‘Don’t Move’ ending explained: Does Iris survive the film’s tense climax?

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Netflix‘s new bleak thriller Don’t Move starring Yellowstone’s Kelsey Asbille dropped last Friday (October 25).The actor plays Iris, a grieving mother mourning the death of her adolescent son, Mateo, who has died in a tragic hiking accident after slipping and falling over the edge of a cliff.Returning to the scene where her son died, she crosses paths with serial killer Richard (Finn Wittrock) who manages to win her trust before tasering and drugging her.The film follows his relentless pursuit of Iris as she flees into the woods.**Warning: Spoilers Ahead**After murdering a well-intentioned cop, Richard takes Iris to a jetty, puts her in a small boat and rows her to the middle of nowhere and kill her.

But Iris is able to fool Richard by pretending to cry, coaxing him to bend down next to her. When he does, she stabs him through the neck with a large knife before Richard pulls a gun on Iris.

But she rocks the boat from side to side and Richard is sent overboard.He then comes out of the water and tries to pounce on Iris, who grabs the gun and fires several shots two of which wound Richard, and pass through the boat before he falls back into the river.

With the water rapidly rising, and the paralytic drugs still limiting her movement, Iris takes a deep breath and submerges herself at the bottom of the boat.