Why no one pays attention to the protagonist’s professional background and the "magic" of the murder plan

Kole 2021-10-20 17:28:02

After reading a lot of comments, most of them stayed in the last mail, justice, good and evil, and so on. I want to talk about my views from other angles.

The film is undoubtedly wonderful in terms of perception and experience, but logical flaws and unclear theme views still prevent it from becoming a true classic.

Simple logical loopholes will not be repeated here. What I am more concerned about is that everyone doesn’t seem to pay much attention to how Clyde achieves these bizarre layouts. An engineer who seemed ordinary at the beginning was later "defined" as a hidden identity as a spy. Such a "killing expert", such a change is very abrupt. For the time being, if he is a high-level agent who has done meritorious service, he is so helpless in his own tragedy, but he has to go through the most basic legal procedures. May I ask what his superiors are doing and what happened to such a tragedy? But it doesn't explain what kind of plot development the protagonist's professional background will bring. Well, even if all of this was taken in one stroke, I would like to ask if the protagonist is an excellent spy expert, can he accurately arrange such a large murder plan with a large number of accidental factors alone, obviously deifying a "person". His professional background is not enough to support that series of accurate and magical killing plans, which is the biggest logical problem.

The controversy of the theme also determines that it cannot reach the height similar to "Shawshank's Redemption". However, any film that is regarded as a classic has a deep theme but not complicated. The thing that the film wants to convey should be clear and should not be. There are totally different understandings of this and that. The behavior and thoughts of the two heroes in this film are not clear enough, resulting in unclear words and unclear tendencies in the theme.

I look forward to more people discussing the above two points.

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Law Abiding Citizen quotes

  • Clyde Shelton: [Surprised to see Nick in his cell] I wasn't expecting company. Yeah, I would have -- I would have cleaned up a little.

    Nick Rice: Never seen anybody tunnel into prison before. And the solitary confinement? That was clever.

    Clyde Shelton: Well, that's how winners play. We "convince" the other guy that he's making all the right moves. So, did you ever catch my accomplice?

    Nick Rice: Yeah, I did. It's the end of the road for you now. You played us, Clyde. You played us real good.

    Clyde Shelton: Thank you. You know, I'm glad you finally get to appreciate some of the effort that I put into all of this.

    Nick Rice: Well, you set out to make a point, Clyde. You made it.

    Clyde Shelton: No, people still don't get it. They don't appreciate what I'm trying to say, Nick, but they will soon enough.

    Nick Rice: A man I cared about once told me that we can't retract the decisions that we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

    Clyde Shelton: Are you trying to save me now, Nick?

    Nick Rice: I'm giving you a way out. Big difference. Stand up for those principles you've been preaching. See, we're all held accountable, Clyde. That includes you. Why don't we do the right thing here?

    Clyde Shelton: I'm doing the right thing, Nick. You just have to see it that way.

    Nick Rice: By murdering all those people, all you're doing is destroying the memory of your daughter and causing the same pain that you're suffering from.

    Clyde Shelton: So what do you suggest, Nick? Make another deal? One final offer? Is that what it is?

    Nick Rice: I don't make deals with murderers anymore, Clyde. You taught me that.

    Clyde Shelton: [scoffs] Finally. Well done. Bravo. Maybe I wasn't such a bad teacher after all.

    Nick Rice: If you go through with this, Clyde, it's a decision you'll have to live with for the rest of your life.

  • Nick Rice: [Tasting his daughter's French toast] It's very good, you cook better than your mother.

    Kelly Rice: [Upon entering the kitchen from another room] I heard that! Are you going to our daughter's recital this afternoon?

    Nick Rice: I thought you were going to order the DVD.

    Kelly Rice: That's not the same.

    Denise Rice: [to Kelly] It's okay, I know Dad's got to work.

    Nick Rice: That's right! Dad's got to work. And what does Dad do during the day?

    Denise Rice: Lock up bad guys!

    Nick Rice: And why does he do that?

    Denise Rice: To keep us safe.