a new movie. Describes the torture of prisoners at the Guantanamo base in the United States.
Mauritania is in northern Africa, where the people believe in Islam. Inspired by "jihad against the infidels," a young man there, Slashi, joined al-Qaeda and fought against the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. Unexpectedly, after the 9/11 incident, he was taken to the Guantanamo base as a suspect of al-Qaeda, and he suffered a lot of torture inexplicably. After hearing about it, female lawyer Nancy served as Sluhi's defense attorney. On behalf of the U.S. government, it is Stuart, a U.S. attorney, who is preparing to sue Slahi. During the preparation process, Nancy learned from Sluhi and Stuart from the prison files, and they learned about the brutal abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo at almost the same time. The video shows this event.
The U.S. military base at Guantanamo is located in Cuba. A prison was built inside, specially used to detain terrorists captured by the United States around the world. "This base exists outside the jurisdiction of U.S. law," the film said. Following the cameras, the audience and Nancy saw the extrajudicial prison. High walls and barbed wire, layers of heavy iron gates, and groups of American guards with live ammunition. The American soldier leading the way just shouted the command: "Defend freedom. Open the door!" A vicious dog rushed up immediately. It gives people the feeling that there is no freedom without defense. After the continuous interrogation, the CIA personnel told Slashie: "Once the military intelligence takes over, your interrogation will not be so friendly." Slashie asked in confusion: "What will happen? No tea? No Cake?" Actually, what happened to him later was far less suave than he had imagined. Next are those cruel images of prisoner torture that we have long seen in newspapers or on the Internet. The evil hidden in people's hearts has been fully vented here. Before that, Nancy was surprised to see that Sluhi had admitted to all the crimes the authorities had charged. When I learned about the inhuman torture that Slashi suffered, I realized that no one can refuse to admit to a crime they don't know under such torture. Only the devil can come up with all kinds of tortures that destroy a person's whole body. will, endurance and self-esteem. We know that Slahi is not a completely innocent person. After all, he has participated in Al Qaeda. After all, he has received members of Al Qaeda at home, and his cousin is someone close to Osama bin Laden. But just because of this, can Sluhi be considered a terrorist? Is it because of this that he has the right to abuse him? No wonder Nancy later said to Stuart: "I think I know why they're building a prison there. We were all wrong. They didn't want to keep those detainees out of court, my client wasn't a suspect, he was Witnesses." Regrettably, the US court only regarded Slashi as a suspect and did not give him the opportunity to be a witness.
When Slahi was caught, he thought he would be back soon. Before getting into the car, he told his mother, "Don't worry, Mom. Leave me some stew." After being tortured and humiliated, he still has a vision for the future. When he was letting out the wind, he climbed the railing with his hands and cast his eyes on the other side of the high wall, expecting to see the boiling life outside. He said to fellow inmates on the other side of the barbed wire: "When I get home, I'm going to lie in bed and listen to the waves of the sea. Can you hear? The sound of the sea is all the same. Close your eyes and listen! Imagine yourself Go home. Don't give up." Not long after he said these words, the inmate number 241 died tragically in his cell. And Sluhi himself has spent 14 years in prison for no apparent reason.
There is a scene in the film where Stuart, the prosecutor, and Nancy, the defense attorney, meet by chance. Stu asked Nancy: "I ask you, I know everyone has the right to defend, but working for someone like that, don't you worry at all?" Nancy replied, "I'm not just defending him, I'm defending the rule of law." Yes, not just Nancy, and not just the profession of lawyers. The American people today still have confidence in their system. But in fact, contrary to the wishes of most kind people, in the West, the institutional system that carries those beautiful values has long been riddled with holes. For those "elites" who enforce such systems, deceit and hypocrisy are their permanent glory.
Writing here, I can't help but feel some other emotions. There is an urge to "go ahead". It doesn't seem to have anything to do with this movie. In case a friend sees this here, you might as well skip over or simply look at other articles.
There has always been a big difference in the perceptions of Easterners and Westerners. The Confucian concept that the Easterners believe in tells us to be kind to others, to be honest, to be self-righteous (prudent and independent), and to be a gentleman. etc. Any evil and wrongdoing, whether public or unknown, is morally unworkable and despised by society. In the West, however, these concepts are slightly different from those in the East. I have read the book Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. Anna's derailment of Warrensky was not a big deal at first. In the upper class, there are many things about men stealing women prostitutes on the surface, and it's not surprising. As long as you know and I know. But Anna chose to make the matter public, which was a big taboo. The established rule in aristocratic circles is that bad things can be done but not said. So Anna finally had to choose the lying track. Look at America again. Some time ago, the Internet has been talking about the Fort Detrick base. I thought, don't the American people really know what's going on? Whether looking at the facts or by feeling, people must be well aware of the ugly inside story. But can't say. Why? The honor of the nation is not the foremost consideration of the American people, but their moral code does not permit them to admit this shameful place and shameful things. The most intolerable hypocrisy in our morals turns out to be glorious in the West. In their opinion, money in the bank is not considered money unless it is spent, the zipper of the pants is not buttoned, as long as everyone pretends not to see, it means that he has been buttoned. The emperor paraded on the streets without clothes, and everyone recognized that he was wearing a beautiful new clothes, that is, he was wearing it. In the same way, bad things are not bad as long as they are not spoken out. It is moral not to say it. The opposite is immoral. The word "hypocrite" is not a derogatory connotation for Westerners, but a polite goodwill.
Everyone has known about prisoner abuse for a long time, and silently condoned and tolerated it. And the person who dared to speak out immediately became the most shameful person in people's minds. Therefore, several alternative characters in the film are actually like the child in Andersen's fairy tale, who dares to say that the emperor has no clothes, and that's amazing! Once Stuart resigned in anger, he was called a "traitor". Nancy not only defended Slashi, but even encouraged him to publish a book about the scandal in prison, which is even more intolerable. She became a typical "scumbag lawyer". It was attacked by the American people. this is the truth. It is a little regrettable that here, some elites claim to be advocating American culture, and unknowingly, while accepting their advanced culture, they also accept the hypocrisy of Western culture, and they are proud of it.
The plot of the entire film follows the Hollywood model, a bit old-fashioned. The characters in the film have weak personalities, and the structure is just a simple narrative, and there is no in-depth exploration. Of course, this is my own feeling.
My rating: 6.5.
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