It can almost be said that "Wire of Fire" does not let go of the character and destiny of any person. The little guys on the street, the big bosses in the hidden wine alley, the "chain of command" in the police station, the police detectives with distinctive personalities, and the interpersonal relationships formed by these characters are all slow and precise by the "Line of Fire" The plot, fitting and exquisite lines are displayed in front of the audience little by little. We can see that Jimmy McNulty has a strong temperament, single-mindedness, and never let go of things that he insists on. He regards power as dung as a nail in his eyes, but his private life is a mess; Daniels has a deep understanding of hierarchical relationships, loves teammates, and has a righteous spirit in his bones; Jay Landsman’s game work, live and do it, he is actually the one at Cole’s memorial reception who did not do better than anyone, nor did he do worse than anyone; Lester was awe-inspiring, magnanimous, with a little wisdom and calmness, It is exactly the same as the black police detective portrayed in many films; Kima loves her job and loves her wife, but she doesn’t know how to express this love in her life, nor how to get rid of this kind of love in marriage or romance. Her control; and the Hercs, they just want to climb up, as long as they don't taste the instant rewards in the case, they will retreat. This should be the status quo of many police officers. Not to mention Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale, everyone has their own dreams, everyone has a turbulent inner world. For example, Wallace, such as Dee, such as many people, some of them want to climb up, some want to get out of their bodies, they are also afraid of death, standing on the street, facing the threat of arrest and death by the police, many of them I can only live it away, because I don't know if I will wake up tomorrow or will have bread, or even if I can wake up.
The two people I admire most in this film are both drug dealers. One is Omar and the other is D'Angelo (ie Dee). One is still alive and his lover has been slaughtered; one bears almost all the punishment alone, and is finally killed in the prison library. I admire Omar because he is so calm. In court, he admitted "I rip and run" calmly, and said "I got shotgun, and you got briefcase" to Levy, a decent attorney who helped him to be abusive. Appreciating Dee is because of his mental temperament after his arrest. He repented of Wallace's death. He said "I should've done more". He was helpless for being Barksdale. He said that no one can choose his own family. It can be traced back for decades in such a drug-trafficking business. In the grandfather's family, he can't get away at all; he realizes history, and every moment in the past has created himself; he is so brave, rejecting all the benefits from the family, and insisting on taking the mistakes he committed. In one episode of Avon, Dee said that Dee was cowardly, saying that he had never seen him so cowardly. In my opinion, Dee is the bravest and most powerful of these drug dealers. His power even made McNulty say "I owe him". And he was killed in the end, which is also a portrayal of his previously mentioned inability to escape the family. I have to say that this is a tragedy. When I saw him being strangled to death, I almost cried.
There is also Frank Sobotka, who was killed at the end of the second season. Although he has also done theft and knows the "dirty" of many others, he firmly believes in his heart that he is justified in doing such bad things as long as he has a reason. Until one day Russel told him, "there are kinds of wrong". The reason why he bowed his head in the end was to save his unworthy son, which made me finally understand him. This person has been loving others and thinking for others throughout his life, but he has never loved himself seriously, because he does not love himself and will not love himself, so in his eyes these are out of love misconduct. It was actually an excuse for him to hide his inability to love.
There is a new character in the third season, and I forgot his name. He walked out of the prison, looked at the world he had left for 14 years with a surprised look, and finally stayed on a small door. The door opened and he shouted "mom". This is like a symbol-no matter what we do or how far away from home, we will eventually look back for our mother. He wanted to return to his old career and was deceived when he was released, so he decided to become a gardener; he saw his former girlfriend, now smiling confidently, living a happy life, willing to help him but actually refused him thousands of miles away, he said " hurts". When I saw him weeding the weeds, the Spanish-speaking woman said blankly, "Pull up these grasses." The expression on his face made me understand: these people, these drug dealers, They rob, kill, and swear words are actually covering up their extremely low self-esteem and low sense of self-worth. They do not have a skill or a diploma recognized by the society. If they go to work, most people can only do some simple physical work and are called upon by others. They can't accept this, and being drug dealers, at least on the surface, it seems that they control the lives of others-they sell drugs to addicts, so it seems that they can control the happiness and pain of addicts. Swear words are used to conceal the extreme emptiness in their hearts-if they don't say swear words, they will have nothing to say. And they easily deprive others of their lives because they don't cherish their own lives. In their eyes, their own lives are also "cheap".
"FireWire" is too heavy. After I watched it for three consecutive days, my dream at night seemed to be the plot in the film. I even woke up one day. The first voice and word that came to my mind was McNulty. There are no little people in this film, and no little people in our world. The so-called big shots are not the most powerful bureaucrats in the political world, nor are they businessmen with inflated wallets, but those with strong personality strength, who are calm, brave, and accept themselves.
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