Commentary video at station B: spreading hatred
The Kingdom (2007), a counter-terrorism film with a slightly different twist
The following is the copy of the commentary video at station B. It is strongly recommended to watch the video directly. Reading the copy alone may cause all kinds of embarrassment and discomfort!
The title of the film introduces the historical background. Saudi Arabia has found an astonishing amount of oil because of its search for water sources, and has become the world's largest oil exporter, while the United States is the world's largest oil importer. The pro-US tendencies of the Saudi royal family have caused dissatisfaction among many forces in the Middle East. The story happened after 9/11 and before the US military killed Osama bin Laden.
Saudi Arabia, the campus of American oil company employees, is guarded by Saudi police with live ammunition. The park is relaxed and free, and there is a baseball game going on. Suddenly, two terrorists dressed in Saudi police uniforms killed two police officers in the jeep, grabbed the jeep and rushed into the park. At the same time, they picked up automatic rifles and fired at the crowd. Everyone panicked for a while. They fled in all directions, but suffered heavy casualties. The escorting Saudi police responded quickly. One of the sergeants chased the terrorist's jeep, stopped the terrorist at a corner, and got out of the car and quickly killed the two. On the rooftop of a high-rise building in the distance, an old man watched all this with almost admiration, and later learned that he was the terrorist leader who planned all this. He put his head between his hands and forced himself to look at the scene in front of him. In the park, a Saudi policeman shouted loudly to the fleeing crowd to follow him. After shouting a few words, he suddenly opened his hands and closed his eyes and began to pray. Immediately, the bomb on his body exploded, causing casualties.
In the United States, the captain of the FBI anti-terrorist team was still participating in activities at his son's school. The scene was chaotic, with a large number of Saudi police and ambulance personnel, American employees looking for relatives and friends in the park, and the wounded who could not move stayed in place waiting for rescue, and countless vehicles entered and exited. At this moment, there was a loud noise, and the terrorist's real killer move was used at this time, and a violent explosion occurred at the scene.
The captain quickly rushed back to the headquarters and briefed his subordinates. A colleague in front died in the final explosion. Hearing the bad news, a female colleague immediately burst into tears. The captain walked over to the female colleague and whispered a few words in her ear to comfort her and remember this detail. The captain told everyone to stay on standby and leave quickly. According to past experience, the FBI did not have the opportunity to go to the scene to investigate.
Saudi Arabia, a sergeant who has made meritorious deeds is being tortured. Since the terrorists were all dressed in police uniforms, the military presided over the investigation afterwards. The colonel of the police force could only watch his hero being tortured. The military suspected that the sergeant killed the terrorist in order to keep his mouth shut so as not to be arrested. A background check revealed that the sergeant's brother died in combat with the U.S. Army, and the sergeant argued loudly that he and his brother were different. The general raised his biggest suspicion. Then why did you get 6 more police uniforms than others? The sergeant said that I was very prone to sweating. The general ignored his defense and continued the torture. The colonel walked to the police locker room and threw the sergeant's uniform in front of the general, only to see a lot of sweat stains on the armpits of each uniform. The general had no choice but to give up and said angrily to the sergeant, "You were injured while driving on a mission, do you understand?"
In the United States, the captain took a few subordinates and followed the boss of the FBI director to a meeting with the attorney general. The director said that this meeting was just a circle jerk, and you should not expect any results. Sure enough, the Attorney General's bureaucratic face vetoed the FBI's motion to send a team to the scene. You have lost your ability to make logical judgments because of the death of your partner. Saudi Arabia's eyebrows are on fire now, and it will be even more painful for them to go to two agents. Although it is bureaucratic, I have to admit that this statement is not completely unreasonable. But the captain didn't care about this, he directly made an appointment with the Saudi prince in the United States through a reporter friend, and then threatened the prince to let him immediately issue a pass to his team, otherwise his embezzlement of a large amount of funds and the scandal of enriching his own pockets would be exposed, and the prince was counseled. .
In this way, the captain took the girl who was crying bitterly before, referred to as the doctor, and later learned that it was her instructor who died in the line of duty, and she had a deep personal relationship. In addition, there were weapons experts and a useless mouth gun brother, and the group went to Saudi Arabia on a military plane. The colonel's boss is also a prince, and bureaucrats all over the world are the same: not for merit, but for fault. It doesn't matter if the problem is solved or not, as long as you don't take the blame. The prince and the colonel said, go look at the FBI and don't make any mistakes. The colonel said that the general had little experience in investigations and volunteered to investigate the attack, apparently not wanting to be the nanny. The prince is right, terrorists wear police uniforms, and now the police are full of bags, so it would be good to let you join in the investigation, and pick and choose.
The captain arrived in Saudi Arabia and was picked up by the colonel. At the same time, the deceased agent was put in a coffin and was to be transported back to the country. In this situation, when the two gangs met, the atmosphere was quite embarrassing. The captain and his party had all kinds of doubts about the colonel. The implication was that you couldn't do it. Can't do this, can't do that either. The captain and his gang were quite depressed, but they lived in the gym at night, were locked inside, and had their weapons taken away, so there was nothing they could do. The domestic justice minister knew that the captain and the others went to Saudi Arabia, and they were so angry that three corpses jumped violently. It is a trivial matter whether they died or not. The key is how can I do without me. I asked the FBI director for a scolding. , let the subordinate cheerleader come back by plane, and the captain did not bird him. The actual combat troops are not bureaucratic, and this kind of drama still looks relatively relieved.
As for the team that couldn't do two things, in the process of interacting with the colonel, they gradually understood each other. The FBI sacrificed the agents here, but the colonel's dozens of subordinates were all blown to pieces. Speaking of catching terrorists The colonel is no less eager than the captain. Of course, the captain has won a total of 3 or 5 days, and the urgency is relatively high. The captain asked the staff of the park to get the clues of the suspect; Zui Pao pushed out the shooting building through the video released by the terrorists; the doctor dissected the corpse and found that the self-destructor was covered with blue glass beads in order to increase the power; The remains of the ambulance that detonated and eventually exploded were found in the puddle. As soon as all kinds of clues were pieced together, the colonel took a group of troops and a team to destroy a terrorist den. The embassy's dragging arm said to the captain, "It's a great achievement, it's almost done, hurry up and withdraw." Although the captain was very upset that he didn't catch the ringleader, he agreed. The colonel rushed to the airport with the captain and his party, but unexpectedly something happened on the way. The terrorists have long been eyeing the captain and his party. A car full of explosives blew the convoy upside down. In the chaos, Zuipao was kidnapped by the terrorists. The captain and his gang followed the colonel.
Then there is a climactic shootout scene, and finally the captain and they rescue the mouth gun in a residential building. Before leaving, the doctor returned to a family he passed by before, probably wanting to comfort the little girl who had been frightened by him before, so he gave the little girl a lollipop, and the little girl gave back a blue glass bead. A group of people were stunned. The colonel reacted the fastest. He stepped forward to help the old man on the sofa. In fact, he wanted to see the old man's fingers, because he knew that the leader's fingers were destroyed by the bomb. The leader knew that it was exposed. At this time, the grandson who shot the video of the attack came from behind and killed the colonel. The captain and his party immediately killed the leader and the grandson who shot. Before the leader died, he whispered a few words to the little grandson who was on him, and remembered this detail.
The film is almost over here, you may say that this is not a typical anti-terrorism film, what is the difference? The finishing touch does not need to be too much ink, remember the details of the two notes to be made? After repeated questions by Zuipao, the doctor said that the captain's words to comfort her were: Don't worry, I will kill them all. And the little grandson also told his mother that before his grandfather died, what he said was exactly the same: it's okay, we will kill them all in the future. This kind of mutual belief that they are doing justice, yet allowing hatred to spread, is what really sends a chill down the spine. The main culprit in New Zealand time is also said to have witnessed the atrocities of Islamic terrorists during a trip to Stockholm, and has since embarked on the path of extremism. When is the time for retribution, and how should we deal with it?
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