But I still recommend everyone to watch it.
"Iron Fist" bid has a very old-fashioned core: "Real warriors dare to face a bleak life."
Billy Hope, the boxing champion who is about to retire, decided to follow his wife's advice and retire after the last match. At the press conference at the end of the game, he was provoked by his opponent. Billy couldn't control his anger. In the chaos, his wife was accidentally shot and killed. The loss of his wife prevented him from continuing to train and compete, drinking and taking drugs until he went bankrupt and lost custody of his daughter.
At the beginning, Billy's character was just like his boxing style, fierce and reckless, not heavy on defense. In the training when he was down, he still despised defense and dodge, calling it "Like fight with gnat". In training with a new coach, Billy rediscovers the world. In the process of constantly fighting for custody of his daughter, Billy went from the anger of being rejected at the beginning to the silence later. Is Billy desperate? No, it was only then that he saw hope in life.
Billy at the beginning of the movie is a piece of glass. Although it is extremely hard, it is fragile due to external forces. Under the protection of his wife with super wisdom, he has reached the peak of his career. With his wife gone, an adolescent boy in adult appearance is overwhelmed, the agent he thought was a close friend has been taking advantage of him, and his money and house have been auctioned off because of bankruptcy. Adolescence is finally over, and boys must grow into men.
In the movie, Coach Welles keeps saying, you can control your destiny. Control what? Control the emotions you don't want to face. For Billy, it is necessary to control the emotion of despising the defense, for the students, to control the thoughts of not wanting to study, and for me, to control the laziness of not wanting to go to work. Everyone has emotions that they are unwilling to face. Learning to face their own weaknesses is the only way to grow.
Coach Wells also began to doubt himself after the death of Hoppy, a child in the boxing gym, and said that he actually couldn't control shit (you can't control shit).
Billy learned how to face life after losing his wife. Coach Wells learned to face his own fears after losing his students. The two people who had lost a lot helped each other to get back on their feet.
In the nearly half-hour game scene at the end, it was very heart-wrenching. Facing an opponent stronger than himself, Billy tried his best, saying that he was exhausted, but he still refused to give up. Seeing this, Billy has transformed from a boy into a man.
I think that's why these kinds of inspirational films can endure and attract audiences. We ordinary people are pressed and rubbed on the ground by life every day. We want to be like Billy and Wells, getting up from setbacks and failures again and again, and never admitting counsel. I believe that film and art have power and can bring courage, emotion and hope to people.
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