Fruitvale Station-8/10

Gabe 2021-12-28 08:01:32

In July 2013, the verdict of the Zimmerman case triggered protests in different cities in the United States. The U.S. side was not over yet. A young man with a knife in Toronto, Canada was killed by nine shots while surrounded by a group of police. . It was against this social background that Fruitvale Station was released. Seriously, this movie appeared at the most appropriate moment.

Regardless of how fictitious the story itself is, I think the most successful part of this film is that it can arouse reflections on the opposite sides of society. This kind of reflection is not simply throwing all the mistakes to the law enforcement side, but by presenting such a simple but true incident, allowing the audience as spectators to consider how to avoid similar tragedies.

In fact, tragedies like this have never stopped happening. It is only in the era of smartphones with one device that material like this film will be released to the public. It's just that the most injured in the end will always be the disadvantaged groups in society.

At the end of the film, people can't calm down for a long time. .

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Extended Reading
  • Liam 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    The film portrays Oscar from many angles. The loyalty to his friends, his filial piety to his mother, his love for his daughter, and his concern for dogs all well interpret such a person. The process is too bland and has some running accounts. The subway scene that counted down to the New Year looked very heart-warming, but the final conflict was still chilling.

  • Isabel 2022-03-27 09:01:12

    Another adaptation of a true event, where circumstances create tragedy. The black director's debut, however, can be calm and restrained. The first hour is as bland as water, and the second half hour is shocking. Interpreting it in a partial record way, although objective but not appealing enough, especially the fact that the real video was placed at the beginning was a failure. Three-and-a-half stars, I just watched it on New Year's Day. It is the most peaceful at home without deliberately saying a New Year's Eve or something.

Fruitvale Station quotes

  • [last lines]

    Tatiana: Where's daddy?

  • Lead Surgeon: He didn't make it.

    Wanda: I need to see him.

    Lead Surgeon: Okay, you can see him. But they don't want you to go into the room or to touch him, because they ruled it a homicide.

    Wanda: I need to see him.