After reading the comments of donotcrylaika, I suddenly understood. I watched this drama very calmly, I just want to watch Cage's pretense quietly. When I saw him go to Stan, it suddenly occurred to me that the intention of this film is that Cage is a metaphor for the United States, and the United States is Cage. Cage's various madness and stupidity are exactly the madness and stupidity of the United States at the moment. Cage didn't work, cheated money, gambled, gave up his lover, and went overseas to declare war. They all resemble the behavior of the United States.
It seems that my thoughts are too far-fetched. What I am actually aiming at is the views of the political correctists in the United States, Christian patriotism. Christianity represents faith and morality, and patriotism is the foundation of authority and unity, and the two support each other. The result of the propaganda was a neurosis like Cage. Illness is to accept all ideas without thinking, but this is the purpose of propaganda. In other words, the propaganda thought really penetrates the bone marrow, and the result must be neurotic.
Cage is unable to undertake the task of the country, but he believes that it is a mission he has no hesitation in, and he will succeed with God's blessing. This is the highest state of propaganda, the most ridiculous, and the most pathetic. If the protagonist is 007, it is a serious drama, but it is a tragedy if the protagonist is someone who loses himself easily like Cage. He will eventually die in an unknown corner, and no one will mourn him.
Cage's incarnation of ideals and justice is actually nothing but a neurosis. He can only live a mediocre but loving life by returning to his family, but that is not his ideal. The American ideal is obviously not suitable for him to possess, but he will not tell him. Even if you tell him, he doesn't believe it.
In short, becoming a neurosis is his inevitable and beautiful destination.
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