Revenge after all

Teagan 2021-10-20 17:28:02

Many times, in the face of something that makes you look grandiose with resentment, such as a system, you make a serious attack, but it is not easy to be noticed. It is better to have an irony and some spoof; and When you make a spoof, if it makes people want to laugh, but is not strong enough, it is better to make a serious spoof. From seriousness, to spoof, and then to seriousness, such a process of negation of negation can easily give people greater shock and thought. The movie "Law Abiding Citizen" is just like that. With the tragedy of one family and the tragedies of more families, it ultimately reflects a tragedy under the system, which makes people sad and smiles bitterly.

The movie has a tragic beginning. A family is broken into by two gangsters, and a man Clyde loses his wife and daughter. The story then jumped directly to the result of the legal process. According to the plea bargaining system, prosecutor Nick sent one of the two gangsters to death row, but the other was given a light sentence. Obviously, this was not a result that Clyde could accept. He There was a desire for revenge in the angry eyes. Then, a slightly clichéd "ten years later" kicked off the real scene of the film, and Clyde launched a seemingly spoof revenge, and carried out a violent and bloody spoof of the Philadelphia judicial system. He first changed the drugs used by death row prisoners to inject the death penalty, letting the enemy die in a state of terror, and satirized the American death penalty enforcement system, especially the "humanitarian" principle; Entrapment of the enemy satirizes the efficiency of the arrest of the American police; when we saw that he was extremely cruel and used a more skillful skill than Dr. Hannibal to mutilate the enemy, and waited naked for being arrested, it seemed that he had already made a show. I am innocent, and I want to make a spoof of American justice. In the following, a series of legal provisions were used to bring Nick to the army, and at the same time, it was considered a satire of the cornerstone of the judicial code and provisions; the seemingly absurd mattress transaction ruined the plea bargaining system; Quoting scriptures in court, applying for parole, then humiliating the judge in public, and sturdy irony of the parole system and the precedent system; in the following transaction, because the warden did not observe the time, the lawyer who was kidnapped by Clyde was suffocated to death. Challenged the authority of the warden that is common in our American prison movies. Clyde spoofed the American judicial system all the way, let more people get involved, expanded the extension of the covered system, and even pointed to the superstructure, mocking the current system as much as possible. ".

And as Clyde satirized the progress of the American judicial action, my feeling about his plan began to change. When Clyde's plan began, he was sympathetic, tragic, and the object he pointed to. That is to say, the two enemies are the heinous crimes shown at the beginning of the movie, and the injustice he endured under the judicial system has made people unfavorable towards the system. Therefore, his early revenge made people feel very happy, and his challenge to the American judicial system showed more black humorous and intelligent provocations, which made people feel witty and exasperated. However, gradually, his behavior began to become extreme. The lawyer of his enemy was killed, the cellmate who was in the same cell with him was killed by him, and so many judicial personnel died of car explosions or machine gun shooting, including that. In fact, Nick's female colleague who has nothing to do with things ten years ago. In Clyde’s view, none of the executors of this system is innocent and can be sacrificed under his hatred. However, he firmly believes that he is using blood to urge people to reflect on this system. Make people's lives better, but, ironically, the result is panic in the entire city. In many things, it is always awe-inspiring to be put on the shell of justice. Ten years ago, the judicial system in the name of justice and justice did not give Clyde justice; however, ten years later, when he applied his actions as well. In the vest of justice, the result was more corpses and imaginable family tragedies. Although Clyde said that if revenge, I could do it ten years ago, but I still can’t see that his Behavior can be much higher than revenge, but the tragedy that it brings is even deeper.

Perhaps this is the more thought-provoking thing brought about by this movie, which lies in a paradoxical tragic dilemma brought about by relative justice and too late. The Nicks operate under a system. They seem to have no big mistakes and corruption, but they can't conceal the staleness of this system and the damage it does to fairness and justice from time to time. Nick has also shown that he pursues a "high conviction rate." The selfishness under a numerical indicator is almost the epitome of the contradictions of the judicial system. It moves forward in an inertial manner. It has a foundation of justice and fairness on the macro level, but it has become more bureaucratic and economical on the micro level. Even after Clyde was arrested, we found that for this extremely dangerous person, the judicial system was still operating in a standard process, and the mayor, who was so embarrassed and angry, could only figure out a solution based on the current institutional framework. In Hour, Jack Bauer was tortured early. And Clyde has the distinguishing characteristics of American individualistic heroes. His family is ruined, and justice can't be seen under the normal system. Therefore, his personal tragic and vigorous battle is different. However, unlike many such movies, he has a clear evil direction. He wants to To break into the "Longtan" of the judicial system alone, and it is too large and too abstract. Clyde is a paradox of many reform impetus. We always hope for a smooth transition, but we often have to destroy it strongly. This kind of smooth fact can only be really started under the shock. Clyde wants to self-destruct, or thinks he wants to change something, but there is not much that will change in the direction of this movie.

"Law Abiding Citizen" is first of all a "good-looking" movie, with ups and downs in the plot and deep suspense. Of course, it doesn't make sense to think about many places. The later stage of the movie is quite controversial. I think this is the interesting part of this movie. Everyone explained and experienced each. I don’t like the final ending, but it’s not that I didn’t let Clyde get revenge. I feel this It's a more realistic and "safe" ending for the director. What I don’t like is that this method of death is too far-fetched. I have to make Nick and the others move the bomb to prison in a hurry, and risk playing with Clyde. Split, I also understand how he wants to play tricks, but it’s too dangerous to play like this), and then ran away hurriedly. To me, it is more reasonable to put the bomb in a place where there is no one, let Clyde detonate, and then see that the politicians are still in normal meetings. The expressions of error are more realistic and full of dark irony. Of course, it must be so. I am afraid that the audience who were originally unable to avenge Clyde will be even more dissatisfied. At least, the current ending gives Clyde the image of a Phoenix in fire, a posture of a martyr. Of course, I always feel this "Tao" It has nothing to do with too much "justice", but more of his personal hatred.

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  • Eloy 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    If it's over halfway through, it's a very good movie

  • Amara 2022-03-24 09:01:22

    No surprises but not bad~

Law Abiding Citizen quotes

  • Clyde Shelton: [to Dunnigan, while confined in shackles] That's what a wrench is for, dumbass!

  • Nick Rice: You think your wife and daughter would feel good about you killing in their name?

    Clyde Shelton: My wife and daughter can't feel anything. They're dead.