Lack of law: The film describes a society with imperfect laws and loopholes. As a result, crimes cannot be punished accordingly, and the law has become a transparent barrier in front of the perpetrators. If the laws of a society have no corresponding meaning, the result will be violent justice. A similar movie "V for Vendetta" also describes that when the law becomes a weapon to defend evil, there will inevitably be rebels to fight, even if the rebels themselves do not appear as justice.
In the film, the two brothers used violent means to achieve the effect that the law could not achieve. Similarly, the sheriff of the police station tacitly accepted their behavior in the face of this social reality, but their behavior was really accepted by the people. Approved? ! The director completed the end of the film with an interview, showing the attitude of the public. People have different opinions on this: wanting to be famous, wanting to join, violent behavior... all kinds of different results show extreme violence still will not be recognized by the general public as just a crime, this method will not Being recognized by society will only make society worse. What is truly recognized in society is a judgment under the sound law in the right way.
The extreme of faith: The Irish brothers use the faith of holy righteousness to complete their own redemption. From the initial self-defense, they gradually transition to killing for the heavens. But there is also a lack of their beliefs. The two brothers only slaughtered according to the description of their friend funny boy to achieve the purpose of justice. But according to their beliefs, the first thing they should kill is the underworld boy---their friend funny boy, who killed 2 underworld members and an innocent shopkeeper in a restaurant with his own self-esteem violated. But they took a protective attitude towards him and integrated him into their mission. In the killing of evil, they also became murderers, and the power of faith also pushed them from justice to evil, but they did not pay attention. So their beliefs are only one-sided, they are protective towards themselves, and most outwardly, they are aggressive. The extremes of belief make them gradually embark on a deviated track.
Just like the prayer of the priest at the beginning of the film: We should be most careful of the embankments, and it is the indifference of good people. Combined with the film, I think the real meaning of it is that the way to change society is not to kill all the criminals, but to make every people no longer remain silent in the face of evil!
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