After Schwarzenegger retired from the governorship, he once again entered the film and television industry. Except for the slightly old-fashioned "Last Stand", the "Escape of the Cicada" and "The Expendables" series are both high-level works. bone. "Saboteur" can be said to be a mashup of "The Expendables" and "Escape of the Cicada". It has both the bloody fighting of the former and the brain-burning wit of the latter, and there is no Stallone to win the light.
Let me start with a sentence. Marx said in "Das Kapital" that "capital is profit-seeking": "Once there is appropriate profit, capital becomes bold. If there is a 10% profit, it must be guaranteed to be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it must be used everywhere. It becomes active; if it has 50% of the profits, it will take risks; for 100% of the profits, it will dare to trample on all human laws; if it has 300% of the profits, it will dare to commit any crime, even risking its head." Ma's criticism, and his whole set of "political economy", are now outdated and need to be thrown into the garbage. According to him, people who currently start their own online games are probably all guilty of hanging their heads. In the information age, many entrepreneurs use small gains and small investments to easily win the favor of tens of millions of capital. This kind of capital's profit-seeking nature cannot be explained by Lao Ma. Otherwise, projects such as Xiaomi, Didi, and Momo would be the products of heinous crimes.
But there is one thing, if a business like drug trafficking continues to follow the old horse's theory, it can be justified. For 300% of the profits, drug dealers do everything. Because they knew very well that once they were caught, they would be forever, so they held their heads to fight for fate. As the guardian of the market and social order, the government naturally needs more powerful forces to fight against such desperadoes. What Schwarzenegger plays is the leader of such an extraordinary anti-narcotics elite, and this elite unit is called a "destroyer."
The drug lords are desperadoes, and the "destroyers" have to eliminate them time and time again, and they are naturally unwilling to sit back and wait for death. The way to fight back is to retaliate. The target chooses the families of the saboteurs, in order to form a blow to the souls of the saboteurs. Unfortunately, "Schwarzenegger"'s wife was captured by the drug lords, tortured in every possible way, and cruelly harmed, and the live video was sent to "Schwarzenegger." The family members of those who work for the country are naturally the object of protection by the state, but if the crime occurs outside the scope of sovereignty, the state will also be beyond reach. The wife of "Schwarzenegger" was brought to Mexico outside the United States and was tortured and killed. The "Schwarzenegger" was full of resentment. Under the powerlessness of the country, she could only choose to solve it by herself. And to go to Mexico, you need money. So, he started to fight the drug lord's money idea.
However, he was not the only one who made the money for the drug lords. The entire "destroyer" team, who is not interested in these windfalls. The so-called don’t do it for nothing, as long as it is done beautifully, you can naturally get oily water. Therefore, in an event, after a beautiful encirclement and annihilation, faced with a mountain of banknotes, the "destroyers" quickly made a batch of money and planned to keep it privately. The amount of this batch of money reached 10 million U.S. dollars. . However, when they turned around to take the money, they found that they had already been picked up and taken away.
This was not over yet, the police quickly learned of their violations, so they suspended their duties. But the most misfortune is that their team also pursued and killed them, and began to lose their lives one by one. The shadows and consequences of the serial cases have caused even greater bloodshed and killings.
The movie theme of "Saboteur" is anti-heroism. The "destroyers" are the elites of the country, and they are all dragons and phoenixes among the people. However, as individuals, they have their own minds, either taking drugs, or indiscriminately, or being friends with their wives. From a moral point of view, they do not seem to be good things. When they have the power of law enforcement, they are heroes who serve the country. When the power of law enforcement is taken away, they are ordinary people, and because of their greater destructive power, they become part of the destruction of society. This completely deconstructs the identity of the hero. Just like the city administrators of my great celestial dynasty, on the one hand, they are doing good things under the banner of serving the city, and on the other hand, are they doing self-rent-seeking things through their power? Mortals have two sides, and that's probably the case.
The truth of the matter is even more terrifying. Because the money was taken by "Schwarzenegger". And it wasn't a drug lord group that was chasing them, but from within. Two of them were murderous because of their distrust of other people and anger. They extended their butcher knife to their brothers who were getting along with each other day and night, and the methods were cruel. The infighting among the elites makes people feel sad. The saboteurs, destroying to the end, they are self-destructive, causing disaster to Xiao Qiang. The reason why "Schwarzenegger" who triggered all this took the money was because he wanted to personally kill the man who killed his wife. He finally fulfilled this wish very graciously. But the results have been so exciting.
Therefore, watching the whole film, I feel very aggrieved, very depressed. The identity of heroes is so unbearable. The war between heroes is so annihilating humanity, it seems to ruin all the good things in the world. People are sad and unable to breathe. And "Schwarzenegger" killed all his brothers for his own personal enmity, and everything he did was for love and family. He maintained his heart, his dignity, and realized his desire for revenge, but he also lost a more pure friendship and a brother who shared life and death. This kind of victory and sadness are present, which makes people sigh with infinite emotion.
Watching "The Destroyer" is not just like "The Expendables" can be ended by simply shouting cool. The shock left by it is too strong that many people can't adapt. A lot of saliva spit out, making the score of this film not high.
However, judging by Schwarzenegger's acting skills is actually a major reason for the low score. As a man who does my part, the protagonist in the story should be a man with scheming and courage. Schwarzenegger's straightforward expression did not show too much change, and there is not much scheming in it. . If you change to Liam Neeson, maybe the emotional narration of the whole story will be smoother. Moreover, Schwarzenegger's muscles are indeed a little old, with fatigue and powerlessness.
In general, you can go and watch this film, but don't hold a simple entertainment mood. If you want to get into the plot better, you have to be a little bit depressed. The plot may seem simple, but it is by no means simple. You have to be optimistic.
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