This film reminds me that in "Dark Dancer", there is also a scene of execution, the difference is: it was a hanging, and the protagonist who was executed was put on a black hood to complete the execution process; In the film, before Matthew's death, his gray-blue eyes can see through the glass the outstretched hand of Sister Helen, her loving face, and her eyes full of tears. On the way to death, every minute, every second, through the impeccable performances of the hero and heroine, you feel as hopeless, helpless and lonely as they do. The entire lethal injection process made people feel cold and mechanical. The death row prisoner Matthew gradually calmed down from trembling, and then closed his eyes.
At the beginning of the film, the ignorance and sin of human nature, the cruelty of the death penalty, and the hospice care of religion and love make these three in the same dimension of space and time, which seems so difficult and abrupt. Sister Helen's decision to help and accompany Matthew was puzzled by many, including her own family; Matthew also rejected Helen at first, and even made fun of her. With patience and meticulousness, Helen awakened the love in the heart of the extremely violent Matthew, and made him realize that he had never loved, even himself, the day before his execution, he finally knew how to love himself and his family, so he faced himself Past sins, repented.
At the scene of the execution, the parents of the victim's boy and girl were also there. They saw the entire execution of the sentence. The Bible says that the blood debt must be paid with blood. But how much can be repaid in such a way?
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