« previous Though this 2004 Ashton Kutcher sci-fi thriller is largely forgotten now, before its release provocative and downright disturbing endings were filmed. The film’s title makes reference to the work of American mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz, in which large events can be influenced by smaller events in a domino-esque effect. In the film Kutcher’s Evan […]

The Butterfly Effect (2004) – Baby Evan strangles himself

Though this 2004 Ashton Kutcher sci-fi thriller is largely forgotten now, before its release provocative and downright disturbing endings were filmed. The film's title makes reference to the work of American mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz, in which large events can be influenced by smaller events in a domino-esque effect. In the film Kutcher's Evan is able to change the events in his life, but in doing so has an adverse effect on the people around him in ways he cannot predict. As things begin to spiral out of Evan's control, he makes the decision to travel back in time to when he was in his mother's womb and commits suicide by strangling himself with his own umbilical cord. This was a decidedly more controversial ending as it would have had depicted an unborn baby committing suicide. Eventually the film settled on a less controversial note with Evan simply pushing love interest Kayleigh out of his life to save hers.

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