Although it is based on real events, compared with news reports, including the director's own documentary, there are still many traces of artistic processing. The killing of civilians in real events is closer to a form of entertainment, while in the film it is presented as a form of work. The mastermind of the film's events, the sergeant's strategy of choosing to kill is based entirely on pragmatism, and he's experienced and knows how to work efficiently - just by circumventing a few annoying rules. And the soldiers under him, all they had to do was convince themselves to obey the sergeant. In a chat with Briggman, Rayburn came up with the concept of a "bullet of conscience" — when firing squads executed spies in the 18th century, any rifle would be blanked so the shooter wouldn't hesitate to fire. This mentality is quite strange. When pulling the trigger must result in the death of a person, the gunman will feel very intuitively that his own actions caused the death of this person. When pulling the trigger has an n-1/n chance of killing a person, the shooter realizes that the group that loaded the gun with live ammunition determined the person's death. Furthermore, he will feel that he is not responsible. It is often said in China that "the duty of a soldier is to obey" is similar to this. On the one hand, this is a management method. On the other hand, when a person does not think that he can make a choice, he will naturally think that he does not have to undertake the choice. Responsibility. When Rayburn was finally arrested and escorted, he shouted to Briggman, whom he met by chance, "Can you believe they say I'm a murderer? You definitely don't think so, right?" Rather than criticizing the US military for killing civilians, I think the director is more like criticizing the army itself. The actors of psBriggman did a good job, showing a silly white sweet who joined the army inexplicably, swaying and struggling in the face of killing, as well as the fear and anxiety felt in the group. Also, I actually think Rayburn is pretty cute too. I know he's a dick, but I still feel like he's a big innocent baby.
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