It's a good movie, at least I think so, but people around me who have seen it don't. They say the story is too idealistic, too far-fetched, and too fake. If the plot of a movie is too wonderful, it will make the audience feel unreal while being amazed, especially some people with a strong desire to control, being deceived by the director will make them feel unhappy. But for this film, the key to understanding this seemingly overly ingenious story lies in the psychological situation of the protagonist.
David Gore's life is undoubtedly tragic, a radiant youth, radical and mighty, torn apart by the resentment of a student. Since then, he has lost his job and his family, and only his colleagues who are soulmates still understand him, but he finds again that this last refuge is going to die, and his dream of fighting for it all his life has stopped. The son will only remember that the father is a rapist and murderer.
David Gore's life collapsed from that night on a whim, when he actually swallowed his own key to freedom. The frame-up of schoolgirl Pauline has actually put him to death on a social level, in a world where people are keen to label each other, people who are considered criminals are criminals in the eyes of the public, even if they don't commit a crime. At this level, everyone is vulnerable, and the more famous the more vulnerable. Black Mirror's Christmas special shows us this state in the most extreme way possible.
At this time, David must have been worse off than dead, but who would be willing to die like this, leaving behind eternal infamy? Therefore, David thought of his unfinished business, and he was determined to use his life to complete it. This is really a classical tragic figure, facing death tragically and using life to complete the final mission. At this time, there were only three people left by his side, a colleague, a cowboy and a lawyer. The completion of this grand plan can not be achieved without another person - a colleague (I forgot her name), she is also facing the looming death, she also loves her career, and a dying person once Without fear, you can do anything (refer to Mr. Bai). Cowboy is an interesting character, with only one line throughout, gloomy looks and iconic opera BGM. This man is extreme but pure, the last link in the plan. As for lawyers and journalists, we are all familiar with them.
For David Gore, the ultimate purpose of all this, in addition to promoting his personal career, is to cleanse his image in his son's mind. How helpless, the "bad comments" posted by this society to individuals can only be smashed by death.
This story struck me because it showed a death as great as a martyr in the purest form.
(The question of whether the death penalty should be retained has been debated for too many years, and I have not touched on this topic here, I just want to put myself in the state of the mind of a doomed man, that's all. Plus, this plan is really too uncertain For example, the last part of the reporter, etc., but I think this film is from the perspective of a dying man, and it is presupposed that he has a high IQ at the beginning, so it cannot be from the perspective of ordinary people. Analysis, just like you can't analyze the fatal ID from the perspective of a normal suspense story or analyze the clown from the perspective of a normal criminal)
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