It has not been explored where the director's political positioning is for this film, after all, this is an authentic American film. The director's thoughts and motives for shooting, as well as the social status quo alluded to in every shot and every line of the film, are things that we cannot fully understand because of the differences in national conditions.
Separated from the director's own positioning, in this film we saw how a people who survived in a state of almost anarchy resisted and played against the cruel reality. Of course, all of this is actually at the spiritual level. There is a willingness to resist, but no ability to resist.
This film gives our imagination the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise see wisdom. Before thinking about it, look at the movie itself. The director has a lot of ideas and wants to express a lot, but unfortunately the heat is not enough and the positioning is not clear enough. There are also some scenes that pay homage to movies such as "The Executioner" or "Kill Bill" in the filming method of the film. With the two acting schools of JUDE LAW and ALICE BRAGA supporting the facade, the film should have followed a clear line. The main line continues, but the second half of the film obviously feels a little messy, from escaping to meeting the heroine, and then the two are in the mood to create a novel while the protagonist is struggling to survive. The situation is outstanding. By the time I made up my mind to fix everything, it all seemed abrupt and unfinished. (Of course, there is a foreshadowing in this, and the audience who sees the ending will understand.)
Overall, the CULT component of the film is just right. The two leading actors, including forest whitaker, and even the uncle who plays the manager of the federal company, are all authentic Acting school, aura is also enough. The story is also a good story, and of course the ending is a finishing touch. However, such a theme and such a story should have been more impactful after the end, but unfortunately the director's storytelling skills need to be improved.
Leaving the film, we see a savage and disorderly government (allowing undocumented agents to kill at will), a monopoly (possibly several) over the government (private loan sharks, own the right to human life), a powerless government law enforcement agency (there are no police officers in the airport, but employees of a certain company participate in the airport security check).
All this seems to be alluding to the social status quo of a certain dynasty.
However, there must be mobs under heavy pressure. How can the people of a country live and work in peace and contentment when their basic living conditions cannot be guaranteed?
In such a social situation, all non-middle-class people are the targets of exploitation. Basically, even the most basic human right to survive cannot be guaranteed. You are only faced with two different ways of dying, one is "death from illness" and the other is "crushed to death" by various extortionate and miscellaneous taxes.
Even the protagonist of the film, at the beginning he played a cynical and indecisive "recycler", has no sympathy for the people who are struggling on the line of survival. But when his wife and children appear, the protagonist begins to shine with humanity, until the "execution" of the blues music star (that is, when he was framed), the protagonist showed a very warm side, accompanied by the music casually The swing of the film, and the phrase "oh, I am a fans of your music , i love it".
The fate of the protagonist at the end can be imagined. Throughout the whole movie, there is only one exploitative class, the manager of the Federal Corporation, the devil. The general charm is to buy artificial organs, and step by step, the kind and ignorant people will eventually be pulled into the abyss of doom.
Although the ending did not tell the end of the manager, it is conceivable that he is still high and carefree, still earning black money, maybe holding a different girl every night, and then surprised to find, hey, your breasts and Vagina are our company's products.
As for the role played by forest whitaker, it seems paranoid and not shocking. In fact, he would rather carry high debts for his friends. He is also a sad person who is oppressed and exploited, but he looks more open. Unconditional acceptance of the social status quo in which he lives, he knows that he is powerless to struggle, so he can only live in reality, but would rather give his friends a happy ending in fact. You love your gorgeous floating life, and I will give it to you.
This film tells us that in the face of reality, we either choose to accept it unconditionally, or the result can only be living in our own illusory world waiting for death, or you are already "dead"
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