I don’t like writing film reviews very much, but I found that my writing skills have been declining in the 8 years since I graduated. I must insist on writing something to prevent my former interest from rusting, so I insisted on writing a film review for every film I watched since this film.
First of all, I bear with the illegal sanctions, which is actually a movie that promotes the law positively. Some people question the law and think that the law cannot protect all people, so they don't believe in the law, so a few years ago there was a national carnival of "you don't tell me, I'll tell you". In fact, the legal complex of modern society should be like the religion of the Middle Ages. People believe in God and praise God. Even if we suffer disasters, we still praise him and pray to him. It's because people in the West believe that God can save most people. Just like the laws of modern society, the function of the law can never be "not to miss a bad person", to save the majority of people, to not wrong a good person as little as possible, and to make the innocent people suffer the least, this is the law effect.
The literal translation of Death Sentence should be "Death Sentence", which should be more in line with the main meaning of the film: "If you don't believe in the law, you will pronounce your own death sentence". Starting from the first killing, the background of each killing is that there is no humanity place of order. Dilapidated suburban gas stations without cameras, garbage disposal sites, icy garages, cramped bistros, and abandoned psychiatric asylums all reflect places without basic social rules. Facing the death of his eldest son, the protagonist did not choose legal sanctions, because he thought that legal sanctions were not enough, and took his own decision. However, when he really broke the other party, he left a scar on his hand that could never be healed. His actions sentenced his wife and children to death, and sentenced himself to death. When he came home after the killing, turned on the TV and watched the home video, he thought he could be reunited with his wife and children in heaven, and when he learned that he still had a son who didn't die, I think he must have regretted it at that time.
Regarding that black policewoman, I think he actually represents the law. When she learned that the protagonist did not choose the law, she was more helpless. The law is the rule, and the rules cannot always be fair and full to everyone. I believe that the law is often helpless. It's still the same sentence: "Do not wrong a good person as little as possible, and let the innocent suffer the least." This is the ultimate role of the law.
"Lost a relative" and "the whole family died, leaving a seriously ill son" which is more important. The last sentence of the black policewoman, "Your son is moving, should be able to survive" is meaningful.
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