This movie has gone far beyond the scope of military movies. There are many elements that make this movie heavy and full—humanity. die. tragedy. struggle. Morality. I personally feel that the focus of this movie is not military, not bugs, not terrorists, not drones and missiles, but humanity, but peace, but the world.
The movie starts with the little girl selling bread and ends with her. The only difference is that at the beginning of the movie, she is still turning the hula hoop alive and truly. At the end of the movie, she is turning the hula hoop and smiling, which has become a phantom in the sun and never returns. Because she was dead-killed by a missile that the British military had to shoot at terrorists. At the end of the movie, how cute and beautiful she is turning her hula hoop, shining shiningly in the light and shadow of the sun-but her ending is lying on a crude bed in a Kenyan hospital covered in blood, with her parents lying on the bed. She cried bitterly. Tragedy is the destruction of beautiful things for others to see. This is true.
In the movie, the party led by General Frank Benson and Captain Caroline Powell supported the projecting of missiles at the room where the terrorists met. Even if there is an innocent Kenyan girl nearby, the missile has a 65% chance of causing her fatal damage; On one side, some British government officials and two pilots (missile controllers) opposed this practice, preferring to save the girl’s life and allow the terrorists to leave the house and go to a shopping mall to launch a suicide attack, which is expected to kill more than 80 innocent people. People. Neither of these two very controversial decisions can be said to be right, but neither can be said to be wrong (at this point, this movie tells me that there are too many things in this world that there is no right or wrong.) This has caused very Tricky situation. On the one hand, it is imperative to project missiles, and terrorists may leave at all times; on the other hand, the little girl innocently sells bread for her livelihood in the missile bombing zone.
On the side of government officials, before the little girl appeared within range, they struggled with whether they wanted to capture or kill terrorists. The original plan was to capture rather than kill, but when circumstances do not allow capture, killing may be the only option. However, the disappearance of the mouth represents a change in the mission of this operation, which may not comply with the law. Under this tremendous pressure, officials almost all chose to throw the ball and put the decision power in the hands of different people. From an official in Singapore to the foreign minister in China’s ping-pong diplomacy, almost no one dared to make a decision. . But are they wrong? Strictly speaking, neither. Under such tremendous pressure, human nature gave them a desire to escape.
The military seems a bit cold and ruthless. Captain Powell, the heroine played by Helen Miller, has always been an absolute supporter of the implementer. In the end, the person in charge of estimating the range of the missile faked the probability of harming the little girl to 45%, which indirectly caused it. Her death. General Benson, played by Alan, has a daughter who is about the same age as the little girl, but in this situation he almost unkindly chooses to sacrifice the little girl. Are they wrong? Absolutely not. More than 80 lives and 1 life, which one is more important? Besides, I have been in the army for many years and have seen the death of countless innocent children. Maybe even if I want to do something, I can't do anything about it, and even become numb to countless tragedies. But for having to destroy an innocent life, especially the life of a child, their hearts are extremely helpless and uncomfortable. The time span of the entire movie is almost only one day, but when we saw General Benson and Captain Powell return home from work for a day, we were shocked-did this happen in just one day? In so many tensions, it feels like a lifetime has passed. Captain Powell drove the car, tired and helpless on his face. The sky outside the window was gloomy, raining, and the wipers were blowing helplessly, which made people feel tangible sadness and helplessness. Before coming to the headquarters, General Benson still chose the doll for his daughter in the shop. He handed the doll to his assistant before walking into the meeting room where difficult decisions were made and even the atmosphere was tense. However, he waited until he came out again and took the doll. When he was about to go home, he had indirectly killed an innocent Kenyan child. So many things have changed. Therefore, when his assistant handed him the doll, he sent it to him for a while before returning to his senses to take the doll. Before leaving, he said to the female government official who was always opposed to projecting missiles: Never tell a soldier that he doesn't know the cost of the war. Yes, they all know the cost of the war, but who can stop it? Woolen cloth?
The two pilots, under the orders of their superiors, had to perform missions to control the missile-equipped drone Eye in the Sky to monitor the meeting of terrorists in the sky (this is also the movie title Eye in the Sky). Source). But from the sweat coming out of their foreheads, frowning brows and red eye sockets, and even the tears they fell, one can see the mountain of pain and helplessness that they were forced to become killers. The final shot was that they were asked to return to the headquarters within 12 hours, they nodded, and then left the audience with two helpless and exhausted backs. At the same time, a fighter jet (or an Eye in the Sky drone) that just took off flew in the sky behind them, indicating that the war will never stop, and that tragedy will happen again.
No one is really wrong, and no one is really right. Just like a case I’ve heard before, a car is out of control. Is it to sacrifice a fat man to protect the lives of the other six, or to sacrifice six people to protect a fat man? This is almost an unanswered question, how is it possible to make a choice? No matter what, they are all lives. Although it is reasonable to sacrifice one life to save more lives, why should that person lose his life? Why is it he?
One word, difficult. And they have to make such a difficult choice, and have to bear the serious consequences of any situation, all because of war. The film didn't say a word about the pursuit of peace from the beginning to the end. Everyone performed their duties seriously and earnestly without any complaints. However, behind the difficult choices they must make, there is a very powerful message hidden in the film-war, destruction of beauty. The military and government, even though they seem to have the right to choose, are really helpless. Goodness begins with human nature, and it is also destroyed by human nature. Terrorists cannot be eliminated because they regard what they have done as a life pursuit, they think they are right, and feel very proud in the flesh and blood-a person is doing terrible things without knowing that he is wrong. , How terrible. Moreover, there are more than tens of millions of cases of little girls selling bread in turbulent countries, and countless innocent children have fallen into the flames of war at the most beautiful and innocent age. How sad. Sometimes we think that death is a very distant thing, sometimes it's just a name, an obituary. But if you really plunge into it, really feel the heartbreaking and desperate grief of the deceased's family, go and see the little girl's parents see that the daughter who was still alive in the first half hour has stopped breathing with blood, the pain must be beyond imagination. All this is because of the war, because of the people whose values have been distorted.
The film did not choose a very large background. Although high-ranking officials such as the colonel of the British military participated, the background of the film was only to carry out the task of capturing several terrorists who were going to attack the shopping mall. Originally, I thought that the background would be a war between several countries, and a decision would have an extremely huge impact. But I think this is also a success-the entry point is small, but it conveys a strong message and power. Several terrorists attacked the shopping mall, which represented more terrorist activities around the world, killing innocents; a little girl who died in the war also represented more children and people living in these turbulent areas, which is invisible to us. Places, one after another, even one after another, died. Another point where I think this movie is very successful is that it is a tragedy. For movies with this background, only the tragic ending can reflect the greatest power. The destruction of beauty shocks and shocks people's hearts, makes people feel embarrassed and sad, and makes people fall into contemplation and recollection after they walk out of the theater. However, if the ending is that the little girl is not killed and the terrorist is successfully killed, people may be more likely to give a happy smile, and the movie will be "laughed off". Moreover, the situation of the little girl is worse outside of the movie. Perhaps more often, the military will not control or control the lives of innocent people, let alone make various efforts in movies to save their lives. They died without being noticed. No one knew about them. No one remembered that they once existed, except for relatives and friends who knew them, who are now crying for them. The movie can be said to be a cruel revelation of reality.
The little girl named Alia was dark-skinned and not pretty strictly speaking. But how simple and cute she is-I remember she was still learning mathematics in the turmoil and poverty, happily spinning her hula hoop, and very obediently helping her mother sell bread. Such a cute and sensible child is not worthy of such a fate. At the beginning and the end of the movie, she used her hula hoop scene, which is different from the beginning and end of the serious military movie I imagined. The names of the director and actors appear in the sun, which is very special and beautiful. The little girl's smile was full of light and shadow, far away from the flames of war and gunpowder smoke, everything looked perfect and warm-but all this was just an illusion.
But, it’s okay-thanks to this movie, I believe it will make people remember at least that there are so many war-torn places in a certain corner of the world, full of children like Alia and innocent people waiting for peace , Struggling to find hope in the cracks of fate. Even in such a difficult living environment, they still smile happily like Alia. I don't know when, maybe even that little smile will be taken away.
PS My understanding of the plot of this movie may be a little different from the actual situation, because my understanding of raw meat is not very good, but I believe that the general plot is correct.
After writing the last paragraph, I checked the movie. Today is the eighth day of the movie, and the Rotten Tomatoes Index has reached 95%. Rotten Tomatoes link: rottentomato
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