If I were to label this drama, I would rather say it's a pure "growth movie" than a "romance movie".
Before he met Alyssa, James was an indifferent, paranoid teenager. He didn't have any feelings for anyone or anything. I even thought, if he hadn't met Alyssa who didn't play cards according to the routine, would he have followed the steps in the end? achieve the goal of killing a person.
But things started to change when he met Alyssa. He became affectionate and warm - he didn't want to kill the poor puppy, and even after pulling out a handful of flowers, he found a pot for it. In the end, in order to keep Alyssa from being punished by the law, he could even give up the chance of his own life. He has become, or in other words, he has peeled off the thick shell, and has completely become a thoughtful and caring teenager.
Alyssa, as a typical rebellious teenage girl, I even hated her a little bit when she first appeared - she always has the ability to annoy people, she can always think of different ways to torture people.
But when she broke into the men's bathroom to "rescue" James from the lewd man and reasoned with him seriously, I suddenly realized that she was not that annoying. Later, she went to the store to steal panties - was caught - and escaped secretly. It could have ended here, but when she saw the lost little girl, she would rather risk being caught by the police and take the little girl. Return to store. How could such Alyssa be so annoying? (Although she took a few bras that she didn't need when the security let her go - and immediately regretted it.)
Alyssa like this is easy to think of ourselves - have you ever, deliberately done something against common sense in order to attract the attention of others?
So, Alyssa is actually a soft girl with a simple mind.
I saw some friends think that Alyssa should not knock the policewoman unconscious at the end, but should accept her help.
I think it's inevitable that Alyssa will do that.
First of all, she ran away rebelliously and only wanted to find her father. Even after killing people, she did not forget to take her father's torn jacket. His father was her biggest and last hope, but when she found out that her father was not so She loves her and can even betray her at any time for a reward, but her weak mother, who she has always looked down on, pretends that her father sends her a greeting card every year, and she immediately falls into a kind of despair.
At this time, Alyssa's mentality has collapsed, and the only person she can rely on is James, so she is not willing to take any risk of being separated from him, and she would rather take a greater risk to be with James. So she knocked out the policewoman.
And I think James is a very smart teenager, at least a lot smarter than Alyssa. Although it seems that he has always been acting in line with Alyssa and has been "used" by Alyssa, he knows everything he does. He can see the development of the situation better than Alyssa, and can respond quickly, Like when robbing a gas station, or at the end.
All in all, this is an entertaining show.
Finally, I want to end with the words of Alyssa's father and daughter.
Alyssa: "Sometimes you realise you've had a thing keeping you going that might be a lie. When you actually really understand that, that the whole thing might have been a lie the whole time, it's like you swallowed a stone. But not recently . You swallowed it years ago . ”
Alyssa her dad:
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