All Clues In Harder They Fall To The Idris Elba Twist

All Clues In Harder They Fall To The Idris Elba Twist

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The Harder They Fall gives Idris Elba’s Rufus Buck a surprising twist, but it doesn’t come out of nowhere. Here’s every clue to the final reveal.

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All Clues In Harder They Fall To The Idris Elba Twist

Warning: Contains spoilers for The Harder They Fall.

Netflix’s The Harder They Fall dropped a huge Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) twist in the final act when it revealed that he was Nat Love’s (Jonathan Majors) brother but the clues were always there. While the twist might have seemed to come out of nowhere, there were subtle hints laid throughout the film. Most of it came down to the logic of the film and some small choices in regard to Elba’s portrayal of Rufus Buck, but the clues were all still there in The Harder They Fall if one knew where to look.

The Harder They Fall opens with Rufus Buck murdering Nat Love’s parents in front of him before carving a cross into his forehead. The film then follows Nat as he learns that Buck, the last remaining member of the group that killed his parents, has escaped prison with a full pardon. Love then seeks to hunt the outlaw down with the help of the Nat Love Gang and Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves. Before Love kills him, Buck reveals the truth about their relationship, why he killed their father, and the familial ties that bind them.

Throughout The Harder They Fall, the motive for the murder of Nat Love’s parents is not really examined, with Nat simply focusing on vengeance. But writer and director Jeymes Samuel did not forget to provide a satisfying explanation for the violent act. Here’s every clue that Rufus Buck is really Nat Love’s brother in The Harder They Fall.

Rufus Recognizes Nat’s Wedding Ring

All Clues In Harder They Fall To The Idris Elba Twist

When Nat Love arrives in Douglasville and meets up with Stagecoach Mary Fields (Zazie Beetz), it doesn’t take too long for them to find themselves in a room alone together. As things get amorous, he pulls out a ring on a leather strap. The camera focuses on it, but he doesn’t get a chance to offer it to her as they are interrupted by Bill Pickett (Edi Gathegi). He later offers the ring to Mary before she departs for Redtown and explains that it was the ring that his father gave to his mother. She rejects the ring and it is next seen when Rufus Buck orders Nat Love cut down while he holds him prisoner.

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The ring falls to the floor and Rufus Buck picks the ring up. He toys with it as he explains to Nat Love why he carved the cross into his forehead, citing that he wanted to know who Love was when Love inevitably came to exact vengeance. The fact that the ring seems significant to Buck is the first clue that he has a stronger connection to Nat Love and his family than simple business or outlaw dealing. Its pairing with the explanation of his scarring of Nat Love only serves to emphasize this. Rufus then continues to toy with the ring in other scenes, with the camera often focusing on it, and Rufus still has it on him when Love kills him at the end of the film.

Rufus And Nat Sing The Same Song

All Clues In Harder They Fall To The Idris Elba Twist

In the same scene where Nat Love offers Stagecoach Mary his parents’ ring, he sings a song to her called “Away with the Wind She Goes.” Jeymes Samuel is also a singer/songwriter and music producer and wrote many of the songs in The Harder They Fall specifically for the movie. Therefore, it is safe to assume that any use of music, especially when sung by the characters, is intended to be significant. While the song that Nat Love sings, written by Jeymes Samuel, speaks to the relationship between Love and Fields, its reprise is what locks in the idea that Buck and Love are brothers.

When Rufus Buck enters the room where Nat and Mary are being held prisoner, the first time since the initial scene that the two men are seen together, Buck is whistling a tune. While having subtitles turned on makes it easier to identify, the tune that he is whistling is that of “Away with the Wind She Goes.” While this could be thought to be a simple coincidence, combined with the significance of the ring and Samuel’s use of music throughout the The Harder They Fall, there is a strong implication that both Nat Love and Rufus Buck know the song because it was one sung by their father when they were both young. This is emphasized by the fact that when each of the characters is performing the song, they are actively thinking about their father. With Nat Love, it is because he is explaining the ring’s origin to Mary and how it is his remaining connection to his father. With Rufus Buck, it is because he is thinking of facing off against his brother, the last living connection to his father and the only remaining witness to his murder of their parents. Additionally, it is established in the opening scene that Love and Buck’s father is musically minded as Nat Love at an early age is keen to play the guitar when possible.

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The Death Of Nat’s Father Only Has One Suitable Motive

When Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) kills Nat Love’s (Jonathan Majors) father at the beginning of the movie, the conversation is careful to make it clear that the quarrel should only be with his father but avoids explaining any part of Buck’s motivation. Love’s father is shown as a pastor, and there is no particular indication that he would have taken part in any outlaw activity that might have drawn the ire of Rufus Buck. While an explanation is given in detail as to why Buck scarred Love, the true reason for the murder is not revealed until the end. The truth was that their father had been an abusive alcoholic and his father had killed Rufus’ mother when Rufus was just 10. When Rufus Buck was old enough, he hunted his father down to find he had a whole new family; Rufus killed them in order to destroy his father’s life as his father had destroyed his own.

The very fact that the motive is not explained in any way until the end hints at the deeper connection between Buck and Love. Once the other two hints have been revealed, a familial connection between Nat Love and Rufus Buck makes sense, and the two of them being siblings becomes the only logical explanation. The clues to the twist ending throughout The Harder They Fall are subtle enough that the reveal is likely to be a surprise. However, the movie maintains its end of the implicit bargain that films have with their audiences by providing the audience with all of the pieces to be able to guess at the ending before that final reveal actually happens.

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