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Director Martin Campbell is known for his good control of big scenes. Fans must remember the hot action scenes in "007 Casino Royale", which is actually the second 007 movie directed by Martin. This "Beyond the Boundary" was originally directed by Oliver Stone, but later ended because of a conflict between Stone and the original male protagonist Kevin Costner. Perhaps it was the reason for the frequent replacement of cast and crew. The box office after the film was released did not Like Martin's previous works "Golden Eye of 007" and "Zorro's Mask", but leaving the box office aside, "Beyond the Border" is still Campbell's visual feast for fans.
"The vast and poor African desert, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge dictatorship, and the Chechen snowfields raged by war". On the surface, the three continents are full of different poetry under Campbell's lens, but a closer look reveals that under the beautiful regional scenery are people suffering from poverty and war.
This film is like a humanitarian documentary. It mainly tells the experience of social activist Nick traveling to rescue refugees all over the world. You can say that it is a "clown jumping off the beam" by Hollywood bigwigs pretending to be merciful and hypocritical. For the shooting of the film and the humanitarian topic, let’s leave it alone for the time being. Moreover, the Nicks in the film often lose their neutrality due to lack of funds and rely on other forces. The so-called no one is perfect. It is good to convey the spirit.
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Actor Nick is played by Cliff Owen. His "excellent" speech at the high society charity party made Sara determined to devote himself to humanitarian causes. Unlike Henry, the fiancé of Sara's middle-class family, Nick has a strong "poor" atmosphere. Perhaps it is the difference in identity that makes the "fatal attraction" between the two.
Sara did not give up because of the difficulties of relief work, and went to Africa to help Nick as a single. After running in several times, the two gradually developed feelings. However, this relationship is still in a delicate period, far from the level of physical acceptance (just a sense of identity with the career), so Sara returned to the UK to get married. After being a mother, the footage of the film returned to Sara’s ornately decorated home, and saw her solo "Fantasy" in front of the piano. With her melodious melody and her monologue, her feelings of love became strong:
the value of life is What? If you go beyond the borders to search, you may be able to find true love.
Nick's face seemed to be reflected on the white snow outside the window. At this time, they have been separated for many years, Sarah has a child, but the marriage is not happy. This scene is actually a reproduction of the original footage of the film. The director put it here to deepen Sara’s wish in the audience’s impression: how to find the meaning of life? Go beyond all boundaries and search for it.
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In Sarah's view, finding true love and the truth of life is far better than family responsibilities and difficulties in reality, so it is not difficult to understand her crazy behavior of going to the snowy field to find a lover. Maybe she had this idea as early as at the charity party, and Gengzhinick’s speech made Sara recognize and hate the "upper society" that pretends. From the time she went to Africa, she embarked on a journey to find the true meaning of life.
And alongside the true meaning of life is true love. Nick not only helped Sara see the true meaning of life—helping others and helping the poor, but also giving her the most sincere love, which is the result of their consistent beliefs in life. , Is also the result of two lonely hearts comforting and understanding each other.
At the end of the film, Sarah rushed to Chechnya, which was covered by snow and war. Her life had already been forgotten by her. What she valued was to fulfill the value of life there and find true love (trapped Nick), while in another On the other hand, Nick is also synonymous with the true meaning of life in Sara’s eyes. This man’s desperate and refugee relief is in contrast to everyone around Sarah. He is like the "narrow doorman" Jesus said in the Bible. It is narrow, the road is small, but (this road) will lead people to eternal life. Later, Sara followed the way of the Nicks and really moved towards immortality. At the moment the mine exploded, she not only completed the journey of finding true love, but also towards the path of immortality.
I believe that in another world, Sara will continue to pray for the well-being of people, and warn the world with personal experience: happiness is not just a dream, it is human action.
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