I specifically did not find there to be anything brilliant about the final scenes with the hi-vis rapist, but rather considered the entire sequence to be the ultimate cop-out via which the visual mood piece seeks to cheat out a false sense of closure. It was a contrived encounter that ultimately depended upon the antagonist behaving in a manner that did not conform to any pattern of believable motivations or actions and, in doing so, delivered an abrupt conclusion that was significantly more insulting to the viewer than any fictional portrayal of abuse could ever be. Transferring the role of predator from the newly humanized alien to a member of her former victim demographic ought to have been believable and it failed miserably in that regard.
Portrayal of the fish out of water effect was awash with cliché and could easily form a guide to the common tropes of science fiction. Tell me that it was delivered in any more sophisticated a manner than as a simple hodgepodge mix of the following:
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Alien Among Us
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Humanity is Infectious
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Pinocchio Syndrome
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Defector From Decadence
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No Social Skills
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No Sense of Humor
It was Brendan Fraser from Encino Man.