The discussion of human nature in this film is very clever. The atmosphere created by the director in the first half of the film made most of the audience fall into the trap of "everything is for your good." I think it's the same as the usual routines of this kind of crime film: the black policeman is to integrate into it to inquire inside information and have to do some cross-border things to cover up the identity blabla. At first I also naively believed that Alonzo was really trying to train this new rookie, let him do everything for his own good, and teach him the "skills" and "principles" for survival in violent neighborhoods. It wasn't until the male protagonist was pushed into the bathtub that he really realized that all Alonzo did was just an excuse to cover up his unscrupulous measures for his own benefit. Anyone could use it, and there was nothing. The so-called justice and loyalty are not even valued by the gang community.
The snail story is the epitome of the entire movie. When you watch the entire movie, you will understand that snail and the truth that the old drug dealer wants to tell the hero. On the other hand, the answer of the male protagonist is the fundamental reason why he made this series of reactions: he thinks that he may not be able to control other things, but people can control their own thoughts and decide what to do. This is why he would reject some of Alonzo's unacceptable offers, refuse to shoot, refuse to divide the spoils, refuse to be assimilated, and only choose to do behaviors that seem to be under his control (smoke marijuana, break into houses and steal money).
The ending setting is regarded as an open ending. In the film, the foreshadowing car appears at the end of the film. If you don’t pay attention, you may really miss it. The appearance of this car also gives you more guesses about the ending. The male protagonist chose to compromise with the same blackened senior leadership and take Alonzo's baton to continue to lead, or he controlled his happiness or sadness as he answered at the time. The benevolent see benevolence.
As far as acting is concerned, Denzel, the actor, is worth it. The true and thorough selves released by the confrontation between the two male protagonists in the last half hour are too powerful, including the kind of "betrayed" by the block gang and robbed of the cash. The panic and despair in his eyes, and the scene of being shot in the last scene, were really amazing.
After reading and thinking about where you have seen it before, it probably means, don’t try to test human nature, because it is not a black and white thing itself.
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