According to my observation, most cynics are cowardly and weak. But the protagonist of this movie is an exception. Because he is a killer, or a carrot killer.
In many cases, I am also quite cynical.
I hate people who talk loudly, make phone calls, and sing with earphones on the bus. I hate them;
I hate women with sunglasses running through red lights;
I hate talking about fights and all night. Pundi students;
I extremely hate the prankster who
dusts soot on the leftover dinner plate; I hate the idiot of anonymously making brain-dead remarks on the blog;
……
……
I hate them!!!
Every time, I clearly felt a stubborn head sticking out in my heart, yelling with my middle finger up: Fuck him, fuck him! Damn it!
But most of the time, I remained silent.
That's why, when I watched this film, I felt refreshed. Because this film satisfies the obscenity of all cynics.
The male protagonist in the film meets a dude who doesn’t obey the traffic rules, a middle-aged man with a ponytail, a wretched man with earrings, a robber who wears slippers and has dirty toes...and so on. When I was upset and raised the thought of "I hate...", he didn't keep silent like I did, but took his gun out of his arms-of course, carrots, to kill him. Bullets and carrots flew horizontally, and I clearly heard the little head in my heart shouting cheerfully:
Go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death , go to death bastard!
Just as Uncle He Caitou once sighed, there are endless brains and stupid faces in the world. If you come into this world with "a heart that refuses to kitsch", you will be cynical. The Black Panthers once shouted that if this world makes me unhappy, there must be some things that need to be rearranged. Soon after singing, the Black Panthers became an inspirational band. It shows that cynics need a strong enough inner world. Of course, there must be sufficiently high and strong means.
Technically speaking, the killer in the film has reached the highest level of martial arts: flying flowers and picking leaves can hurt people. To reach the realm where there is no sword is better than the sword. The shooting scene in this realm is completely beyond your expectation. He can shoot with a rope, shoot while fucking a woman (what a sturdy scene worthy of a man's thought!), shoot with a broken finger-not even shoot.
His inner world is also strong enough. He didn't become a robber, he bought bullets on credit, he was allergic to lactose, and his snacks were just carrots. In this ugly city, he sticks to his inner ethics.
Such a cynic is simply invincible. There was an ancient person who could fight with one of them, and that was Diogenes. The cynical Diogenes said to Alexander the Great, go away and don't block Lao Tzu's sunshine.
From the point of view of a commercial film, there is nothing to be picky about this film. A killer, a baby, a glamorous prostitute, a high IQ villain + countless others, a group of stupid brains waiting to be filmed and pumped.
However, I deeply believe that this film has a deeper meaning.
The down-and-out killer represents the liberals, while the well-dressed villain is the self-proclaimed elite in power. Those in power think the world is good enough. And liberals are never satisfied and will never behave. At the end of the film, the libertarians triumphed and ridiculed the self-proclaimed powerful authority. You are just a coward, exposing the inner world of all vested interests who are afraid to change.
Being a liberal is not easy. After being embarrassed by Diogenes, Alexander the Great thoughtfully said: "If I were not Alexander, I must be Diogenes." Because he knew that only the conqueror Alexander and the beggar were living in the world. Diogenes is free. If you want to be free, either become a conqueror or put yourself in exile and marginalized by the secular world.
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