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

  • [in intermittent flashback as Mike is struggling to reach the flare in the desert]

    Jenny: [knighting Mike with a ladle in the kitchen] Do you thus pay homage to our crown and swear fealty on our realm?

    Mike: [on one knee, smiling, then serious] Your highness, I hereby swear to be a courageous knight, reverent and courteous, always... champion of truth, and justice. I hereby swear to be honest, and good. I swear to protect our realm, and I swear this before you, my Princess.

    Jenny: [smiling, eyes tearing up with excitement] Yes.

    Mike: [still on one knee looking up at Jenny, confused] Yes what?

    Jenny: [stops smiling as understanding sets in her facial expressions, then smiles sadly] Yes, you will be a courageous...

    [caresses Mike's face]

    Jenny: ... courageous knight.

    [stops smiling and walks away tearfully]

  • Tommy Madison: Watch out.

    [points behind Mike]

    Mike: [shoots at feral dogs in the dark] I don't have ammo to kill them all.

    Tommy Madison: You're right; you're gonna have to try the maneuver.

    Mike: What maneuver?

    Tommy Madison: The maneuver, the damn Shuman maneuver!

    Mike: You gotta be kidding; that'll never work!

    Tommy Madison: If all the dogs attack you at once, they're gonna knock you over and the mine's gonna explode. Now hurry up, we got no time.

    Mike: [starts untying his left boot]

    Tommy Madison: That's it, now you pin your sole to that ground. It should work. The mine sensor won't immediately register the change of pressure.

    Mike: [looks up at Tommy doubtfully] You ever hear about this work in real life?