medical ethics, racial injustice, and the need for clear consent protocols in organ donation. Thankfully, VCU Health is taking meaningful steps to acknowledge and address the injustice done to Tucker. In addition to the newly installed historical marker, the hospital unveiled a commemorative mural in honor of the 54-year-old in March, ensuring that his legacy will not be forgotten. The mural, titled Humanity of the Heart , was designed by students from VCU's mOb studiO and brought to life by Richmond-based artist Hamilton Glass. SEE MORE: New Project To Move Unmarked Black Graves In Virginia Family Of Henrietta Lacks Reach Private Settlement Deal With Thermo Fisher SEE ALSO Memorial Honors Bruce Tucker, Black Man Whose Heart Was Taken Without Consent In Virginia's 1st Transplant was originally published on Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Entering the homestretch preparing for BBQ and Barrels 2025
OWENSBORO, Ky (WEHT) – The 2025 BBQ and Barrels festival is right around the corner, and that means food is being prepped for the big weekend. Formally known as the International BBQ Festival, in 2023, the name changed to BBQ and Barrels due to the explosion of bourbon back into western Kentucky. Eyewitness News stopped by Precious Blood Catholic Church to see the prep firsthand. Almost 40 distilleries on board for bourbon tasting in BBQ and Barrels Volunteer Bruce Tucker has been doing work for BBQ and Barrels 25 years ago, and he says part of what makes it so special is the work is handed down by people. Tucker states about 40 pork butts are being smoked along with 70 gallons of burgo, smoked bologna, pork loin/chops and whole chickens. Tucker says one reason so much food gets prepped is there is ten guys that pitch in, which makes everything run like clockwork. Tucker also says that it while it is getting harder to find volunteers, it is fun for them because they were brought up in it. Tucker further says there will be five churches at the festival: Precious Blood, Blessed Mother, Our Lady of Lourdes and Immaculate Parish. The festival runs from May 9 to May 10. Courtesy: BBQ and Barrels Eyewitness News. Everywhere you are. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW).
