The criminal policeman, who was keen to kick, beat, and torture, finally cut off his limb.
The criminal police who believe in scientific data finally choose violence.
This kind of "black humor" between cause and effect appears to be fatalistic at first glance, but in fact the real culprit is the military dictatorship of South Korea in that era. I have always liked this theme of looking at small places through the background of the big era + the joys and sorrows of small people: in the long river of history, people are humble compromises when they go downstream, and noble persistence when they go upstream. In the end, Song Kanghao revisited his hometown after 17 years, and when he learned that the real murderer had also visited the crime scene not long ago, he broke the dimension wall and looked at the audience, pushing this obsession to the climax of the whole film:
Hi, murderer, are you watching this movie too? look into my eyes!
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