Many people are not for revenge. In the "questionnaire" they did when they joined the gang, some people simply wanted to make others afraid of themselves and murder, and they joined the endless shopping. This is also the reason why Xiao Bawang killed people in the first place. At that time, he was still a little bean, and when he was committing crimes with the three young heroes, he was only assigned the task of guarding the wind. The little beanie, who was like a little ghost, was not so angry, he shot a shot on the window during the robbery of the three heroes, and then entered the hotel and shot at the people he saw one by one. At this time, his expression was full of laughter and contentment. His subtext must be, let you look down on me, see how good I am. With every bullet he fired, his confidence was strengthened, his power was strengthened, and his desire was strengthened. Xiao Bawang is very clever, knowing that there is no money for robbery and that drug trafficking is the most costly, so he killed all the famous drug dealers and became the boss himself. In this way, countless lives paved the way for Xiaodou to head towards Xiaobawang.
But when Xiao Bawang ruled the "world", a rare peace and prosperity appeared in the City of God. Because there are no gangsters robbing them, they buy drugs if they want to take drugs, and the police do not come to look for things after taking advantage of them, and people live and work in peace and contentment. It's ironic! The poorest and most chaotic place is actually called the City of God, and the most stable and peaceful life is actually under the care of the gang boss. Before the last shopping session, people gathered together to pray to God, and many people would also wear the decoration of the cross on their bodies.
There are two unique characters in the film. One is Benny, a good friend of Xiaobawang, who shared the joys and sorrows of Xiaobawang when he was still Xiaodouzi. He is soft-hearted, generous, not cruel, and never hurts others. Therefore, he is also the most popular gangster. After he was mistakenly killed on the day he was washing his hands in the golden basin, his friend, Xiaobawang's opponent, Red Hair, said to the gangster who killed him by mistake: "You killed the coolest gangster in the city of God." Although it still fell on the gangsters in the end, this evaluation is not low. The other is the main line of the whole movie, A Pao. His elder brother is the bully leader and one of the three young gangsters, but he is one of the few gangsters in the City of God. He does not participate in the melee, rarely takes drugs, and is only tied to the relationship between men and women. However, it has not gone astray. The only time he wanted to kill was when Xiaobawang turned his back to him from a meter away, and he had a pistol in his hand. He knows that Xiaobawang killed his brother, but he also knows that wanting revenge is more than just picking up a pistol and shooting bullets at Xiaobawang.
Finally, he joined work, working as a tally clerk in a supermarket and as a delivery worker in a newspaper office. By chance, the photo of Xiaobawang was published on the front page of the newspaper, because no reporter could enter the city of God, and he came from there. The right time and place gave him the opportunity to fly on a branch to become a phoenix. His keen sixth sense prompted him not to stop after Xiao Bawang was arrested. Instead, he rushed to catch up with the police car, witnessed it in the dark and recorded the police direction with a camera. The process of Xiaobawang's bribery.
Xiaobawang made all his fortune, and when the other little ghosts came around, he first shouted in frustration, "What are you going to fight for! Handsome Naid was killed, I'm bankrupt! What are you going for!", then he expanded his ambitions like a morale booster. Let's rob first, then do drugs after we have a gun, and then it's mine again." Little Guitou hadn't heard him finish, everyone raised their pistols and shot him wildly. Just like Xiaodouzi back then, they didn't have the slightest fear or anxiety when they killed people. Instead, they had smiles and desires—"It will be our world in the future."
At this time, A Pao was depressed, in his hand. His photos are enough to make him famous, but once the police bribery is exposed by him, he is bound to be watched by the police. How will he live in the future? After weighing it over and over, he chose a photo of Xiaobawang shot like a hornet's nest. He used to think it was too cool to be a reporter, but after experiencing this, he found that it was nothing more than that.
There are also a few details in the play that are worth remembering.
1. After joining the Red-Mao faction, Shuai Naid lays down rules with Hong-Mao not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. In the first robbery, he used this rule to save a man under the gun of Red Hair. In the second robbery, when a person raised a gun at him, Hong Mao first killed that person, so there was an "exception to the rule." For the third time, when a person tried to resist, he did not hesitate to raise the gun and kill that person, so "exceptions became the rule."
2. Shuai Nide was originally for revenge, it was his personal grievance with Xiao Bawang. After joining the red-haired faction, the red-haired faction and the Xiaobawang faction began a tug-of-war, and many little devil heads also joined in for various reasons. One year later, people grab more money, buy more guns, fight bigger battles, and continue to grab more money after the war. Once the vicious circle is formed, it seems to have no end.
3. A Pao and his friends found out that good people never get a good return. They made up their minds to be robbed by bad guys. When they wanted to grab the conductor on the bus, they discovered that the conductor was a good person. When they wanted to grab the conductor in the bakery, they were attracted by the coquettish female clerk and they stayed behind. Phone number, when someone asks for directions and wants to hijack a car, they chat and become good friends... When a person is already a good person, it is difficult to do bad things.
4. At the party where Cassidy’s friend Benny Jin basin washes his hands, Cassidy tried to invite girls to dance, but people knew that he was ugly but didn’t know that he was a murderous demon. In short, I already have a male companion. So he left him behind. Usually the punks are afraid of him, how can anyone dare to confront him like this. After being frustrated, Xiaobawang once again took out his most powerful weapon, the gun, and pointed at the girl's male partner to make him take off his pants and was ridiculed.
The city of God has never lacked a master, and the master is not God, but it is a chaos after another. First, the three young heroes, then the little bullies and the red hairs, and finally a group of little ghosts who have not grown up... The government has no good policies to govern. The police can buy it with more money, and the residents live their own lives. The heads of the gang are dead, but the soil of evil is still there.
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