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The old man's career makes a comeback
Hester 2022-03-17 09:01:05
The old man, who finally succeeded in achieving a career turnaround, got an old loli by the way. There have been many assassinations of American presidents in history, but it is really interesting to think from the perspective of bodyguards. Several discussions between the characters in the film are full of disdain for the president and the first lady, but out of professionalism, it is still necessary to block bullets at critical moments. It is a bit weird to be a presidential bodyguard under American values. Are you willing to trade your life for his? Or is your life too precious? Do you really have the guts to take a bullet? Kennedy seems very different, He was different, it seems Americans really miss it. The death of the contradiction is not only because of too much spending. This crazy CIA assassin who wants to kill the president and get revenge is purely his own death. He wants to keep the game close.
Extended Reading
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Mitch Leary: [over the phone] Watching the President, I - I couldn't help wondering why a man like you would risk his life to save a man like that. You have such a strange job - I can't decide if it's heroic or absurd.
Frank Horrigan: Now, why would a man like you want to risk his life to kill a man like that?
Mitch Leary: Don't you have a psychological profile on me yet?
Frank Horrigan: I don't put a lot of stock in them.
Mitch Leary: Nor do I. A man's actions don't equal the sum of his psychological parts. Doesn't work that way.
Frank Horrigan: Just how does it work?
Mitch Leary: It doesn't work, Frank. God doesn't punish the wicked and reward the righteous. Everyone dies. Some die because they deserve to; others die simply because they come from Minneapolis. It's random and it's meaningless.
Frank Horrigan: Well, if none of this means anything... why kill the President?
Mitch Leary: To punctuate the dreariness.
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Mitch Leary: [over the phone] There's no cause left worth fighting for, Frank. All we have is the game. I'm on offense, you're on defense.
Frank Horrigan: Well, when do we start playing the game?
Mitch Leary: The clock's ticking, Frank.