The Master of Justice never carried a gun

Ophelia 2022-12-25 11:34:50

For me, it's a very deeply anti-war film. After reading so many comments that the film is not rigorous, I still feel that many of the dialogues made me reflect.

They are well-trained soldiers with impressive stamina. After the long 20 hours, the arrogance was exposed. After being shot by his teammates, his own leg, radio, and water bottle, he broke down.

For Issac, the battlefield is where PTSD is caused, and every time a gun is fired, Dean's memory cannot be erased. Issac seems to have been exposed under the shroud of the opponent's powerful forces. Expose position, cowardice, inner struggle.

"The war is over, why are you still here?"

The man behind every bullet is never righteous.

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The Wall quotes

  • [first lines]

    Matthews: [sighting through his scope from a bush] Nothin'. Hit n' run. Whoever it was they're gone. War's over, he got the memo.

    [sighs]

    Matthews: Ize?

    [bird squawking]

    Matthews: Allen? Ize!

    Isaac: [on his radio] What?

    Matthews: We got no movement, not a sign of a shadow... How long we been here, man? 18, plus?

    Isaac: 20.

    Matthews: [sighs] Jesus. There's nobody fuckin' out there, man.

    Isaac: Less he's a pro.

    Matthews: A Haji?

    Isaac: I'm just saying, maybe.

  • Juba: You Americans. You think you know it all. You think it's simple. That I am your enemy. But we are not so different, you and I.

    Isaac: Yeah, 'cept I ain't a fuckin' terrorist.

    Juba: And you think I am? You are the one who has come to another man's country. Camouflaged yourself in his land, in his soil. From where I'm sitting, *you* look very much like the terrorist.