The Banker's themes are closely tied to the history of discrimination and human rights progress for black Americans. It sounds as if "The Banker" is another "Green Book," as if it were a response to the "Black Lives Matter" incident. But the former is more three-dimensional than the latter.
"The Banker" not only exposed the social problems of discrimination against people of color in American society in the middle of the last century, but also understated the issue of gender discrimination, as well as the connection and contradiction between economic development and laws and regulations.
First, why is it reasonable for women to do dirty work? Why can't you hold top jobs like men? Although this question is a commonplace, in the current society, the issue of sexism and gender opposition is still an unavoidable topic. But the movie doesn't offer any solution.
Second, what kind of rules are more suitable for the healthy development of the economy? Again, the movie doesn't give an answer. Although the ending of the film is rushed, it seems inevitable. After all, the problem has not been really solved, and there is no doubt about compromise. However, from my personal point of view, Keynesianism is definitely not feasible, it is a completely absurd theory. To truly solve the problem of economic development and then social problems, we can only find inspiration from Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. If we want equality, we must have sufficient freedom conditions as the foundation. Too many restrictions will not promote the healthy development of the economy. In other words, is it a full government trusteeship or a free market economic system.
The story is a good story, the acting skills are indeed online, and the camera skills are also very good, but the characters of several protagonists are very dry, and the personality changes are very unclear. This is the biggest flaw of this movie. In this regard, it is far from the narrative style of "Twelve Angry Men".
Overall, "The Banker" is a good movie. I was very moved by the scene where the male lead expresses his anger in the courtroom.
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