The first time I heard about this American feature film was on Douyin's film editing. Its bizarre suspenseful clips and avant-garde and bold satire and mocking objects made me feel novel. A Quentinian revenge against a rotten old law enforcement system by a widowed, high-IQ dad. This kind of story, it sounds, is full of points.
The plot of the movie is basically unexpected and reasonable. In some plots, a voyeuristic perspective and overlapping film techniques are used. It is quite brilliant, and it plays a finishing touch in rendering the atmosphere of suspense and showing the psychology of the characters. However, the overall story of the whole story is still a bit high and low, the motivational events of the protagonist in front, and the complex mentality of the characters. The curious scenes full of visual impact are all addictive, but in the back, the uninterrupted depression and the hunting scenes inevitably make people feel tired, and the vague story positioning of many supporting characters also seems to make people feel confused, as if it is just pure and simple. In order to render the tragic atmosphere, tragedy for the sake of tragedy, especially the forcible ending, although it can be understood as a compromise for the release, it still makes people feel unfulfilled and regretful.
The movie adopts the model of two protagonists, two fathers, one black and one white, a lawyer and a criminal, a rescuer and a murderer. They have direct conflicts and similarities. They are the embodiment of their ideas. Lawyers represent lawful justice, while criminals represent absolute justice. In fact, their desire for justice is the same, but their understanding of justice is different. Lawyers, as a lawful faction, initially chose a safe, and even some, irresponsible, wrong approach (dealing with criminals) in dealing with judicial issues. Fortunately, under the stimulation of a series of massacres caused by Clyde, they finally After getting lost, he became a law enforcer who knew how to balance the two. And Clyde, as a citizen, what he did was extreme, cruel and unforgivable. As a father, what he did was justifiable and people couldn't help but regret it. It is such an extremely violent and extremely antagonistic conflict that deepens the beauty of this character. The figure of him fighting the corrupted power alone and violently reminds me of the v in V for Vendetta. It's kind of like a tragic hero.
All in all, the whole movie is pretty good. Although there are some flaws, the flaws do not hide the flaws. Still a good movie worth watching
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