I just saw this movie, and I personally feel that it is a very sharp anti-war movie. Or the hegemonic films against the West. District 13, an area that is closed, cannot get a fair deal with the outside world, and develops normally. There are two main groups in it, black and Islamic. Isn't this just like today's world, black Africa and South America, and the Islamic world, are frequently sanctioned and blocked by the West? Because of the blockade, the two groups had to sell drugs and were forced to survive, so the film does not focus on blaming drug trafficking. Thinking that the first Parkour Brother started with destroying drugs, this episode is about blowing up walls, which means obvious. The protagonists of the entire film are striving for an open blockade and fair development, but the opponents, representing the hegemonic DISS special forces in Europe and America, are secretly provocative, in order to gain the understanding and support of ordinary people in Paris—representing the white class in the West, at the expense of killing the police. Create conflict. Think of the American "Iraq has weapons of mass destruction" joke, that's the thing. The twists and turns go by, and it's funny when the president finally pushes the button and blows up District 13. Have you noticed that every time you press the button, the sound of the explosion gets closer and closer. Also, the group of protagonists united to save District 13. Why was it very relaxed and resolute when the president ordered it later? The answer is that they have moved the red laser pointers that the helicopters had put down earlier, which they had placed in the center of Paris. Outside the presidential palace is the embassy district, right in the center of Paris, next to the Champs-Élysées, with the Louvre at one end and the Arc de Triomphe at the other, the Seine River running parallel to the avenue, and Notre Dame de Paris on the bank. The Invalides, the Eiffel Tower, and countless museums, so let's think about it, the sound of the explosion that was getting closer and closer actually blew up Paris, the most essential core part of Western culture. ! Isn't this alluding to the relics of West Asian and North African civilizations that have long been demolished and destroyed by Europeans and Americans? Burned Yuanmingyuan? The slaughtered Inca civilization, the Indian civilization? Wait, wait, no more narration. Of course, the film did not give this shot. I think this is also because as a film with a strong commercial atmosphere, it is still necessary to make concessions on the cruelty of the shot. If you let the audience see the ruins of Paris, what kind of effect? And the last button that wasn't pressed, isn't it...?
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