Darker than darkness is the human heart

Beulah 2022-03-23 09:01:38

Before commenting, let me tell you a joke: "I drink, I smoke, I curse, I have tattoos, but I know I'm a good girl, and a real bitch likes to pretend to be innocent..." "Such a good girl only smokes, drinks, fights A good boy with a tattoo and a nightclub is worthy?"
Logie is a good girl and Manny is a good boy, so they naturally walked together. The two of them don't do anything about production, they make a living by stealing, and they have a good life. There is a big eagle by the side of The Legend of Condor Heroes, and a spare tire by the side of stealing the mandarin duck. His name is Alex, and he is a member of the squad.
Alex's thoughts on Rocky were clearly written on his face, and Manny hated him. However, Alex's father is from the security company. Through him, he can easily get the key and security code. Manny can't do without him, and he can only tolerate this kid continuing to jump under his nose.
This time, the team has a new target - a certain old man who lives alone. The old man is a veteran who lost his eyes in the Iraq war. Recently, his only daughter died in a car accident and received a large amount of compensation. Blind people don't believe in banks, so they keep their money at home, and then they are targeted by people with a heart.
In this regard, Alex is somewhat resistant: "robbing the blind? Isn't that bad?" Logy had to do his ideological work: the world is full of injustice, and they steal to help the rich and the poor. poor? Of course, it is to help his own poverty - understand it with reason, and move with emotion, so Alex is finally persuaded.

They made adequate preparations, but the plans couldn't keep up with the changes. They made a wrong step and made a wrong step, and things quickly got out of control and got out of hand.
Manny used the cigarette, but he didn't expect that the old man was born in the army and had a certain resistance to drugs, so he woke up early. What I didn't expect was still in the back. The old man is a low-profile version of Daredevil (the blind man in the comics), and his combat effectiveness is on the table. After finding the intruder, he locked the door and nailed the window, turned off the electric switch, and came to close the door and beat the dog. Catching turtles in a urn.
The odd peaks protrude, the cat and the mouse are ectopic, and the plot has a big reversal here. The strongest Manny was the first to die, and the remaining two had to flee for their lives, not even daring to take a breath. (Although the old man is strong, he can't see it after all, hold his breath to earn a chance to survive)
At the time of life and death, Alex suggested: "Let's call the police! Anyway, stealing is not a big crime..." Luo Ji firmly opposed, she had already got the money, and she would rather die if she spit it out. People die for wealth and birds die for food. Do you think this is a story of justice over evil? wrong! A bigger surprise is yet to come.
While fleeing, they discover the secret of Uncle Blind: He kidnapped Cindy Bai Fumei. Cindy, the murderer of the traffic accident, used the money to settle the lawsuit because she had money at home. So, Uncle Blind decided to do it himself. He imprisoned Cindy in the basement and asked her to give birth to a child for him. His logic is very simple, "You kill my baby and give me another baby, and we will be even." The discovery made them terrified, and then, the lights went out, and gunshots rang out in the darkness.

"Hold Your Breath" is a wonderful horror film, with twists and turns and climaxes, but I always feel that something is missing when watching the film. If you think about it carefully, there is a lack of good people in the movie. Each of the characters is worse than the other, and it is not a pity to die. What is darker than the darkness is the human heart. In the end, the one with the darkest heart and the thickest skin has the last laugh.
Why is Loki the thickest skinned? Because she compares herself to a white lotus, she has no self-consciousness to be a bad person at all. After discovering Cindy, her first reaction was to bring the bad guy to justice, and Alex had to remind her politely: "Actually, you are a bad guy yourself..."
Then the question arises, why does Loki have Such an outlandish idea? It's a long story. Luo Ji had an unfortunate childhood. Her father ran away and her mother was an alcoholic. When she was in a bad mood, she vented her anger on Luo Ji. She was locked in the trunk when she was young, and she was locked for several hours at a time. When she grows up, she has to support her unreliable mother, her mother boyfriend and a younger sister. She has never felt the warmth of the family, but she has to shoulder the burden of the family, so she doesn't think there is anything wrong with stealing things - wrong It's not her, it's the society that's wrong.
This kind of thinking has a certain universality and is called "I am poor and I am reasonable" and "I am weak and I am reasonable". The logic of the weak and poor mentality is that whoever dares to be miserable than me, I am miserable and you all owe me. I am the weak, and everyone in the world has to make way for the weak. Otherwise, the world will be unfair.

The worst thing is, many people have accepted this view, don't you believe it? Just look at the popular social news. Reverse driving, hit-and-run, murderous doctors, madly poisoned roommates... As long as the criminals are poor, a bunch of virgins will jump out to defend them and intercede for them, no exception. This kind of psychology is terrifying. Can vulnerable groups have privileges beyond the law? The director's answer was yes, so after he arranged for Luo Ji to kill the spare tire, he flew away with millions of dollars.

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Don't Breathe quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Money: Just because he's blind doesn't mean he's a saint, bro.

  • The Blind Man: God? There is no God. It's a joke.