The road to destruction, whoever walks is the road to destruction

Lowell 2022-03-20 09:01:24

In order to repay the favor of his adoptive father, Sullivan acted as a thug. Although Sullivan's sense of justice is shown in some details in the film, in fact, being in the underworld is nothing more than black and black - fighting, extortion, lending, extortion, kidnapping, murder, there is no right or evil. Can't tell who's right from wrong! Even Sullivan played by Tom Hanks! Borrowing a line from "Disciple", Daniel Wu said to Andy Lau, a drug dealer, "You think you are selling electrical appliances"!
You can't become a just avenger just because your wife and children are killed; everyone you kill has wives, children, young and old behind them, and they are affectionate; in the eyes of the victim, you are also a pawn.
I think Sullivan was deeply touched by the words of old Lonnie to Sullivan, "Which one is not a murderer here, open your eyes and see clearly, this is a life of our own fault, the only guarantee is 'there is no One can ascend to heaven'"!
This road of destruction, even if Sullivan is walking, is also the road of destruction. The happy family life that Sullivan once dreamed of was destined to have only a beginning. In order for Mike to ascend to heaven, Sullivan is determined to remove all obstacles for him, including old Lonnie, Connor, and even himself, just to keep Mike away from the underworld and stop taking this road of destruction.
For real life, there is a dead road, a sinful road, a road leading to the abyss, no matter who goes, the result is destruction. After watching this movie, it is very shocking, wake up as soon as possible without consciousness, escape as soon as possible without a way out!

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  • Maguire: Smile.

  • [last lines]

    Michael Sullivan, Jr.: I saw then that my father's only fear was that his son would follow the same road. And that was the last time I ever held a gun. People always thought I grew up on a farm. And I guess, in a way, I did. But I lived a lifetime before that, in those six weeks on the road in the winter of 1931. When people ask me if Michael Sullivan was a good man, or if there was just no good in him at all, I always give the same answer. I just tell them... he was my father.