I recently watched a movie starring Nicolas Cage, MATCHSTICK MEN, Stickman.
This film was released in 2003. Although it was made at a small cost, it did not affect Nicolas Cage's acting skills to once again conquer the audience.
The film has a tight plot, thrills and tears, and a twist in the ending. The actors' acting skills are top-notch, and the actors grasp every nervousness, convulsion, and tears well. I give it four stars. ☆☆☆☆
The film tells the story of Roy, a wealthy professional liar who lives alone and suffers from mental illness. Under the guidance of a psychiatrist, he tries to accept his daughter, whom he has not seen for more than ten years, into his life. In the process of getting along with his daughter, Roy figured out After a lot, I wanted to wait for the last vote and then live a good life with my daughter, but unexpected things happened and the ending turned subversive. In the end, Roy finally let go of everything, returned to life and found a happy story with a twisted ending.
After watching the movie, I couldn't calm down for a long time. In fact, life is so simple, but we always make things complicated artificially. We don't communicate, so we don't solve problems; we don't think about what we want, so life always leaves you feeling lost.
Maybe a certain event, a certain opportunity, allows you to see the truth of life before you can really think about what you want.
A person who doesn't know what he wants has no main line in his life, just like balls of wool that are messed up and mixed together, unable to figure out a clue. And a person who knows what he wants is like a tree with a trunk, branches that grow up in an orderly manner, and lush leaves, full of vitality.
If it weren't for the appearance of his daughter, Roy's life would be to save money in addition to cheating money, and he would become a rich and lonely forever. No matter how rich he was, he could not cover up the loneliness, emptiness and spiritual chaos caused by the lack of family.
Money can indeed make life icing on the cake, but life is not only about money, but also the joy brought by family, as well as worries about children and expectations for growth.
It was also the appearance of his daughter that made Roy realize the value of family affection and gradually realized what life was like. He began to know how to worry about his daughter's behavior, began to know how to pay attention to his words and deeds so as not to bring bad influence to his daughter, and he began to want to accompany her daughter to grow up together.
At the beginning of the film, the camera is always aimed at the mansion where Roy lives. The mansion where Roy, who has severe cleanliness, lives in is always spotless and the items are neatly placed, but it gives people the feeling of being cold and cold. Roy's mental instability and life are also very difficult. repressed.
At the end of the film, after a series of events, Roy figured out a lot and looked down on a lot, and finally set up a family of his own with the supermarket salesman he had been secretly in love with. The camera once again focused on the mansion where Roy lived, and the mansion looked from the outside. It's still the mansion, but with flowers, a lover, and warmth in it, Roy's life is very happy.
Maybe this is what the movie wants to tell us. If we can see, think clearly, and be willing to live hard, happiness is all around us.
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Serious spoilers later, be careful! ! !
Roy and Frank are two highly skilled professional liars who make a living by cheating money.
Roy is a somewhat mentally handicapped person who relies on illegal drugs to maintain his mental state.
He has a cleanliness addiction, even if Frank enters his house, he also requires that he must take off his shoes when entering the door, and is not allowed to get dirty on the floor; Check gas and power switches.
At the same time, he is also very rich, and he keeps all the money he has defrauded for more than ten years in a bank safe.
But Frank was different from Roy. He was profligate and not particular. He deliberately didn't take off his shoes when he entered Roy's house.
But he is also very cute. Every time he earns money, he will say coquettishly, Roy, I love you! When a big man acts like a spoiled child, there is no one else, and he is very cute.
Despite their different personalities, the two hit it off on the business of cheating money, and they cooperated seamlessly every time. They deceived greedy people by designing various plots, and then cheated money, and they succeeded repeatedly.
Once, Roy's medicine was accidentally flushed into the sewer by him, and he couldn't contact the doctor who usually prescribed him medicine. Roy felt completely broken.
Frank helped him find a psychiatrist. During the communication with Roy, the psychiatrist learned that Roy had been emotionally hurt. Although it has been more than ten years, the psychiatrist still suggested that he contact his ex-wife to solve the knot.
Roy couldn't break through his psychological barriers and asked a psychiatrist to help him contact his ex-wife. The psychiatrist helped Roy contact his ex-wife. The ex-wife was reluctant to see him, but the psychiatrist said that the ex-wife also had a daughter, Angela, and Angela wanted to see Roy.
Roy knew he had a daughter, and although he was a little nervous, he still wanted to meet his daughter.
Roy contacted Angela and worked up the courage to meet her. The first meeting was very pleasant, and they continued to keep in touch afterwards. The appearance of the daughter changed Roy's life and made him gradually feel the joy of being a father.
The first time we met, Angela said nice to meet you dad when she was parting, but Roy was so panicked that she said nice to meet you dad. Then he was embarrassed to the point of madness.
Angela quarreled with her mother and asked to stay at Roy's house for the night. He happened to be going out to cheat at this time. After the little guy was settled, he didn't forget to look back at the house before leaving.
In order to solve their daughter's dinner, the father and daughter went to the supermarket together. Roy insisted on checking out at a certain checkout when queuing up to checkout. The smart Angela saw at a glance that Roy liked the female salesperson who was checking out.
The two got along very happily, but living together, children like to rummage through things in the house, Angela still discovered the secret of Roy's work, and also confessed to her daughter that she was a professional liar.
Roy took Angela to the bank safe and listed Angela as the user of the bank safe, but he hadn't told her the password yet, saying that after his death, all this was hers.
Roy was very worried that her daughter would learn badly. Unexpectedly, Angela threatened to pester Roy to teach herself deception, and she learned the trick very quickly. Sure enough, like a father, like a son.
A big scam that Roy and Frank had been planning before was about to unfold, and Angela was innocently involved. In desperation, Roy had to carry out this scam with his daughter.
The operation went well at the beginning, but Frank did not follow Roy's instructions, which led to the deceived person discovering the scam at the end and chasing them out to find Roy. Roy quickly drove Angela to the scene.
The action was a near miss. Although the money was obtained, Angela was also exposed. Roy was afraid that such a thing would happen again. For the sake of his daughter's safe and peaceful life in the future, Roy decided to wash his hands in the future, and this time all the stolen money was given to Frank, so he broke up. Frank was helpless. Although he lost his partner, he could understand Roy.
One night, Roy and Angela had a happy meal, discussed their future life, and said they wanted to raise a dog named Frank. After the meal, they returned home as usual, only to find the deceived man sitting on the sofa in their own house with a gun pointed at Frank, who had been vomiting blood.
Being tricked into asking Roy to pay back the money, Roy pretended to let Angela go to the room to get the money, and then pushed her away and let her run away.
If he can run, the monk can't run away from the temple. He was deceived and asked Roy to share half of the stolen money he defrauded in the future, otherwise he would expose Angela to the police and destroy her. Roy stated that he had already washed his hands and was not allowed to be deceived.
While the two were arguing, Angela reappeared. She took Roy's gun from the room and cried and shot at the dupe. With a bang, the deceived person bleeds continuously.
When Roy panicked, he nervously arranged for Frank to drive away Angela, saying that he would send the deceived person to the hospital, and stressed that he fired the shot himself!
Sending off Frank and Angela, Roy prepares to deal with the dupe with a gunshot wound. Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the door, I was deceived and suffocated with a stick.
When Roy woke up, he was not very conscious and found himself lying in the hospital. Two detectives sat beside him.
Detectives told Roy that he was deceived to be dead, that they knew everything, and that the child's fingerprints were found on the gun. Ask Roy to tell the whereabouts of Frank and Angela.
Roy asked to see his psychiatrist, saying that he would confess everything after seeing the doctor. After the psychiatrist came, Roy confessed that Angela was in trouble, informed the doctor of Angela's current residence, informed the doctor of his bank safe password, and asked the doctor to pass it on to Angela. Angela, by virtue of her identity as a bank safe user, can withdraw money in an emergency.
After the doctor left, Roy kept meditating that Angela would be fine, and then fell into a coma.
A wonderful turnaround is coming! ! !
After falling into a coma, the hospital heating was too hot, and Roy was woken up by the heat. He stumbled out of the hospital bed and opened the door, only to find that this was not a hospital, but a temporary fake ward on the top floor of an abandoned building. Roy instantly understood that he had been deceived.
Roy ran on the top floor with his bare bottom, and the narration was what Frank left to Roy:
"Dear Roy, you are probably pretty upset, I don't blame you. You taught me most of what I know, so I suppose I owe you better than this. But you always told me if I ever got a shot at a big score, I should take it. And that's what I did."
Roy quickly put on his clothes and went to the psychiatrist. The clinic was already empty. Roy went to the bank safe to check. There was only a small stack of money in the safe. PS enjoyed the gift. Roy went to his ex-wife's house with the last glimmer of hope. , asked if Angela was there, the ex-wife looked astonished and told Roy that she had miscarried that year and had no children at all.
The ex-wife asked, Roy, are you ok?
Yeah, I'm ok.
This makes me think of the sentence, if life deceives you, it is because you deceived life first.
If you cheat too much, there will always be retribution. But for Roy, that's not a good thing. As a result, he broke through the boundaries of his heart to talk to his ex-wife, and thus had the opportunity to calm down and think about what kind of life he wanted.
one year later……
Roy sells carpets in a company. One day, he received a customer. The customer brought his girlfriend. When the customer's girlfriend turned around, it turned out to be Angela! Eyes facing each other, infinite emotion. . . . .
Angela saw Roy, wearing high heels, and almost lost her way. Unexpectedly, Roy not only failed to expose Angela, but also expressed dissatisfaction with her sexy dress like her father.
Before leaving, Angela said, I'll see you dad.
The camera cuts to Roy's daily life after get off work. There are flowers at home, his wife is cooking, and his wife has a baby in her belly.
What name should the baby be named after birth? If it was a girl, would it be called Angela?
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