Director Todd Phillips told Entertainment Weekly that Arthur confesses because he realizes the system is corrupt and unchangeable. Phillips stated, “He realized that everything is so corrupt, it’s never going to change, and the only way to fix it is to burn it all down.”

Fans are wondering what did the guards do to Arthur Fleck’s Joker in Joker 2: Folie a Deux. This question is rather unsurprising, as a significant portion of the film’s runtime sees Joaquin Phoenix‘s titular character spend time in prison and the court,

In one of the most bizarre twists, Todd Phillips sequel completely undoes what the first film so brilliantly established.