In 2013, at 2:50 pm on April 15th, local time in the United States, two explosions occurred at the end of the Boston Marathon. At present, four people have been killed, including an 8-year-old child; 141 people have been hospitalized. Obama made a speech on the bombing, saying that the FBI will treat it as a "terrorist act" and that any use of time bombs against innocent civilians is a "terrorist act."
The attack four years ago ended up in the long river of history. There may be only one sentence left: something, a certain location, an explosion, how many people were killed or injured. The standard news report format, time, place, and event influences are all there, but something seems to be missing.
Peterberg’s movie made up for the missing part of this sentence.
Behind every number is a life that was once alive, and every life deserves to be respected.
The victims should not be just a number of casualties; the rescuers should not just invest in the police force based on numbers. In addition to Obama, in this sentence, "civilians" should be paid more attention.
Everyone has their own life before converging to the end of the track on the afternoon of April 15th, either happy, smooth, or bumpy, no matter what, but these lives are full of hope.
The young couple, Jessica and Patrick, lived in a small apartment. The beautiful and kind-hearted old lady who took care of Jessica died while she was working. The old lady gave a beautiful pendant to Jessica and thanked her. With her meticulous care in her last days, Jessica went home to share this wonderful thing with Patrick, and the two had dinner together, looking forward to the upcoming Patriots' Day.
Xiao En, an ordinary campus police officer, admires Li, a talented student of MIT. He asked Li and her classmates to watch the band performance together, and promised to get ten tickets. Sean's brothers are not optimistic about his secret love, how can the genius girl look at the flat-headed guy with little knowledge. But Li Hui quietly shook Sean's hand in the deserted corridor and told him that he would go to the football game with him, and the beautiful relationship between the two seemed ready to come out.
The experienced Tommy has a fierce temper. He who was supposed to be promoted to a sheriff had to accept punishment because of the assault. In the end of the punishment, he was required to wear a yellow shirt at the end of the marathon on Patriot Day to maintain law and order at the end of the marathon. He doesn't like this job. Fortunately, he still has a wife who loves him, who will give him a hug and kiss before going out early in the morning.
The elderly Sheriff Jeff maintains a sense of humor rarely seen by young people. Every morning, he drives to the nearby convenience store to buy muffins for his wife. He is careful to leave the unfinished cigarette butts in front of the convenience store. On the windowsill.
Dan Meng, a Chinese international student who just bought a car, loves sports and wakes up early to run along the river that runs through the city; when he was recommending his takeaway app with the restaurant owner, he met a sexy and charming girl. It happened that his parents seemed to have urged them not long ago. Find a girlfriend by yourself.
The father took his son in the stroller to the street near the marathon early in the morning on Patriot Day. They were going to watch mom run the marathon together. The son looked very excited, and the father slowly disappeared while pushing the stroller. In the crowd.
All these ordinary "civilians" seem to have no connection between them, they don't know each other, and they don't know that their destiny will be changed in the next tens of hours-some people will Some of the lives lost, some will lose their legs, and some will lose their lover. But at this moment when the film just started, none of this is important. The important thing is that the director tells us that they all have their own lives, they all have a future, and they have hope.
Even the two people responsible for this terrorist attack are not just simple villains. They are brothers. The elder brother has a wife and daughter, and the younger brother has classmates. They are not born evil, the younger brother will tease his elder brother's cute little daughter. They planned to make their own bombs against "teaching videos" before Patriot Day.
The explosion happened in just a moment. The chaotic scene, the crowd who was initially at a loss and then panicked, billowing smoke, deafening crackles, and the screens were all severed limbs and arms. The wounded were bloodied, crying out of voice, and howling all over the field in an instant.
Jessica and Patrick were beside the first bomb. Jessica, who was the first to wake up from the faint, forgot her injured legs, calmly bandaging the bleeding of Patrick next to him. The two clasped their hands and waited for the rescuers. Arrival; the injured child was sitting in the stroller and crying like tears, his father fell in a pool of blood nearby, and his father looked at the blood-stained son in the stroller with sadness in his eyes; the experienced Tommy Calling for ambulances and support at the first time, they went to check the wounded at the two explosion sites and helped settle the bleeding and injured people. He saw the body of an 8-year-old child covered with white cloth under the street tree. Tommy said, we can't just throw his body here, we will send someone to accompany him all the time.
That was the most moving scene in the whole movie. The unknown police officer was silently accompanied by the dead 8-year-old child. Until the sun set, all the crowd dispersed. He was silent and covered with white cloth. Child. The ambulance drove for the last time and took away the child's cold body. He saluted the child expressionlessly. The colorful red and blue lights of the ambulance and the setting sun shone on his face.
This is the highest respect for life. Even if you are dead, you must leave the world where you are born with dignity.
Sometimes, I think "Day of the Patriots" is more like a group drama. You can't tell who is the protagonist and who is the supporting role. There are stories behind every life. They do not suddenly appear in this time and space for no reason. Their arrival is like a mission and a destiny.
Veteran Tommy is familiar with Boston's street topography and quickly helped the FBI find the suspect captured by the street camera. In order to complete the jihadist plan in their hearts, the brothers prepared to drive to New York with their prepared bombs when they were about to be exposed. On the way, I ran into Sean who was patrolling alone in a remote area. My brother asked his younger brother to grab Sean's pistol. Sean resisted and fought desperately. When the two robbed them, my brother shot Sean at close range three times and captured Xiao. Gracious life. Although Sean's stubborn resistance won time and enough surrounding residents found them and called the police, he has not yet finished the concert with his beloved girl, Li, and will never have a chance to express his love.
Because their whereabouts were exposed, the brothers robbed Dan Meng’s new car, took Dan Meng as a hostage, and drove him to New York with him hostage. Dan Meng was witty and courageous, and successfully escaped at the gas station, and immediately called the police, telling the brothers' plans and itinerary to Tommy who came to the gas station. Although Dan Meng lost his new car, he still has the opportunity to go home and reunite with his parents.
The street fighting took place off guard. The humorous and handsome Sheriff Jeff, with his years of combat experience, chose to copy from the side when the two sides were fighting each other and successfully hit his brother's leg. His brother was fighting with Sheriff Jeff. Covering his brother's escape, and eventually died under his brother's wheel. Sheriff Jeff fulfilled his role in this epic battle, gasping and saying, I really need to quit smoking.
The younger brother was finally captured without any suspense.
The main theme of the movie may be very strong, and in the end, everyone will have to sip a thick chicken soup. Righteous and evil fight, love and hate fight. When evil strikes you, only love is the weapon you can counterattack. Throw away this layer of obvious values that were spoken through Tommy’s mouth. I appreciate the values that Peterberg did not speak through the mouth of the character—life is worthy of respect, whether it’s dead. Still broken. Jessica and Patrick met in the hospital. They both had amputations. They are the second of the 141 injured, and the remaining 138. Are they the same as Jessica and Patrick after the disaster? I can also face my injured and possibly incomplete life bravely.
Sean and the unknown 8-year-old child died in this disaster. In addition to the people who presented flowers in the square, there are at least the girl Li and the unknown police officer who guarded the children all day. They will always remember these two. Life passed away. May the remaining 6 lives be remembered, not just in the form of numbers.
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