The plot of the film is simple: a coup d’etat in Nigeria, followed by a genocide, and American commandos who go deep into the country to rescue the citizens of their country who are on humanitarian aid in Nigeria. When they got back in the helicopter, they saw the horror of the massacre: the bodies were piled up and down, the river next to the house was dyed red, and the house was all set on fire... So the commandos decided to complete another mission. : The task given to them by their conscience, and it happened that the son of the former president of the country was hiding in this refugee team, so they were always followed by a heavily armed rebel force, and finally, the two sides came close, and most of the commandos fought died, but finally sent refugees across the border. The whole movie is just about humanitarianism, about morality—though, if you will, you can think of it as glorifying GIs.
In the movie, the killing and the rescue are going on at the same time, but it feels a bit disorganized - the refugees and the rebels are all black, all African, and all Nigerian, and the commandos are from another. Continents, people of different colors (of course, two of them are black) from other faraway countries. But it was the black people who killed the black people, the Nigerians who killed the Nigerians, and it was the Americans who rescued them, the people who spoke English! Maybe, sometimes, the so-called sense of identity in terms of nationality, country, culture or even ethnicity is probably just nonsense - we can also think of the ferocity of the Chinese towards their fellow citizens: just look at their performance during the Cultural Revolution . It seems to have gone a little too far.
The conflict in this story is quietly carried on in the hearts of the commandos, the opposition between the task and another task, the contradiction between the task of the external superior and the task of the inner morality. This conflict and contradiction once caused the players' hearts to fall into chaos: the captain clearly made a decision, but when faced with the question of "what are you doing" from his subordinates, he had to say, "I will tell you when I think about it clearly." Such confusion until The chasing soldiers were behind them, and they only changed when they were directly in danger of their lives: the attitude of the team members became clear - they said, "I can't treat them (refugees) as cargo anymore." "Fight it. The black players thanked the captain: "They are also my compatriots." The team's superiors said: "Saving the son of the former president of this country is an intervention in the internal affairs of this country, which will make American diplomacy passive. Faced with this difficult problem, the captain still insisted on saving them, and said coldly, "Diplomacy!" This signified that he had completely let the task of inner morality overwhelm the task of external superiors. In fact, it is precisely such a process that highlights the arduous task of conscience and morality: if this task is to be accomplished, the task of conscience and morality is not accompanied by commitment, effort, or even sacrifice, then practice morality and ethics. There is no need for courage in conscience.
The child's face appears many times in the film, which is impressive, as rebel guerrillas carry out massacres in the village, and several men viciously tie up a nursing woman and cut off her breasts alive with knives - while next to The one who watched was a child of the rebel guerrillas. Hatred fascinates everyone, even children, and you can imagine how serious the disaster is in this country. In the end, the refugees escaped from the border, and they were welcomed by children. Little boys and girls came running with laughter, and moviegoers felt the urge to open their arms to hug them. As the commandos took off in the helicopter, a young boy waved vigorously, and the camera was fixed on his face for a long time—perhaps, this is what we need to understand: hope is still here.
Morality and conscience, really shouldn't be like the pretty clothes that people wear on their bodies, and they can be intoxicated from time to time when looking in the mirror - it needs to be practiced, otherwise evil will show its teeth and win - then there will only be pitiful Hiding in a dark corner, waiting for the condemnation brought by conscience, waiting for the pain that churned in the heart.
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