O'Dessa's ending explained: Did she fulfill the prophecy?

O'Dessa cleverly brings together a couple of elements that don't typically go hand in hand—colors and dystopia. It tries to explain to us what Brad Pitt did in Fight Club (1999): consumerism. Though the latter taps into a range of aspects, the Sadie Sink movie zeroes in on mindless entertainment.

She plays the lead in a colorful dystopian world, akin to a messiah who is said to save the world. She does that. But in the act of saving the world, she is lost to the explosion alongside her love interest, Euri (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), marking the messiah's end.

Fans have praised the creativity of the film. But the love story? Not so much. However, the antagonists, Plutonovich (Murray Bartlett) and Neon Dion (Regina Hall) are a couple of interesting and colorful freak shows. At the time of writing, the film is considered average, having pulled 50% of critics' approval according to Rotten Tomatoes.

How did O'Dessa save the world?

Sadie Sink's character is what the film calls the "seventh son," a title given to a messiah destined to save the world. This prophecy was made seven generations before her. Interestingly, this presents us with the blind prophet trope, akin to O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

Though we don't have an angel like Morgan Freeman pivoting a walking beam, the prophecy is delivered by a blind angel. According to this prophecy, the seventh son will save the world from evil.

She is simply a farm girl but possesses a super-powerful guitar with the ability to harness the power of, of course, sound. Following her mother's death, she becomes a vagabond roaming the dystopian world. Her journey brings her to a town called Satylite City—a town entertained (read: tortured) by Plutonovich.

This is one hell of a corrupt place in O'Dessa, and people are literally hooked to a show called The One. She also develops a romance with a singer named Euri, whom Plutonovich punishes, rendering him disfigured and brain-dead.

Though Sadie's character appears to be giving up, she ultimately does what needs to be done. Ironically, she blows up the island hosting The One, freeing everyone from Plutonovich's evil reign but dying alongside her lover—becoming the One.

Is she really dead?

By the looks of it, it seems so. But it's a story and a somewhat magical one with supernatural elements. Who knows if the seventh son survived that? O'Dessa is no Wolverine, who survived an atomic bomb, but for all we know, anything is possible.

Geremy Jasper, who directed the film, has something to say about this too. In an interview with The Direct, he mentioned that he may find a loophole to continue the story. He said:

"Oh, you never know. We could come up with some loophole. I would love to make a sequel to this movie. I don't know how exactly we would do it, but, you know, Boba Fett lived, they figured out a way to bring him back. So we'll see what we could do here with O'dessa."

As of now, there is no news of O'Dessa getting a sequel. But the world is blooming now, and that sort of wraps things up—thanks to her.

O'Dessa is currently streaming on Hulu.