A crime film with excessive force

Albertha 2021-10-20 17:28:02

Thirty-five years ago, if an American civilian saw a criminal who didn't agree with him and was arrogant, he would find the Corleone family and call the "Godfather" to the bald boss holding the cat to settle his grudges. When the engineer Clyde saw the prosecutors surrounded by reporters shaking hands with the criminals who killed his wife and daughter, he could only pick up the butcher knife of vengeance by himself-from that moment on, he believed that only his own power could accomplish his mission! Before he heard the sentence "It's nice when the system works, right?" before the flash, he also understood that the culprit of this evil was not a single person, but the system that contained everyone—the cruelty of the moment of shaking hands. And violence is no less than torture of witnessing family members being killed! So we will not be as surprised as the policemen ten years later, he posted the newspaper briefing on this scene next to his work desk.

When he heard the phrase "It's nice when the system works, right?", even though the black prosecutor took his hand away with a righteous look, when he saw the victim Clyde standing in the distance, he couldn't help but A few mouthfuls of bitter water. He couldn’t let go of this scene. Although his boss taught him “In this job, the best asset is a short memory”, he still saved the memory of this scene at least in front of his wife’s expectant belly, and leaned down to the unborn baby. Said: I want you to stay in there as long as you can.

Between the prosecutor Nick Rice played by the black actor Jamie Fox and the victimized engineer Clyde Shelton incarnate by the male star Gerard Butler on the Sparta300, the high-efficiency goal of the American judicial system has shaped a successful prosecutor at the same time as a kind-hearted prosecutor. The unfortunate people are forced to a dead end. Then the omnipotent sugar coat of personal heroism wraps up the tragedy of reality, and then it is packed into the bottle of the core value of "family supremacy". Despite the curative effect written on it, it is medical treatment. No disease. Even from the psychological point of view of the characters, one is a social avenger who rigorously implements the plan and finally reaps its own results, and a defender of the system who has been fortunately turned around by criminals. Said that he would no longer make any transactions, but considering the absolute safety position he was in at the time, and this kind of refusal not to undertake any actual actions, it is difficult to think of it as a change of the character with the development of the plot), and the character of the character The transformation of narrative works should be the essence of narrative works.

Led by Frank Darabont, the gold medal screenwriter of "Shawshank's Redemption"-although not ultimately in charge of the director's horn-this crime film that refers to the American justice system is highly anticipated: in fact , The compelling rhythm, repeated climaxes, and horrifying images are indeed fascinating and unconventional. The producers are also exhausted in the control of details, but the weak thinking and logic of the entire film are always in the throat. For example, the author has painstakingly arranged for a character like Chester to "appear" on the protagonist's mouth frequently in the film. At the beginning, it was just a family topic between the black prosecutor Rice and the 30-year-old female assistant. On the one hand, it reflects the close relationship between the characters and at the same time. It exacerbated the female assistant’s tragic nature from the side, and later it was he who sent the email-Rice had asked the female assistant to check the Clyde property price difference, so as to find the exact address of each property-which instigated the reversal of the development of the plot. . This is not only the ghostly reproduction of the "professional spirit" of the female assistants, and thus the intellectual return of Rice's unintentional penetration. In other words, Clyde's final capsize was lost to a smart and dedicated team. It seems impeccable in this way, but applying all the power of plot reversal to a sudden email greatly weakens the fluency and balance of the narrative.

View more about Law Abiding Citizen reviews

Extended Reading
  • Alexzander 2022-03-22 09:01:18

    The first 1/3 is today's statement; the middle 1/3 is full of spy shadows; the last 1/3...what? Science fiction movies? Obviously it's a fantasy movie, okay... By the way, it finally returns to the main theme...

  • Kelli 2021-10-20 19:02:49

    I don't like this ending

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.