Politics and Revenge

Price 2022-03-21 09:02:04

Four and a half stars. This is not a typical Jackie Chan movie, or a movie with Jackie Chan as the center and just as one of the characters. Jackie Chan tag and action revenge themes aside, this is a very informative political film that I think is good. To this end, it will take some time to expand the political background. The political confrontation between the British government and the leaders of Northern Ireland, and the determined revenge of the Chinese living in a foreign land interweave and interpret this "British confrontation". It has always made me tangled in thinking, in the face of the hatred of losing my beloved, shouldn't I be determined to take revenge, and when will the revenge after hatred be repaid? From the perspective of this stranger, it expanded to the feud between the British ethnic regions at that time. The continuous bloodshed made each family individual bear new hatred. The shadow of hatred has always spread. When will it end? Some people think that the senior official in Northern Ireland played by Lao Bu is wronged, so can the blood on his hands be easily wiped off? Moreover, under his political confrontation with the British government, it was a dirty and ruthless political transaction, a political conspiracy of intrigue, a selfish selfishness who lost the car and guarded the commander, and a big traitor like loyalty. Senior officials are neither innocent nor sympathetic. On the contrary, with the end of the action, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, and let this revenge have a beginning and an end.

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  • Myron 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    Among the 5 main forces of the National Day file, the only one with a rhythm is still OK...

  • Shaylee 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    I almost missed a good movie because of the bad publicity and shit-like 3D in China. This stern and composed style and the "mourning" flavor in the bones are more pleasing to the eye than other films that are forced to be funny in the same period.

The Foreigner quotes

  • Liam Hennessy: You killed my dog.

    Quan Ngoc Minh: Dog's fine. Just sleeping.

  • Quan Ngoc Minh: [opens coat] I'm wearing a bomb. Anyone comes in, I touch it one, then we die. Now, give me the names.

    Liam Hennessy: They claim to be IRA, but I don't know who they really are. I'm doin' everything I can to find out who's responsible.

    Quan Ngoc Minh: [puts gun to Hennessy's head] You're lying! Who killed my daughter?

    Liam Hennessy: I'm sorry! I truly don't know yet!

    Quan Ngoc Minh: [pause] The explosive the bombers use, it's Semtex-H?

    Liam Hennessy: [nervous] Yes. Yes. You know about Semtex?

    Quan Ngoc Minh: I know Semtex-H. During the war Czechs make for the army. Good for bombs and traps.

    Liam Hennessy: In Vietnam?

    Quan Ngoc Minh: Yes. Many American people died by Semtex-H. Now, IRA use to kill my daughter. That's ironic.

    Liam Hennessy: I've read your history. We both know about war. We've both tried to put it behind us. You and me, we're alike.

    Quan Ngoc Minh: [backhands Hennessy in the face] We are NOTHING alike. You're NOTHING! You kill women and children! NAMES!

    Liam Hennessy: To Almighty God, I don't know!

    Quan Ngoc Minh: [cocks the gun]

    Liam Hennessy: WAIT! Wait! I've set a trap for them when they use the next bomb. When they claim responsibility for the next bombing, they'll use a code word, telling the police they're IRA. I've changed that code word. So when they use it, I'll know.

    Quan Ngoc Minh: [lowers the gun] You have one day.

    Liam Hennessy: ...what if they don't set off a bomb by then?

    Quan Ngoc Minh: Twenty-four hours.

    [leaves]

    Liam Hennessy: ...Jesus. Oh, Jesus, sweet Jesus.