I haven't seen Agatha's original novels before, nor have I seen old movies. The new version of the film explores the lynching and revenge under the unsound rule of law, and the many contradictions between human justice and legal disputes. Here, I will only briefly touch upon some jurisprudential views on this pair of contradictions embodied in the new version of the film. The question that the film maps is - can lynching be used as a substitute for the absence of the law? After watching this movie, my first reaction was to think of the Zhang Kou Kou case. The cause of the case was that 22 years ago, the Zhang and Wang families were torn apart over trivial matters. At the time, 13-year-old Zhang Koukou witnessed Wang San hitting Zhang's mother with a wooden stick and causing her death. So on February 15, 2018, Zhang Koukou killed his neighbor Wang Zixin and his eldest son Wang Xiaojun with a knife on the spot. After committing the crime, Zhang Koukou absconded and surrendered two days later. Many people on the Internet expressed sympathy for Zhang Koukou and even questioned the verdict. Some netizens believe that Zhang Koukou is a "filial son" who killed for his mother, and his defense lawyer's defense idea also believes that Zhang Koukou is "revenge for his mother", imploring the court to give him a way out. Sympathy is sympathy, and law is law. We must respect the facts and the law. Just think, if everything can be lynched, tit-for-tat, and retribution for injustice, then what do we need the law for in this society? How should society function normally? It seems to become an endless cycle when the victim's hands are covered in blood and once again become the perpetrator. When people don't believe in the law, but blindly believe in violence and morality, isn't this a social tragedy? But just like "Murder on the Orient Express", if the law can really bring the culprits to justice, how can we see Zhang Koukou and the twelve passengers with blood on their hands? The law seems worthless to those wicked people, and it is nothing like the vengeance brought by lynching. Law and justice are never the same. Law cannot solve all social problems. Law is only the last line of defense to maintain social order. In fact, I did a lot of research before writing this essay, and I have mixed opinions. After I started writing, my title at the beginning actually didn't have a "?". While writing and talking, I secretly added a "?" to the title. In those places where the sun does not shine, how do we choose? I can't really answer this question right now. I believe that it is precisely because of the strong speculativeness and enduring spiritual core of this film that this story is full of charm. May justice never be late. If only justice could be achieved by law.
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