1.   But the convincing portrayal of childhood fantasies, fears and rituals is marred by the unnecessary melodramatic final sequence.

2.   And from a sheer shock and suspense standpoint, the final sequence is the tightest, most unrelenting of its kind.

3.   A wild final sequence ensued.

4.   After the game Sunday night, Gruden said that during the final sequence of plays by the Raiders, he noticed Rison was open on one play.

5.   But they understood that the outcome of the final sequence had much more to do with good fortune than good defense.

6.   In a stream-of-consciousness final sequence, Emily compares her early, anxious imaginings of adulthood with her real life as a woman.

7.   In the final sequence, in a driving rainstorm, Bisset is knocked down by a horse, falls backward and hits her head on a rock.

8.   It took several days to repair the malfunctioning hydraulics so the final sinking sequence could be shot.

9.   Its final sequence, involving a strange case of cannibalism performed by a sexual menage a trois, manages to shock without offending.