In a
film that features nearly every character constantly, dourly announcing how much is at stake, the stunt
ending reveals that nothing we've been watching for damn
near three hours has actually mattered and the obviously reversible nature
of this semi-apocalypse will keep our heroes from ever meaningfully having to reckon with defeat.
Near the
end of the
film, in a quiet moment in which the two antiheroes bond, Cable casually
reveals the name
of his daughter — one that instantly drew the attention
of comic book fans.