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When you watch the second time, you will find that the movie has a lot of hints from the beginning, suggesting that the little boy uses the development of the game to escape the inner fear and the idea of killing:
The tuna that the male protagonist has always wanted to catch always escapes at a critical time. Combined with the later bastard stepfather on the boat, he told the male protagonist that his son is always playing a game of fishing, working tirelessly from morning till night. Playing fishing in the dark room, this fish is actually the boy’s incarnation of the idea that he wanted to kill his stepfather. This idea of killing people came up from time to time and then gave up.
The guy in the bar asked the male lead if he had named the tuna that was always unattainable. The male lead said that he would wake up a long time ago. It is called "justice". This confirms the above point. The boy wants to save himself and Mom, kill stepfather, seek justice.
When the ex-wife came to the male lead, she said that the male lead thought he could forget the past by changing his name. She said that the male lead used the name of the only teacher he respected in the past as a pseudonym. Later, the rich man said on the boat that his son was living in childhood. Playing games in the dark room, math is good. There is a math teacher in the school who admires him, but that teacher can't even install a bicycle bell; at the end of the film, the news broadcast in the voiceover talks about the boy’s principal murdering the boy’s stepfather Regrettably, the principal’s name is the actor’s name. Therefore, the boy made a game role for his dead father and the only teacher in his life who was good to him.
When the male protagonist decided to help his ex-wife kill the bastard husband, all the virtual characters began to persuade the male protagonist not to kill. For example, a black old friend chose to hire someone to interrupt the bastard’s hand so that he could not go to sea. The bar guy also said Some strange words, the salesman reappeared, this is the expression of the boy's inner struggle.
As for the fishing tackle salesman, I think he is the incarnation of the rational side of the boy’s mind. The salesman always wants to see the male protagonist and sells the best equipment to the male protagonist to go fishing, but it is always 20 seconds late. This is the boy right. The thoughts of the dead dad: Every time he needs his father, his father is always absent (the male protagonist fought in Iraq). Later, the male protagonist decided to kill the rich man, that is, in the real world, the boy made up his mind to kill his stepfather, and the salesman showed up to explain The truth of the virtual world, saying that he is the "rule" of the virtual world, there is no point in killing, which shows that the boy's inner struggle and the remaining reason are telling himself that killing his stepfather is a way of no return.
Finally, when the male protagonist was about to attract sharks, the tuna called "justice" appeared. The rich man said to give me the rod quickly, and the male protagonist said, "Okay, give you the rod, the tuna you want, the tuna also wants you, go to death. "At the same time, in the real world, the boy took out a knife and made up his mind to kill his stepfather, heeded his inner call, and let justice be the master.
The boy was arrested, but the game continues. Without the big bad guys, this virtual world can be a treasure box to save the best memories of himself and his father. The father can live forever here, and he can bring the fish detector and father. Let's go fishing together, go somewhere.
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