That ending didn't leave anything up for the imagination of the audience, it was just some dumbass leaving money.
Not the sign of a great movie.
***SPOLIER***
Yes it does because you don't know if he lives or dies, for all we know he drives himself to the hospital and ends up with the girl. Also he loves the girl thats why he doesn't just take the money and run, besides if everyone in films acted the way we would or just took the east asnwer there would be no point in watching them.