Vincent, he is a killer who ignores people’s lives, but at the same time he has a basic conscience and sense of justice. He seems to be a completely separated personality. When he is doing his own job as a killer, he is cold and rational. When he is not doing the task, he is righteous, compassionate, and injustice. Help Max solve the problem of taxi compensation, buy him flowers when he visits Max’s mother, he always does these things, but it seems that these things are not in his heart, it seems that they are just obeying or playing a kind of fun. Rules, a kind of morality. "A driver killed three people in one night and then committed suicide." Is this showing Max's final fate? Still want to explain the kind of help Vincent showed, nothing, in the end he planned to kill Max after all?
Max, he is very kind and a good person, but he didn't accomplish anything. He always said that his rental was only temporary work, but he had done this temporary work for twelve years. When Vincent was angry, he said to him, I will gradually realize my dream when I do a good job, and you will never realize your dream. I remember reading an article that said, "Being a good person" is of no use. Even if you have such qualities, there is actually no help. It seems that people only care about what you can give him, and because of this article. To be honest, the movies at the time did not have the feeling of seeing many articles. Maybe they are right. The natural laws of the universe are just like the Nine Yin Scriptures. The way of heaven is more than a loss but it makes up for the insufficiency. However, human society seems to be exactly the opposite. Perhaps we can use a similar sentence to say that the way of man is, Insufficient damage and more than make up for. Max originally hoped to get help from others, but the general public did not give any indication of his whistle, and the people who came were those who wanted to take advantage of the fire.
Vincent seems to be full of wisdom. He and Max have always had much nihilistic dialogues, but the compactness of this film makes people unable to taste it slowly. It’s also an afterthought that these words may just be Vincent’s way of persuading himself so that he does not feel any guilt for killing people. He is also a little bit cynical towards human society. In the end, he kept talking about what he did. It's just to make a living, just like Max rents out.
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