This movie is really decadent and sharp, desolate and bloody. Casey's character is like a pinch of green in the hay. I think this is the spirit of Boston that this guide wants to express.
When I watched it, the barrage was saying that the male protagonist was stupid, and the male protagonist regretted it in the end. But I've always been on the male lead's side. In the film, the male protagonist shoots a murderer who is a pedophile. Everyone tells the male protagonist that you are beautiful and you are doing the right thing, but Patrick himself says again, I will not do this.
This reminds me of Nietzsche's saying that God is dead, and Dostoevsky's crime and punishment, no one has the right to be a "superman" to decide the fate of others. In such a legal society, "I did this for a good reason" cannot cover up what he did wrong. If everyone can stand on the moral high ground and be vigilante to decide the fate of others and punish others, what is the use of the law? Where is the social order?
This is actually a story of the choice between crime and punishment, and I am moved by Patrick's persistence and principles.
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