The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson >!has the rapist/murderer psychopath villain antagonist being chased by the protagonists. At which point the antogonist (deliberately) crashes his car and dies.!<
As a reader, there’s less satisfaction in this than pretty much any other options. In the US film version, it’s incredibly anti-climactic. I’ve always found it an odd choice.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson >!has the rapist/murderer psychopath villain antagonist being chased by the protagonists. At which point the antogonist (deliberately) crashes his car and dies.!<
As a reader, there’s less satisfaction in this than pretty much any other options. In the US film version, it’s incredibly anti-climactic. I’ve always found it an odd choice.