——Han Xi
Chris is a promising sports genius in town, but it is because of a very romantic indulgence at night that his life has fallen from heaven to hell!
There is no doubt that the director did not intend to portray the character as a prodigal son, so the mistakes he made are actually forgivable, and most people will have a feeling of regret. In particular, Chris himself paid a heavy price for this mistake. Not only was he unable to continue his career as an athlete, but his brain was severely damaged due to the car accident. Even what just happened, he can't seem to remember at all. , can only live on a small notepad that he carries with him.
It is conceivable to imagine what a blow to this young man before and after the car accident, the self-blame of losing a friend, the destruction of a bright future, and the fact that he had to appear in front of the world as a disabled person. Life is just lingering.
Generally speaking, the appearance of such characters tends to lead the film in two directions, one is inspirational, and the other is redemption, but in either direction, it is difficult for the film to connect the disabled person with a crime. Together. But the director has made this film into a suspenseful film, which is very innovative. How does a disabled person stop crime? This question will guide the audience to continue watching.
Occupation is undoubtedly an important premise of the film, and as a night watchman at a bank, Chris is destined to be associated with crime. The gangsters take a keen interest in Chris due to his absolute identity and slowly approach him. It is conceivable that Chris, who has become a disabled person, still has a young and active heart, but the reality makes him unable to live or even fall in love like a normal person. The lost girlfriend has also become the biggest burden in Chris's heart. In this case, the gangsters actually found Chris's soft threat, knowing what exactly was needed by this one-time athletic genius?
Life then begins to make waves in peace, and Chris is in love. The seduction of a woman is a kind of encouragement to a man to a certain extent, and she can give Chris great confidence and courage. The appearance of Ruu Wuli made Chris find the strength and confidence that he should have as a normal man. And the gangster Gary even induces Chris to surpass himself and restore his former glory. Of course, the way to do it is to take the money in that bank to himself. When the bank robbery plan was revealed, everyone in the audience knew that Gary was taking advantage of Chris, and couldn't help but worry about Chris's choice. But Chris agreed to the plan anyway.
Obviously, the confidence Chris gained from his interactions with Gary and Ruwley was actually very narrow. In his heart, he still believed that he could not be recognized by society and his family. So this self-confidence is completely inflated by Gary's plan, not a real self-confidence. Although Chris's memory is damaged, his social judgment is not chaotic, so he obviously understands the crime of robbing banks and the use of it by Gary and others, but the phrase "wealth is power" always haunts his ear. Chris is no longer satisfied with the confidence that Rouoli and Gary gave him. He wants to gain real self-confidence and real social status with wealth!
When a person needs to use wealth to express his power, it means that he is actually extremely unconfident. He is absolutely dependent on society and needs social approval.
At this time, the film confronts two forces, one is Gary's deliberate exaggeration of Chris' self-confidence, and the other is Chris's longtime friend Lewis' ruthless revelation of reality. Lewis is blind in both eyes, but he is an optimistic person who can face up to his disability, integrate into the society as a disabled person, and silently endure many of the life challenges brought about by being a disabled person. The inconvenience, and more importantly, he believes that through his own efforts, everything will slowly get better.
However, Chris is obviously unable to be as happy as Lewis, his self-confidence ignited by the gangsters has been blindly expanded and continues to expand, so he refuses to admit his disability status, and refuses to show mercy to the disabled in his opinion. kindness. This psychological motivation is very realistic.
The development of the film here involves the director's attitude towards the story. To be honest, the author thinks that a character like Chris can carry out the case to the end, or obtain the final wealth as a disabled person. But in fact, the director only made Chris change his mind temporarily through one or two details of social favor, and finally defeated the gangster through his own efforts.
The climax of the film is how Chris defeats the gangster, with a significantly quicker pace and a lot of drama. It is conceivable that a disabled person must not only defeat the bad guy, but also himself, in the process of turning from a bandit to a policeman. The details here are rich. Although its creativity and actors' performances are commendable, in fact, there is a sense of jumping, which is slightly out of touch with the overall style of the film. The main reason for this feeling is that the first half of the film has been expressing Chris's life in a calm and objective form, slowly infiltrating Chris's psychological motives through some details, it seems so plain, and at the end of the film. As a result of the drama, Chris's inner motives are instantly gone and replaced by just some purposeful action.
Returning to the choice at the end, no matter whether Chris is atonement or saving himself through extreme methods, the passage of defeating the gangsters really makes him regain his self-confidence, which is obviously a kind of social self-confidence. Confidence that is impossible. So, Chris becomes Lewis, but the question is has Chris really got himself back? Maybe this is a question?
Obviously, this is a movie that promotes the development of the story by the inner psychology of the characters, and the settings of all plots also induce changes in the protagonist's mentality and choices. In the methodical narrative process, we see the desire and change in the heart of a disabled person, which in itself seems to have more practical significance than the character of Chris!
Han Xi
2007-8-14 in Tongzhou
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