As a black, Obama served as president for eight full years. Since he took office, less than half a year as president, the Nobel Peace Prize was eagerly awarded to him, which shocked the world. In fact, even Obama himself knew clearly that the award was not given to him because of what he did, but because he, as a minority black, was able to be successfully elected as president in the predominantly white United States. This act is inherently symbolic. Meaning has become a remarkable achievement. It is not him but the trend and culture that he represents.
Eight years later, Obama has not proven that he is a great president. Moreover, shortly after his successor Trump came to power, a real America emerged. Trump has repeatedly sought to prevent citizens from certain Islamic countries from entering the United States. Although Trump has hit a nail with the judge, it is enough to prove that the United States is far from open and racial discrimination is still an important topic.
The current society is in a state of fragmentation. On the one hand, Hollywood blockbusters that deliberately show multi-racial integration such as "Fast and Furious" and "Seven Dragons" are selling well, showing that the current society is open at the cultural level. A harmonious society, but on the other hand, political performances such as Brexit and Le Pen's eagerness to try in the French general election have shown the return of the development of the international society, and a more integrated earth still seems to be far away. And which one is true? While watching "Super 8", I will look at "Escape from Death Town" at the same time, one left and the other right. As for the more real thing, you have to make your own judgment.
"Super 8" has already written an article, so I won't talk about it. "Escape from Death" is about the undercurrent racial issues in the United States after Obama stepped down. In this film, a small town surrounded by forests is the place where the story takes place, just like the United States surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is outside the complex world and has an independent living environment. There are whites, blacks, and yellow people living there. On the surface, these people live in harmony and enjoy themselves well. For blacks, those whites will also say: if given a chance, they are willing to vote for the black Obama for the third time.
However, appearance is always only appearance. These whites with human faces and animal hearts are in fact adherents of clan extermination. Just like our current world, it looks harmonious, but in fact, as mentioned above, there are some hardline right-wing forces on the rise in both the United States and Europe, acknowledging that the world is not peaceful and the topic of race has not subsided. . The white people in this small town deliberately want the entire world to become a world dominated by whites. If there are blacks, they will also be blacks who have been transformed, blacks serving the whites.
As a thriller, "Escape from Desperate Town", so there is a bit of science fiction. The transformation of whites on blacks requires a kind of surgical operation, that is, brain replacement. The film is called the "cohesion" procedure. It advocates that while part of the black brain is preserved, most of the brain of another white should be implanted into the black brain. Among. After the operation, white people can use the body of black people to extend their lives. As for the blacks whose brains have been replaced, because their brains have not been completely removed, they will still have a little residual memory. They will be in a trance in an instant, and they will perceive something wrong, but they will not be able to control themselves.
This is a bit similar to "Master Key". In that story, a pair of wizards wanted to live for generations, so they seduce the young hooker in their apartment, wanting to transfer their souls to the young man's body through witchcraft to get a new life. The white people in the small town in "Escape from Deadly Town" use the form of surgery to change the brains of the dying or seriously ill white people, allowing their lives to continue to live with the help of a strong black body. . In their eyes, blacks, as inferior people, do not enjoy the right to survive and the freedom of will. Their lives can be contributed at any time and given to whites so that whites can continue to live.
This story is of course an absurd one. But the topic of race reflected behind the scenes is intriguing. As far as the story of the film is concerned, it is mainly through the eyes of a black young man who was deceived here to reveal the darkness of this small town. In the end, he successfully counterattacked, killing people all the way and rushing out of a bloody road. Back to the world. This has been very spoiled, and the details are still not mentioned.
As a thriller, "Escape from Desperate Town" is not bad, well inherited the tradition of the great Hollywood horror films of 2016, successfully took over the banner at the beginning of 2017, dedicated a movie excellent work. What's more, this is the directorial debut of comedy star Jordan Peel. As a comedian, the virgin director is not a drama subject she is good at, but a thriller, which is actually well shot, very rare.
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