The name "Insomnia" appealed to me because I'm an absolute insomniac.
The plot of the movie is not complicated, Will Dormer (Al Pacino) is a seasoned and dedicated detective of the Los Angeles Police Department. He was sent with his partner Happ to a remote Alaska town to investigate a case involving the murder of a 17-year-old girl.
Before coming here, in order to let a criminal who has no evidence to charge into the legal net, Domo had to use the method of forging evidence to achieve his goal, but was unfortunately discovered by his boss. Happ, who was working with him on the case, compromised with his boss, which meant that the criminal would go unpunished, but if not, the two police officers would have to take the relevant responsibilities.
With the unfinished investigation of the internal investigation team, they arrived at the town. Due to the special geographical environment, it is always day, the sun never sets, and there is no night. Domo and Happ somehow lure the suspect to the hut where the crime happened. They followed the criminal to a rocky, misty beach, but the criminal suddenly disappeared into the mist. Just as he escaped Dormo's sight, a gunshot rang out and Hap was in a pool of blood.
It was Domo who killed Happ by mistake, and with guilt and the influence of the extreme day, he fell into a situation of insomnia for several days in a row. Auditory hallucinations, hallucinations, anxiety, fear, he oscillated between sobriety and vagueness, but he concealed the truth about the manslaughter of Happ.
In the fog, the criminal saw what Domo was doing, and he called Domo in the middle of the night to blackmail Domo.
Domo finds clues to the criminal in the evidence left by the deceased, namely the reclusive novelist Walter Finz (Robin Williams), who hurried to Finz's home and was caught by Finz in the pursuit. Escape, when he returned to Finz's house again, the recording phone rang, and Finz calmly analyzed the development of the situation with him on the phone, and asked to reach an agreement with Domo, that is, the two would not expose each other.
Domo gradually fell into Finz's control, and the symptoms of insomnia became more and more serious. While he was deeply remorseful for his actions, he helped Finz again and again for fear of being exposed.
At this time, a new partner, a local policewoman slowly found clues from Domo's deeds. However, when she found evidence, the deceased's boyfriend, through the design of Domo and Finz, became a scapegoat. Mo can go back to Los Angeles.
At the moment of leaving, the policewoman went to Finz to get the letter from the deceased, Dormo was suddenly alarmed that something was wrong, and hurried to Finz's hut. When he arrived, the policewoman had been knocked out by Finz. When the two were arguing, the policewoman woke up and heard their conversation. The situation became chaotic. Domo was very ashamed under the questioning of the policewoman. Finz picked up the shotgun and attacked the two. Domo gave his gun to the policewoman, and both died in the confrontation with Finz.
At the end of the film, the policewoman looked at Domo in pain, the good policeman she admired very much. She was about to throw away the evidence against Domo, but was rejected by the dying Domo. He told the policewoman to stick to her principles. , and then in peace and contentment, he finally closed his eyes, got rid of the trouble of insomnia, and slept in this small town.
The atmosphere of the film is very depressing, and the music is also low and sad. Domo's inner struggle gripped my heart tightly through the narrative of the film's language, and he finally found relief through death, because his final words were: "Let me sleep well. Right!" But is death the best ending? Duomo was relieved, but left the confusion to me. We are constantly instilled with standards of good and bad, principles of right and wrong, but is it really that easy to judge? Who can be a pure good man?
In fact, how much I would love to see Domo speak the truth and take it all in the emancipation of the soul, which is perhaps what we expect from all good people. However, if his mental endurance is so strong, how can he suffer from insomnia? The reason may be simple, he is a hero, but he is also human.
Yes, how complicated people are! Many times, a single thought will create an irreversible ending. Domo keeps asking himself if he really killed Happ by mistake? Is there any idea that Happ died and everything was solved? And in Finz's account, he didn't mean to kill the girl, but when he realized that the girl was dead, it was too late.
Perhaps, the vast majority of people can't live a rational life, and they don't even know what they are doing. The deceased's closest friend was dating her boyfriend behind her back. The girl didn't cry at the funeral, but in Domo When she came to discover the body of the deceased, she burst into tears; Duomo was clearly in pain, but he calmly exchanged the evidence and cleaned himself up. A thought, the first thought, is likely to lead a person to go on in a daze, making mistakes again and again, and I don’t know when they will truly wake up.
When Domo closed his eyes, my heart went down. I don't know if the director arranged such an ending because he believed that only death can wash away mistakes, or sins.
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