Perhaps in order to truly restore the whole incident, there is no protagonist in this film - there are a few more important characters, but they are not the protagonists, but they are more involved in this event. In general feature films, the protagonist will take on a particularly heavy responsibility, let him discover major clues, let him fight alone, fight against his boss, let him capture the murderer, and let him gain insight into the truth of life, but this film does not have such a protagonist. The policeman played by Mark Wahlberg may be the character with the most scenes. He also assumes some functions, but not all of them. He is not the protagonist, and he is not that kind of "hero". There is no such "hero" in the film.
But everyone in this film is a protagonist and a hero.
From the very beginning, the film promotes several characters at the same time. Among these people are the policeman played by Wahlberg, the injured in the terrorist attack, the policeman who was shot by terrorists, the hostages who were taken hostage, and the people who participated in the pursuit. The police superintendent, but also the terrorists. Describe the details of their lives from the morning of the day they started, their interactions with the people around them. This approach is very unflattering. From the perspective of storytelling, it actually hinders the story, because the real participation of many characters in the incident of the air raid actually happened at a very back position, and they wandered for a long time. beyond the story. For example, the Chinese boy won't be a hostage until halfway through the movie, and the old superintendent joined the hunt even later than that. However, before this real involvement, the movie has also been following their lives.
If it is an ordinary feature film, it is completely fine not to tell those lives, they are passers-by, and they do not need such a detailed background of characters. But this movie is about it. The whole movie has been trying hard to portray these ordinary passers-by, explaining their backgrounds, but paying more attention than big figures such as FBI agents. You don't know where the big people come from, and they pop out to solve the problems that should be solved. Do they have family? Do they have conflicts with their bosses and colleagues? Do they have dreams? There must be, but the movie doesn't talk about it. The movie uses its power on passers-by.
That's it, these passers-by are portrayed as real people, the most ordinary people, who were living the most ordinary lives, and then were affected by this event. Until the end of the event, the ending part of the film, the focus is also on these ordinary people, extending to their later lives. They have love in their hearts, courage, and the ability to conquer anything. Maybe that's the biggest charm.
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