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But while the revelation that brings the play to a painful climax has a faint whiff of contrivance about it, the angry confrontation that ensues between Nelson and Nick has a bruising, brutal power.

Universal substantially increased the budget and abandoned underground racing for an “Ocean’s 11”-style heist that climaxed with a car racing through Rio de Janeiro while dragging a bank vault.

From there, the score remained 3-2 until the sixth inning — when the game climaxed in two memorable sequences.

In the cinema she cried at the movie's climax, when Norma weaved through a crowd outside her house to find her half-dressed husband and mother in the room.

This week tensions flared at a rally in London, the world of boxing paid tribute to Ricky Hatton, and cult show The Summer I Turned Pretty reached its climax.