suppress violence with violence

Gloria 2022-03-14 14:12:22

According to classmates, there is no big scene, the plot is very slow, you can watch while resting. . So why do you like this movie so much?
It seems that what I like is the violence inside. Violence that can eliminate violence

There are too many injustices in this society. This is probably a common phenomenon in the world. What can we do in the face of injustice? It can only suppress the most direct violent impulse in people's hearts and swallow it. This movie can satisfy people's desire, and let us get psychological pleasure in these dozens of minutes.

I don't know if the director thinks the same way. In the movie, the son was bullied at school, and finally solved the problem violently; Tom was forced to use violence to kill the black boss. Want to be reasonable? All you get is humiliation and oppression, like what Tom's son met at school, and what Tom met at the negotiating table.

I'm afraid the director won't really encourage the audience to suppress violence with violence. For the movie, just watch it. The next time you encounter a fire, just bear it and pass it.

Alas, life is so absurd

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A History of Violence quotes

  • [Richie talks to Joey about the business]

    Richie Cusack: What am I gonna do? You bust up a made man's place. You killed some of his guys. You take his eye. Jesus, Joey... you nearly took out his left eye. Barbed wire, wasn't it? That's disgusting. You always were the crazy one.

    Tom Stall: Not anymore.

    Richie Cusack: Yeah, I heard. You're living the American Dream. You really bought into it, didn't you? You've been this other guy, almost as long as you've been yourself. Hey, when you dream, are you still Joey?

    Tom Stall: Joey's been dead a long time.

    Richie Cusack: And yet here you sit... big as life. You know you cost me a lot of time and money. Before you pulled that shit with Fogarty, I was a shoe-in to take over when the boss croaked. A shoe-in. It was made very clear to me, Joey. I had to clean up your mess, or nothing was ever gonna happen for me! You got no idea how much shit I had to pull to get back in with those guys. You cost me! A hell of a lot, Joey. A hell of a lot!

    Tom Stall: Looks like you're doing all right over here.

    Richie Cusack: Yeah, I am, I am. I'm still behind the eight-ball... because of you. There's a certain lack of respect, a certain lack of trust. The boys in Boston are just waitin' for me to go down.

  • [Tom gets a phone call in the middle of the night]

    Tom Stall: Hello?

    Richie Cusack: [voice] Hey, Bro-heem. You're still pretty good with the killing. That's exciting.

    Tom Stall: Richie?

    Richie Cusack: [chuckles; voice] Yeah, it's Richie. What do you say, Joey? Are you going to come see me? Or do I have to come see you?