The story line of this film is very interesting: in order to get rich, the fiery ordinary people in the slums form violent gangs, use the law of the jungle as their way of survival, and sell drugs for profit, so they naturally become the bait for the righteous SWATs; During the struggle, the drug dealers eventually recovered and were sanctioned. However, it seems that the law of the jungle is not only believed in by drug dealers. Under the "justice" or "judgment of enemy and self" by the special police, drug dealers were finally "killed" in prison, and violence was subjected to more professional and powerful violent sanctions; the wonderful Yes, in this life-and-death contest called "justice", the local security police and the powers behind them regained control of the territory. To be precise, they took the land and established an "administrative" monopoly to provide this new "group". It has become the biggest beneficiary of this anti-drug war.
The male protagonist of this film understands the interest chain between drug dealers and the police, and even planned his own script, but he did not expect such a twist. It can be said that this is the most wonderful part of the plot of the film. In front of legal organizations, even the most vicious gangs and drug dealers are just small characters who deal with them easily. If it is said that the working people have never lacked the wisdom of accumulating money, I believe that the monopolists in the film are not inferior, and they are definitely better! What does it mean to receive a protection fee? TV, Internet, or even making a fire for cooking, all have to be decided by these "legal organizations".
Therefore, the resistance of our heroes and elites to injustice and brutality is the theme promoted in the second half of the film, and at the end of the film, the spirit of justice, democracy and the rule of law is also promoted at the end, which makes the believers in the rule of law really excited. a handful. But the problem is, if the chain of events begins with an unsuccessful prison suppression command by the male protagonist, as the narrator says in this film, it seems to be saying that the chain reaction stems from an accidental accident. From the very beginning, the director threw out such a proposition to the audience that "if this kind of thing hadn't happened, there would be no such thing", and described a series of killing incidents and the helplessness of the male protagonist in the face of power. The story unfolds one by one in a causal relationship, in which the blood splattered by drug dealers on the words of human rights, the cunning and abomination of politicians, the ferocity and brutality of police chiefs, the incitement and fooling of lobbyists, the director's successful interpretation With this proposition, "If there is no such thing, they will not appear", is it really so!
In fact, what this movie brings to us is not just such a story that "any similarity is purely coincidental". What the director and screenwriter conveyed through the lens is far greater than the more than 1 hour story carried by this script. Because this movie makes us see fear, loss of control, helplessness, as well as grief and helplessness towards power, it reminds us of various things in reality, and awakens the dark memories hidden in the blood of ordinary people. As asked in the film, what is this huge interest group and system?
What is the source of corruption? Is the cause of the conflict really the civilians who form violent gangs and sell drugs, or is it poverty that creates chaos and breeds corruption? If there are no heroes and no elites, can our legal system remove social cancers and punish lawbreakers?
Of course, I believe that these questions are not only my doubts, but also the questions the director asks the audience in the film; I believe that violence can lead to hatred, and hatred can lead to injustice; I also believe that poverty can motivate people, and power can also Benefit people. Conflict is not accidental. Even if there is no poverty, there will be drugs; without violence, there will be hatred; with laws, power will also expand; if it is you and me, it may not be able to withstand the temptation of corruption. A road of no return, one mistake after another. While questioning our systems, our institutions, our laws, and our people in power, it is equally important that we have such a hero in our hearts, such a team of elites who can be called "our own people", to give us Courage gives us confidence and becomes our creed in troubled times. Perhaps, we ourselves still have more things to work on.
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