Pismo Boll: It's only a matter of time... get in bed with the devil... sooner or later you have to fuck.

Bad Influence (1990)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
Starring: James Spader, Rob Lowe, Lisa Zane, Marcia Cross
Alex ends up killing Claire with Michael Boll's golf club. Michael's older brother Pismo helps his sibling dump Claire in the tar pits as Alex has left enough circumstantial evidence to pin the blame on him. Alex then informs the cops where the body is, and it's dragged out of the tar pits. Eventually, Michael tricks Alex into confessing while Pismo secretly videotapes the conversation. Pismo slips, and with Michael distracted, Alex, enraged at their trickery, charges Michael with a knife, only for Michael to fatally shoot Alex square in the chest. Alex's body topples over the pier into the nighttime ocean. Pismo calls the Police and Michael goes to meet them with the evidence.





Answer: Everything he does is a lie. 'Confess to one lie but continue another. Nothing like it to confuse people.' That's why the Spader character is so distraught. He can't make head nor tail of the guy.