A step away, a thousand miles away

Nico 2022-12-06 15:30:20

Two and a half stars. The landscape of the desert, sunrise and sunset, magnificent and desolate. The two soldiers were trapped in a minefield in the desert and stepped on landmines and could not move. This setting is similar to "127 Hours", but also like "Assembly Number". Because of being in the hot desert, the time was shortened to 52 hours, and the severely injured comrades could not insist on swallowing a gun and committing suicide, which made the loneliness even more prominent. It was originally a topic of pure self-help or his rescue. The director almost integrates the actor's life experience into the movie, love, family, friendship, interpersonal relationships and so on. Coupled with the frequent occurrence of various hallucinations and dangers that were originally delirious, the real and false pictures made the drawbacks of chaotic drums and scattered plots become more obvious in the later stages. In the high temperature, lack of water and food, coupled with the heightened mental tension of stepping on thunder, it is a miracle to maintain a half-kneeling posture for a day. Yu Chunshun, an experienced explorer, couldn't survive for two days. People who are on the verge of death, let alone aiming and sniping, don't even have the strength to open their eyes, and the final heroism is exaggerated untrue. What the movie has always wanted to express is through the mouths of the ghostly locals, "Be brave to take the next step." It seems that at different stages of life, the male protagonist is constantly hesitating, constantly indecisive, and constantly being shackled by the landmine of the soul. The play also quoted Armstrong’s famous saying, "A small step for individuals, a big step for mankind", the intention is very obvious.

Kneeling on one knee has many meanings, a step away, a thousand miles away.

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Extended Reading

Mine quotes

  • Mike: My next step will be my last...

  • Mike: [looking at the warning sign in Arabic letters in his hand] In the last forty years, there have been eight thousand declared conflicts. There's thirty three million landmines buried in this area.

    Tommy Madison: [smiles widely in disbelief, then chuckles] Landmines? Oh I like it when you get optimistic, Mike.

    Mike: [doesn't say anything but carefully scans the area with his eyes]

    Tommy Madison: Okay, now you listen Mr. Wikipedia. You can find all kinds of stuff in the desert. Look at the condition that sign is in, okay, who knows where this is from or what it really says. Mike. Don't get paranoid. Don't let that thing mess with your head.

    Mike: I'm just reviewing our options.

    Tommy Madison: We do have two options because we are such lucky guys. Now we can turn around and die of thirst. Or, we can get to that village within the hour, Mike. I know which option I'm taking.

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