"Things can be avoided, if John is rich, he's not, he's just an ordinary person. But he doesn't understand that this country doesn't respect value, it's price. We have rich and poor, white-collar workers, manual laborers, unemployed Yes. All hospitals have expensive surgeries as well as cheap surgeries and rotten surgeries. There are many people in this society, and many people who don’t have $250,000 at all. It’s a shame to push such people into a corner. In my opinion, this is a social system. Out of order, what do I know, I'm just a worker" This is what John's friend Pagimi said in an interview with reporters in the film. Simple, straightforward, and touching.
In today's world of civilization, the rule of law, the rapid development of science and technology, and the continuous improvement of human living standards, in the so-called prosperous and democratic United States, you would not have imagined that many people have to accept their loved ones because of money. Die, even if they're still kids like little Mike in the movie.
The saddest and most realistic thing is that price determines the value of everything. This kind of thinking may distort the values of the civilized world, but it is true in reality. People often say that there is no absolute fairness in the world, but we often get one plausible explanation after another. In this film, the young and beautiful female hospital director gave an explanation that "medical care needs cost" and the cold words were like a scalpel. At that moment, I thought that the hearts of the Johns and his wife had been completely torn apart.
"Imminent" is starring Denzel Washington, a famous American black film star. The hard life in his youth gave Denzel the temperament of being a teenager, and he understands the difficulty of life and the pain and despair brought by misfortune. His performance in the play is bright and sparkling, which is unforgettable for a long time. The iconic smile, resolute eyes, expressions of despair, and hoarse roars, each change leads the audience to approach the characters in the play step by step, experience the repeated changes of the plot, and feel the warmth and warmth of the human world. .
John Q is an ordinary American worker with a family and children and a poor life. The film opens with John's car being forcibly towed away by the bank because of arrears. John, who is not rich, is not without happiness. Although Qian Shier will give him some troubles in life, it does not matter. He has a happy home and good friends to play with. The film uses several scenes to show:
1. Colleagues and best friend Pajimi complained that he took his tools at work, because he was the only one with the keys to the cabinet, and they often drink and chat together after get off work.
2. The car was being towed, and the wife complained repeatedly. After some quarrel, she asked him with sexy eyes and a provocative tone if he could drive her to work.
3. After the 9-year-old son got out of the car, he solemnly told him that he had 46 dollars if he needed money, and then they said goodbye in a unique way: the Hercules model.
This scene makes people warm and life is still beautiful. It's nothing to be short of money, and it will always improve a little bit slowly. And John's happiness and joy is not brought by money. But the sudden misfortune made John really realize what it would be like to have no money.
In a community baseball game, little Michael suddenly fell to the ground while running. After being sent to the hospital, it was found that he was suffering from heart failure and had to undergo a heart transplant to be able to survive. At this time, money became the key to whether little Michael could survive: $250,000. John's medical insurance does not cover this cost. How could the Johns have $250,000 if they didn't even have a property. In order to collect the first installment of $75,000, the couple went through many setbacks, selling electrical furniture, applying for subsidies from the Social Welfare Bureau, and borrowing money from friends, but they still couldn't make it together. The hospital gave an ultimatum to move out of the hospital within a time limit. Young hospital female director threw out a classic saying "our generosity has a limit".
The wife on the phone weeps and accuses John that he should do something! John in the shot looked solemn and could not hide his grief, and sat for a long time in his son's room, which was covered with posters of bodybuilding champions.
The camera cuts to the corridor of the hospital, where the attending doctor is joking with the patient who is about to be discharged. They are full of interest and chatting. The topic revolves around playing football and having dinner parties, and at this time John is coming with a serious face. The movie makes a comparison here. The discharged patient is a rich man. Worrying about the cost, it is also difficult for them to imagine that someone would commit such a serious act of kidnapping.
At the end of the conversation, John took out his gun and kidnapped everyone in the emergency room. The hostage situation is as follows: a fat security guard, a couple, a black couple, a black injured person, three medical staff (including the attending doctor). The film expands another perspective here, no longer simply focusing on John, but through John's kidnapping incident, let the hostages, the hospital, the police and other outsiders express their thoughts and feelings, while the camera objectively records. The general public's view of the event.
The experienced deputy police chief, Old Frank, the high-profile, young police chief, the young and beautiful hospital female supervisor with obvious professional characteristics, and the well-known TV reporters, although these roles are not many, they all appear in front of the audience vividly. The way they do things, the intuitive reflection of events, makes people feel very real, and the cruelty is wrapped in a slight warmth.
The era reflected in the film should be the period from 2001 to 2009 when George W. Bush was in power. The U.S. is the world's hegemony, far ahead in economy, technology, and military. Driven by this sense of superiority, the Bush administration exported democracy to the world, that is, he proposed the so-called " Bush Doctrine ", hoping to transform the world with the "advanced" concept of the United States, so that other countries can develop in this concept of the United States , which naturally caused disgust and resistance in many countries, which also triggered the terrorist attack against the United States - the "911" terrorist incident. To this end, the United States launched two more wars - the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq . Although Bush introduced a $2 billion tax cut plan in terms of tax administration, he also carried out social security reforms during his tenure. In 2004, the Medicare Act was passed, bringing more prescription drugs to Medicare coverage and creating the Health Savings Account system. However, the huge cost of the two wars and the tragic terrorist attacks in the United States on 9/11 caused a fatal blow to the American economy and people's confidence. This was followed by fiscal deficits, disruptions in external investment, and rising unemployment. And these so-called livelihood reforms of the Bush administration were just too much thunder and little rain and did not play a fundamental role, which greatly disappointed the American people. In the history of American presidency, most presidents are still respected after leaving office, but Bush Jr. gave a counter-example.
The film ruthlessly criticized the incompetence of Bush's administration, and also confronted the public's most concerned medical welfare issue. Medical care has costs, but when people can't afford it, how should they choose? John saved his son with extreme actions, should we all do the same? Perhaps we should all accept that in a civilized world value can only be determined by price, whether it is an item or a person.
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