law abiding citizen

Theresa 2022-03-21 09:01:21

It's another movie I've seen before, but it seems to be pretty good now.
"It's not what you know, but what you can prove in court." As the saying goes, facts speak louder than words, but facts are often not so easy for people to know. People only believe what they want to believe, or what seems reasonable. , perhaps in order to get as close to the truth as possible, but this never guarantees finding the truth. It doesn't matter what you know, what matters is what you can prove, what you think doesn't matter, what matters is what you do, maybe that's the reality. This is the rule people have always followed.
"Please don't compromise with them, please don't negotiate an agreement with them." Khaled felt how sad and helpless when he said these words, maybe it was not as helpless as he watched his family die. But Nick, who seemed to be the embodiment of justice, was unwilling to accept it. He solved the case in the simplest and most reasonable way that he felt. "This is the best way" "This is the best way for you", the agreement is reached, the accomplice is sentenced to death, and the principal escapes. When things didn't happen to him, he could only use his reason to calculate what he saw, but he couldn't feel some things outside his reason that couldn't be simply calculated clearly-emotion, the most important feature that distinguishes a person from other things. Maybe Nick was really hit by Sarah's words, "You can't give up something for a high conviction rate." However, he had given up, so Clyde hoped to make him understand in his own way, don't play with the rules, don't be right The ugly ones have any tolerance and compromise. Perhaps Clyde's approach was too extreme and too cruel, and perhaps this was the price he was willing to pay. Just like in "Iron Case", I am willing to pay the price of my life for my dream or an idea to be accepted by others.
Ten years later, Emmens was to be euthanized, and the result was a painful death. Clyde spent ten years studying, planning. To achieve his goal, what drives him is hatred, and as he said, it is not hatred, it should be a kind of respect for the rules.
"Everyone must be responsible for their own behavior." Perhaps to use what Lu Meng said in the game, it is not not to report, the time has not come, not to wait for the condemnation, but to wait for his own momentum.
"You don't care, you don't even try" Some things are meant to be done even if they are doomed, not to mention the uncertain outcome. "I don't make deals with murderers anymore, Clyde." This is also what Clyde hopes to achieve. Maybe Clyde finally succeeds. Whether all his plans and actions can achieve his goal is uncertain. , but one thing is certain - success or failure, he is doomed. "If you make this decision, you will live in the shadow of it for the rest of your life." Maybe this matter is not a problem for Clyde at all. When his wife and daughter died, when he committed a crime When the man finally got free, he was already living in a huge shadow, and finally in the face of death, he became relaxed and laughed, maybe death was the greatest relief for him, and he had reached a certain level. His own purpose conveys his own thoughts, what else is there in this world worthy of his nostalgia? Death is not only a relief for him, but also an account of some innocent people who died in action.

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  • Clyde Shelton: [Surprised to see Nick in his cell] I wasn't expecting company. Yeah, I would have -- I would have cleaned up a little.

    Nick Rice: Never seen anybody tunnel into prison before. And the solitary confinement? That was clever.

    Clyde Shelton: Well, that's how winners play. We "convince" the other guy that he's making all the right moves. So, did you ever catch my accomplice?

    Nick Rice: Yeah, I did. It's the end of the road for you now. You played us, Clyde. You played us real good.

    Clyde Shelton: Thank you. You know, I'm glad you finally get to appreciate some of the effort that I put into all of this.

    Nick Rice: Well, you set out to make a point, Clyde. You made it.

    Clyde Shelton: No, people still don't get it. They don't appreciate what I'm trying to say, Nick, but they will soon enough.

    Nick Rice: A man I cared about once told me that we can't retract the decisions that we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

    Clyde Shelton: Are you trying to save me now, Nick?

    Nick Rice: I'm giving you a way out. Big difference. Stand up for those principles you've been preaching. See, we're all held accountable, Clyde. That includes you. Why don't we do the right thing here?

    Clyde Shelton: I'm doing the right thing, Nick. You just have to see it that way.

    Nick Rice: By murdering all those people, all you're doing is destroying the memory of your daughter and causing the same pain that you're suffering from.

    Clyde Shelton: So what do you suggest, Nick? Make another deal? One final offer? Is that what it is?

    Nick Rice: I don't make deals with murderers anymore, Clyde. You taught me that.

    Clyde Shelton: [scoffs] Finally. Well done. Bravo. Maybe I wasn't such a bad teacher after all.

    Nick Rice: If you go through with this, Clyde, it's a decision you'll have to live with for the rest of your life.

  • Nick Rice: [Tasting his daughter's French toast] It's very good, you cook better than your mother.

    Kelly Rice: [Upon entering the kitchen from another room] I heard that! Are you going to our daughter's recital this afternoon?

    Nick Rice: I thought you were going to order the DVD.

    Kelly Rice: That's not the same.

    Denise Rice: [to Kelly] It's okay, I know Dad's got to work.

    Nick Rice: That's right! Dad's got to work. And what does Dad do during the day?

    Denise Rice: Lock up bad guys!

    Nick Rice: And why does he do that?

    Denise Rice: To keep us safe.