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* HollywoodLaw: The end of the film shows that [[spoiler: both Miranda and Chloe are free, despite Chloe murdering her stepfather and Miranda murdering her husband ''and'' the local police chief. Even if their targets were [[AssholeVictim assholes]], the courts '''''really''''' frown on vigilante justice. At least in the chief's case, Miranda could argue self-defense, and there's a plausible InsanityDefense as well (a rarity in fiction) for both his and Doug's murder given that she actually HAS been institutionalized in a BedlamHouse already and diagnosed as psychotic... which, if successful, would mean she goes right back to the asylum she just escaped from.]]

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The end of the film shows that [[spoiler: both Miranda and Chloe are free, despite Chloe murdering her stepfather and Miranda murdering her husband ''and'' the local police chief. Even if their targets were [[AssholeVictim assholes]], the courts '''''really''''' frown on vigilante justice. At least in the chief's case, Miranda could argue self-defense, and there's a plausible InsanityDefense as well (a rarity in fiction) for both his and Doug's murder given that she actually HAS been institutionalized in a BedlamHouse already and diagnosed as psychotic... which, if successful, would mean she goes right back to the asylum she just escaped from.]]]]
** It's very unlikely that Miranda would have been sent to the same BedlamHouse she used to work at. If she were deemed unfit to stand trial for Doug's murder due to her psychosis, she would be institutionalized by order of the judge until her status could be reassessed, but patients that she used to supervise herself are likely to hold a grudge against Miranda or seek to harm her. A judge with two brain cells to rub together would take this into account and send her to a different institution for her safety.
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''Gothika'' is a 2003 American supernatural thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, written by Sebastian Gutierrez, and starring Creator/HalleBerry, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CharlesSDutton, and Creator/BernardHill.

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''Gothika'' is a 2003 American supernatural thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, Creator/MathieuKassovitz, written by Sebastian Gutierrez, and starring Creator/HalleBerry, Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Creator/CharlesSDutton, and Creator/BernardHill.

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