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A low-budget movie just depends on the actor's acting skills to hold up half the sky.
Wade 2022-03-16 09:01:03
Violence runs through the first half of this man's life, he hopes to "kill" Joey in his heart, and live a peaceful life with a new innocent Tom, but Joey's history is not as he imagined Finish. The rhythm of the film is well controlled, and the three groups of villains who can be placed in the boss position in regular action films are easily eliminated by Joey with his bare hands, but Tom obviously holds a firm negative attitude towards Joey's behavior. In the original film clip, Joey's performance in killing people was more cruel and indifferent. The reason why the director cut these scenes is to reduce the proportion of the so-called "violent aesthetics". At the end of the film, a tired Tom returns home, with a look that is similar to a prayer, completely lacking the usual heroic spirit of eliminating violence and Anliang. Even violence based on self-protection is still violence. Without this self-awareness, the history of violence will not end.
Extended Reading
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[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.
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[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?