Coincidental name

Elza 2022-03-21 09:01:12

I watched this film for the first time when I was in Shanghai. It was on my laptop and in the room I shared with my colleague. My English names and his English names are Richie and Frank, which is a coincidence. This was the most interesting thing I found at the time.
I watched it again yesterday. I like this kind of realistic film, the proficient acting skills, the happy revenge, the painful extraction of the evil forces, that's enough. Richie and Frank can change so much. It's hard to say that there is no corruption in the police station anymore. Richie can't stay anymore and simply helps Frank defend and reduce his sentence.
The gang is still there, and the drug dealers will never disappear. There is a reason for existence, or a reason. What is the reason? I don’t know if the film tells us, and I didn’t understand it.
Perhaps it is just a naked and exaggerated expression of this existence, the hypocrisy and truthfulness of social justice represented by the police, the charity and neglect of the gang, where is this contradictory and chaotic society heading? One Richie and one Frank cannot lead, but they will always change. As long as people have a reason to live, they will go on. In the end, Frank said, what do I need to survive is basically the most basic question for everyone, and it is also an important reason for the formation of social formation.

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American Gangster quotes

  • Frank Lucas: What's with this outfit? You know what it says? You wanna know what it says? Arrest me!

  • Frank Lucas: Simple Simon-ass motherfuckers!