Everyone deserves a chance to start over

In the archive, at the beginning of the chapter, I found that the screen was a little smaller, and the top part of the picture could not be projected, so I was constantly entangled in the picture and composition. I even thought, these two strange men came out of the Motel and were still awkward, did they just come? Immediately afterwards, the nasty and anonymous horse came into the house to fetch water, looked left and right, the camera panned, the manager and waiter in a pool of blood came into the camera from time to time, the whole picture was a little hot, as if flies were buzzing. During the process of Ma Zai fetching water, the appearance of the little girl immediately grabbed his attention. Will he let her go? Did he signal her not to make a sound? Will he kill her? He's got a gun! Sure enough, there was a bang—

the Stall family who appeared later seemed to be a little different from the previous opening. It was a simple and small-town family, that is, a bland family life. What else will happen? Then list Tom's small shop, Jack's school life, Tom and Edie's rare passion, we know that Tom is a peaceful man who is kind to others; his son Jack seems to have inherited his father's gentleness, and it seems that he will not resist when he is bullied. A little cowardly; the wife also seems to have become confused in this peaceful life. And this is the turning point - the

lovely (I think) Jack expressed his anger at the expected dull future, and the bastard who bullied Jack immediately encountered the two villains at the beginning. Finally, the wicked tried to do evil again in Tom's shop. Tom started to look cowardly, but at the last minute he saw the wicked (although he was injured a little), with agile movements, absolutely unexpected but powerful. In must. Then there is Tom, although a little upset, but still a hero, can be widely reported by the media, praised by the town residents, and his family feels very comfortable. It was because of this incident that Tom was entangled by a gang from Philadelphia.

They insisted that Tom was Joey who killed the man in the middle, and this time he came here for revenge, and asked Tom to stop pretending and obey. In the middle, there was a scene of pretending to be confused in a restaurant (it can almost be guessed that Tom is actually Joey), and a scene of police interrogation in the suburbs. Then there is another small climax: Tom suspects that the other party will attack his family (it is obvious that Tom is Joey here), and limps all the way home, and finally it is fine, but it attracts his son Jack's desire for violence. Tom corrected it immediately and got his rifle back. (It shows here that even if Tom is Joey, it's not the Joey that used violence to solve problems.) Later, the mother and daughter found gang stalking while shopping, and she was so nervous that Edie, the lawyer, went to the court to apply for a restraining order; the son Jack finally couldn't stand the oppression at school, and solved the previous bullying problem with very violent means. (In some of our cases, violence is no solution) But Tom is very dissatisfied with this, thinking that his son is completely wrong. (He can only say that violence should not be used, but there is no reason for it) Just like this, the son Jack ran away in anger, and was caught by the gang and came to threaten Tom.

Tom still refuses to admit that he is Joey in front of the gang, and uses a standard warning that he is an ordinary American. It was not until he found out that his son was arrested that he realized that everything could only be solved with violence. So he threw away his wife and then resisted with extremely ruthless moves and precise marksmanship, but he was outnumbered in the end. At the moment when he was about to be crushed, his son still used the rifle to deal with the gangsters. After that, the father and son hugged each other and remained silent. (All this terrified Jack and Edie behind the window. At this time, everyone knew that Tom was Joey, but Tom was still worried that his son's perception of violence would be misunderstood.)

Then the peaceful life completely collapsed, no one Willing your loved one to be a violent person. But Tom is obviously not anymore! That's obviously Joey! Why can't you understand! ? Why can't you give even the slightest chance! ?

Tom slept on the sofa in pain. At this time, the story was still not over, and more trouble was still to come. (I wasn't sure if it was a problem at the time) My brother who was still in Philadelphia wanted to meet Tom, the 16-hour drive, and a lot of preparation before the meeting all showed that Joey was back, and this meeting was a problem. Meeting, hands-on, graceful and agile, solving the trouble neatly and neatly, Tom finally returned home. This time, it was Tom and Joey who came back. The family accepted him again in silence.


All of the above are spoilers. As far as movies are concerned, violence is an abnormal method to solve problems. Ordinary people generally do not use it, but when dealing with certain problems, when the normal method does not work, everyone is helpless. It's not about propaganda, it's just a correct understanding, not sure, nor cover up, it just exists.

In addition, I want to say that everyone has a past, but not everyone has the courage and determination to break with the past, and not everyone has the desire to start over. If anyone has it, we must give him such a chance.

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