This is a tried and tested game in closed countries, but the emergence of democratic countries has changed the rules of the game. Because there is a magic weapon called transparency, all activities that cannot see the light, as long as they see the light, they will die miserably. The public supervision under the democratic system is providing this kind of precious social transparency, so that the ugly political operation is no longer alive. And under the sun, justice is better displayed.
If "American Scam" was filmed 10 years earlier, it would definitely become a phenomenal movie. I think the appearance of "Crash" back then is the best proof. "U.S. Scam" can be called "Crash" of the smaller one, because its penetration is relatively small, and the visibility of American society is also smaller. Although it lacks a big picture, it is still like an exquisite social sketch, with a timeless and aftertaste. long.
"American Scam" cuts in from a pair of little thieves. The scam masters Ivan (Christian Bell) and his mistress Sidney (Amy Adams) can be regarded as gnashing characters. They are good at doing things. Step on the defeated person again. Because of economic reasons, many people’s business is difficult to continue due to funding problems. If they can get a loan at this time, they may be overwhelmed. As a result, loans have become a crucial matter. What Ivan and Sidney did was to pretend to be an intermediary, saying that they had a relationship and could loan enough money. For their "service", they needed to submit $5,000. For people who are in despair, the appearance of this pair of partners is like the life-saving straw in front of the people falling into the water, so everyone has given them 5,000 US dollars. But for the next thing, Irvine and Sidney did nothing. They came purely to defraud the 5,000 dollars. People are in danger, and you are going to cheat them. Such people are really scumbags. And Aiwen's theory is that they are going to die anyway, they have lost so much, and 5000 yuan is nothing, at least his behavior can not constitute the main reason for the other party's failure.
Alvin and Sidney, the scam partners, can be described as mingling like fish, until they are caught by Federal Agent Rich and caught their handle. However, Qi caught Ivan and Sidney here, not to bring them to justice, but to use them as bait and use their tricks to do bigger things. Really scumbag theory, until they met Federal Agent Rich.
As a federal agent, Rich wanted to do something big. In his detective vision, his idea is to kill a group of parliamentarians in one fell swoop and win several prominent figures. He set his sights on McCain, the mayor of Camden, New Jersey, and wanted to use McCain as an opportunity to complete his great cause. However, what Rich did was not to track down what McCain had committed, but to directly record his criminal behavior in a video format. To put it bluntly, it is to lure McCain into accepting bribes in the form of "fishing law enforcement" to complete Rich's anti-corruption puzzle.
In order to get McCain the bait, as the mayor, the best thing to do is his political achievements. One of the political achievements is to attract investment. Rich asked Ivan and Sidney to act as intermediaries again, contacting McCain in the name of knowing the Arab chief, saying that the chief wanted to invest in Camden City. Poor McCain, who worked innocently for more than ten years, finally got into the trap under Richie, won the political donation that Richie had prepared, and the shots of taking bribes were really filmed.
But Rich's ambitions don't stop there. In the process of contacting McCain, he even touched some clues that the gang touched. Rich wanted to do something bigger, not only to get the McCain, but also to get rid of the gang. However, this is not a joke. Ivan and Sidney quit, because they acted as a bait for fishing law enforcement and removed some political messy bugs, and they were able to do it. But against the gangsters, they don't have a few heads enough to make fun of them. So they played some tricks, and as a result, Richie walked in and destroyed the plan. In the end, McCain and some other politicians were knocked out, because they did have videos of accepting bribes, and the violation of the law was objective. However, the gang forces are still at ease, and the "fishing law enforcement" is no longer a cadre.
From the small scam of Ivan and Sidney, to the big scam of Rich, and then to the scam of the power game between the gang and the top political leaders, one after another, one mountain is higher than the other. American society and politics are absurd. , Revealed in the world. "American Hoax" thus constitutes an excellent metaphor, and its critical spirit is also worth savoring. From Irwin’s words, the hateful thing about Rich is that the real bad guys are still at large, and those who really serve the people are put in jail because of some small mistakes. This is not fair, but another kind. dark.
As the mastermind of the "fishing law enforcement", Richie was baited to play in the end. He really stole the chicken without losing the rice, and ended up in a panic. But what if he succeeds if he makes a hypothesis? Then, he has become an out-and-out hero, fighting corrupt politicians and then getting rid of the gang, then his political future will be smooth. And this is the real scary place.
Think about my Greater China, Governor Bo of the Southwest, doesn't he also have a grand blueprint for his political ambitions? For his own superiority, he has led Chongqing's economy to vitality, and GDP has risen precipitously. In his economic ambition, some people did not want to follow his design intentions, so a "crack-off" movement came unexpectedly, and a large number of people in the private economy fell. Probably because the state-owned economy is more obedient, while the private economy is unwilling to follow the arrangements made by the plan. As a result, a lot of tragedies have occurred. However, what’s also bad is that Bo Xilai also used the wrong boy. Political thug Wang Lijun’s "defection" outside the plan, exposed the entire chessboard to the world in one fell swoop, and then not only Wang Lijun fell, but Governor Bo finally got himself involved. Into the game.
But unfortunately, Governor Bo entered, but the set of political logic he operated was not liquidated. Instead, it was inherited on a larger scale to a certain extent, and it runs in the current political arena. . Fighting against dissidents, phishing law enforcement, and black box operations, all still exist. In other words, since 1949, this set of logic has been operating very smoothly, and Governor Bo’s incident was only a brief moment of this logic. Nowadays, as the general public, we are either being beaten or acting as unconscious bait.
Therefore, by watching "American Hoax", we can also see ourselves. However, their scam can be exposed after all, and ours will continue to be played. Those who steal hooks are still punished, those who steal the country are still called marquees, that's all.
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