This straightforward film ends with the most brain-bustingly trippy closing scene this side of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The vision reflects the stated anti-war purpose of the film. We see a personification of war—a massive armored soldier sitting atop a steed—attacking a group of screaming people on the left side of the screen, while the right side is filled with dead bodies.

Yikes.

Slowly, the scene shifts. Instead of a group of wounded people, we see a group of happy folks partying in togas. Instead of a giant warrior superimposed over them, we see Jesus Christ himself. In our book, it's quite interesting that neither of these scenes take place in modern times—they seem either medieval or ancient.

On one hand, the symbolism is pretty simple: war is bad and Christianity is good. On the other, however, it seems to be a subtle way of implying that Jesus is on the side of the South, which seems pretty absurd considering the whole slavery business. Either way, it's quite the trippy way of closing out a film that takes an otherwise realistic approach.