"I'd rather look the devil into the eyes" "21 Bridges" is a typical police and gangster film in the popular sense. Chase story. The time span is short (evening to early morning), with a theater-like space-time continuity. In terms of content, it includes common elements of police and gangster films such as drug trafficking, gunfights, money laundering, and hostages. The intention is not to innovate the theme, but to pay more attention to the deepening of the characters and themes. Although it is a "police and bandit movie", the focus is on "police" rather than "bandit". At the beginning of the film, the protagonist Andrew is placed in a "trial" position: in the more than ten years of entering the NYPD, he has shot and killed seven or eight criminals. This behavior was unbelievable in the eyes of the palliative and conservative police officers who asked: "Are you afraid? When you see their eyes in your dreams" Andrew's answer is: "Justice comes at a cost" ( Justice comes at a price) However, it is such a police detective who is jokingly called "trigger", who has always adhered to the principle of "speak first shoot second", constantly trying to build trust with the suspects and encourage them throughout the process of chasing the murderer. Tell the truth; because of this, drug dealer Michael handed over the USB flash drive as the key evidence before his death to help him crack the big case of black police drug trafficking. In contrast, other police officers resorted to violent law enforcement, rashly shooting suspects without clear evidence to point to, thereby cutting off leads to the real culprit. The film explores two ills of capitalist institutions: one is appeasement of conservatism, and the other is violent law enforcement. The former mostly appears in the process of post-trial trials, while the latter is reflected in the scene of law enforcement. The union of the two paradoxes makes innocents scapegoats and criminals at large. So, how to balance these two extremes? The film also gives the answer: always seek the truth. Do not aim to kill criminals, but take the truth as the criterion for all actions. At the end of the film, there is a reversal of "all the villains": the 85th team of police officers headed by Kelly has been involved in drug trafficking for a long time. Facing Andrew's questioning, Kelly justified himself with the theory of "existence is reasonable": whether he participated in it or not, the drug trade has always existed, and the police officers are only selling drugs for a living. I'
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