This film can be regarded as a well-deserved action film, with a conservative and stable plot structure. As a killer, the protagonist Jimmy finally lives in the gang of his old friend Shawn. Because of the black history of abandoning his wife and children and killing people, he is disgusted by his son Mike. While Mike accidentally witnessed the shooting scene of the gang master and was hunted down, Jimmy chose to fight the whole gang in order to protect his son. In the meantime, it is naturally a combination of various elements of the action movie: car chase, gun battle, hand-to-hand combat, as well as escape, counterattack, and duel.
The role of Limnison, who has passed his fate in the film, is a killer who is addicted to alcohol. He naturally has to worry about the arrangement and design of action scenes. The protagonist’s only close fight that was narrowly defeated in a bloody battle can’t help people squeeze sweat in secret, and after various shots (literally), the unyielding figure swaying like an old tree in the wind is as desolate as an old tree in the wind, and finally a blow that ran out of life. It is even more sad that the remaining sound has not disappeared.
Generally speaking, the dazzling degree of the action scenes of the film is inversely proportional to the literary style. There are not many big scenes in the film, the cold midnight New York and the emotional soundtrack are very exquisite. When Jimmy couldn't move and didn't let Mike play, so Mike had to run (sporadic assists), the compression of the action scene gave way to emotional conflict-the resolution of the grievances between Jimmy and Mike. This is more like the core of the film than the shootout.
The source of Mike's resentment towards his father was his father's assassin status. This denial reached its peak when Mike learned that his father had even murdered his cousin. For Jimmy himself, the blood stains on his hands are always incarnate as ghosts in the dark night to dive into dreams and linger in the dream, but the killer who looks like Shura had to turn to alcohol in the bleak evening scene to numb the pain of his conscience. The film narrates all the old man's crimes as a historical story by the narrator, and a flashback of the assassination of his cousin is also hurriedly taken. This way of handling allows the audience to face such a familiar face and loyal Limnison can not produce too much hatred, and it is easier to empathize to a father's beloved son. Therefore, this bloody storm of One Night in New York eventually became a sinful father's journey of atonement for his son and himself.
He probably owes his son a greater debt to his father’s inability to accompany him in his growth, but this distance seems to be the only way he thinks can protect his family. When he saw the photo clip collection "We Before You Arrived" prepared by Mike's family for the upcoming child, although he used the same look every day to smooth photos of his wife and son in the family, it was undoubtedly bigger than that. The caliber rifle tore a hole in his heart even more violently-his missing presence in Mike's life will never be able to make up for it.
In any case, this estrangement and resentment finally disappeared with Jimmy's life-long guardianship. Jimmy also left the list of the people he killed to the police, which was a late confession and confession. Mike continues his life full of sunshine, and Jimmy will always be remembered as a father.
On the opposite side of Jimmy and his son, this film designed a pair of characters like Shawn and his son. Shawn is an old-fashioned gang boss, deep and restrained, with his own principles and bottom line, Jimmy has been loyal to him for many years. It is a pity that there is no way to teach his son. Shawn's son Danny is extravagant and domineering. As the heir to the gang, he has failed extremely. Not only is he disrespectful to the founding fathers, but he is also contaminated with drugs against his father's control. Collusion of drug dealers. After being dismissed by his father, he simply killed the drug dealer himself in order to ignorance the money of the drug dealer. Unexpectedly, he was incompetent and had poor shooting skills. When he was chasing the bodyguard of the drug dealer, he was witnessed by a passerby Mike and was photographed by Mike's whole journey. Unconscious.
Danny's most fatal (literally) mistake was once again his brains and willful disobedience to the old man, he had to run to kill Mike and kill him, and then he was killed by the loving uncle Jimmy. Although it was useless in other aspects, Danny added all the skill points to cheating.
Danny died by himself, but he was so cute and loved so much that his father Shawn wanted to avenge his father and son. Jimmy has shown that he can pay for his life, but Mike is the only relative in the world, of course he will not agree. As the saying goes, blood is thicker than water, alcohol is thicker than buddies' loyalty is thicker than an employment relationship. Jimmy, who was inspired by his fighting spirit and desire for protection, simply turned his back on the defensive and directly destroyed Shawn's team.
Also in the gang, Jimmy and Shawn are undoubtedly failed fathers. Both of them love their sons deeply, although the methods are very different, and the results are also different. Jimmy still has a conscience. He will not hesitate to abandon his wife and children for the safety of his family, but he still cares about everything in his family secretly. He allowed Mike to stay away from the way of Shura where he was, until he was fleeing, and he always discouraged Mike not to kill and bear his heart debt. So although Mike had a misfortune in his childhood, he went on the right path and was self-reliant.
Behind the scenes of Shawn, his brothers are responsible for the dirty work, and he, who has been in a high position for a long time, also thinks that his son will take it for granted. Indulgence and neglect of discipline for a long time, it must be like freezing three feet and not a day's cold, and it is not accidental that Danny has gone astray in such a smoky place as the gang. Reminiscent of John Wick, who starred in Keanu Levi’s last year, he was also the son of the gang boss. It was okay to provoke the protagonist and kill his dog, forcing John Wick, who was also a lover of the gang and who loves his wife and loves small animals, to be angry. Annihilated the whole gang.
These cases are all educating us. The education problems of the second generation of black and the second generation of the rich and the official are the same, which requires profound reflection from parents and the society. As for the fact that the gangs are always being killed by their own people, you need to reflect on the gangs themselves, and of course there are the police... (Ahem, especially the police, no matter if there are corrupt elements, Jimmy It’s not enough to be convicted for so many years, and when the city is wanted for black and white hunts, Jimmy still swaggers in and out of high-end restaurants. Finally, people must knock on the doors of residential buildings from house to house. The old lady is forced to call the police before the police are deployed, and the residents are arranged to evacuate and even pay. Burned someone’s house...what else can you explain?).
The topic is pulled back. Jimmy, Shawn, master and slave & brothers finally abide by their promise to advance and retreat together. Jimmy guarded the only remaining light in his life. Shawn endured the pain and endured the father’s fault, which he did not teach. In the end, it was also The process of implementing one's love came to an end and died well.
Shawn's remarks when he met Jimmy in the restaurant, those little memories about his children as fathers; Jimmy and Mike used to fish in the lake hut and became one of the few beautiful memories of the father and son. There is a little joy left in that area. The land eventually became Jimmy's destiny. Putting aside the good and evil of the two, these fragments and details about the father and son are all moving.
To summarize the differences between the two as fathers, Jimmy seems to have better carried out his father's mission by comparison.
The name of the father cares about guarding.
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