The dimension of good and evil

Anais 2022-03-20 09:01:14

In Greek mythology, there is a twin legend: Castel is the prince of Sparta, his younger brother Pollux is the son of Zeus, the former is ordinary and the latter is immortal, and the two have grown up together since childhood. Caster was good at horsemanship, and Pollux was devoted to fighting. Later, the two participated in the Trojan War. Caster died. The sorrowful Pollux asked Zeus for help, willing to share his life, so the two of them were in heaven. The underworld reincarnates forever.

The story of [Face Change] is not a twin fable. Custer is a heinous terrorist. He accidentally killed his young son when he assassinated FBI agent Sean. The endless hatred between the two ended. Sean swears. To personally arrest Castel. During an operation, Custer was shot and brought to justice. His unconsciousness made it impossible to know the location of a time bomb. As soon as Sean decided to undergo face-changing surgery with Custer, he could tell the truth about the bomb to Ka's brother. In fact, it is obvious that the two people are involved in the hatred of interests and emotions, but when the faces of both parties are exchanged, the appearance of good and evil is also opposed, Castell hopes to cover up the truth with Sean’s face, and Sean tried to regain his identity in desperation.

When the appearance of good people and bad people is swapped, will people's criteria for judging good and evil change as a result? Because the two people are facing each other's identities, the lines of hatred have also entered the same track, and their beliefs exist in order to become each other. Before changing his face, Sean’s life was all about catching Custer. For six years, he had been living in the shadow of losing his son. For this reason, he ignored his wife’s emotions and separated from his daughter’s communication. The core of life seemed to be revenge. Sean became a person with only work and no interest. After the connection with the case, his colleagues congratulated him. He also had a cold and insensitive attitude to others. All this made Sean lack a bit of "human touch." Custer has been living the life of a prodigal son with a knife head licking blood. He can wear a priest's robe, dance and sing hymns, and pick up fallen music scores for the choir girls. He is a gangster who calls the wind and the rain, and the brother of warmth, squatting down to tie his younger brother's shoelaces and telling others, "Don't let anyone hurt him, including himself."

"After comparing and studying his own Sean for a long time, Caster's imitation of Sean can only be considered from the heart. He doesn't need to pretend and pretend, and from the beginning to the end, he played only himself. He used sweet words to win his wife's love. Favor, refreshed the colleague’s understanding with cynicism. Everyone noticed his difference, but obviously they all liked the current "Sien." When a person is replaced by someone else, and that person does better than himself, That is undoubtedly a kind of sadness. The line between good and bad has become blurred at this moment. It seems that the standard for evaluating a person's "good and bad" is not about morality, but about emotion. Without emotion, heroes will make people feel distant and possessed. In addition to feelings, bad guys will also have instantaneous delicacy. This is the difference between Sean and Custer, they are good and evil to each other, and they are good at winning each other. When the most essential criterion for evaluating a person becomes the emotional orientation, Therefore, we will have a different understanding of the value of "good and bad".

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  • Briana 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    It is thrilling, exciting and exciting, and there is no urine point in the whole process! It's best not to try games like changing faces, changing identities and changing positions. Whenever I see Cage's bitter face, I am overjoyed. Woo Yusen's violent aesthetics + Hong Kong-style shootout elements, which are injected with a deeper core, such as the sense of belonging and identity of identity and the discussion of the good and evil of human nature. The most commendable thing is that the two male protagonists are evenly matched, and their acting skills have exploded.

  • Celestine 2022-03-15 09:01:02

    The performances of the two male protagonists are so perfect and Wu Yusen's skills are also very stable.

Face/Off quotes

  • [walks into her room and sees Jamie in her underwear]

    [to himself]

    Castor Troy: The plot thickens.

    Jamie Archer: [on the phone] Carl, I'll have to call you back.

    [hangs up]

    Jamie Archer: You're not respecting my boundaries.

    Castor Troy: I'm coming in, Janie.

    Jamie Archer: Janie?

    Castor Troy: [seeing a pillow that says Jamie on it, he realizes his mistake] I don't think you heard me, JAMIE. You got something I crave.

    [closes in on Jamie, reaches back and grabs her pack of cigarettes]

    Jamie Archer: [nervously] Danielle left those here.

    Castor Troy: I won't tell mom if you don't.

    [puts a cigarette in his mouth and lights it]

    Jamie Archer: When did you start smoking?

    Castor Troy: You'll be seeing a lot of changes around here.

    [blows smoke rings at Jamie]

    Castor Troy: Papa's got a brand new bag. OW!

  • Pollux Troy: [Not realizing that he is talking with Sean Archer with Troy's face] Not feeling very coordinated lately, are you?

    Sean Archer: [Trying to act like Troy] Listen, bro. I am soooo fried. If the psychos find out I'm this wacky we're both dead meat.

    Pollux Troy: Shock treatment? What's the matter, did they operate?

    [Pollux touches Archer's face]

    Sean Archer: I was in a COMA! Jesus, you're still so frickin' paranoid! Aren't they giving you your medication in here?

    Pollux Troy: What *was* my medication?

    Sean Archer: [sighing in exasperation] Pollux, I hand-fed you those pills for years. Vivex! I haven't forgotten *that*.

    Sean Archer: [beat] It's just everything else. My reflexes, my synapses, it's all like a...

    Sean Archer: [beat] tab of bad Quantrax.

    Sean Archer: [beat] I don't even know why that fucking Yeti jumped me the other day.

    Pollux Troy: Dubov? You had a sex sandwich with his wife and his sister the night he was sent here.

    Sean Archer: Well, that explains why he was so upset. We're gonna blow up L.A., bro. Ain't that cool?

    Pollux Troy: Sure, rub my nose in it, why don't you. Ten million dollar design and those Militia nut jobs get to keep their cash.

    Sean Archer: It's so fucking unfair! That bomb you built does deserve an audience. I mean, it's a work of art, it belongs in the Louvre.

    Pollux Troy: Yes, it does. Oh well, I guess the L.A. Convention Center will just have to do.

    Sean Archer: [rejoices as Pollux just revealed the location of the bomb] Thank you.

    Pollux Troy: For what?

    Sean Archer: Oh, bro. You are so fuckin' pathetic.