——Foreword to "Stickman"
: After checking it out, the so-called "stickman" is a slang term, referring to those highly skilled liars who can deceive people even with a box of matches A bright. Therefore, "Stickman" is a film about liars.
In the whole movie, the most impressive thing to the audience is probably the desperate deception: when Roy the stickman washed his hands with a golden plate because of his daughter, and was about to sacrifice himself for it, he realized that he was also in the most serious situation. of the scam. The daughter is fake, the friendship is fake, and even the dog full of bills looks so unreal. So, the stickman was deceived.
Roy is a three-dimensional figure: he has serious cleanliness, weird obsessive-compulsive disorder, and an unapproachable cold heart. In fact, he is not a downright bad person, at least when he taught his "daughter" to cheat the first lesson, he even asked her to return the money to the original owner. Someone once said: What is conscience? Conscience is that when you do bad things, it will sting your soul, but when you do more and more bad things, the edges and corners of conscience will be smoothed, and eventually it will be useless. But I think, at least at this moment, Roy has not reached the extreme situation of "no effect", and his conscience is just hidden by him unconsciously and carefully - just like the dog stuffed with banknotes.
So, when the "daughter" that was carefully prepared for him appeared, his conscience began to stir. He began to yearn to live a normal life, to have a family and family like ordinary people, of course, the premise of this is to have enough money. Therefore, there is the so-called "last deceit".
Since ancient times, the last job has been prone to stubbornness, and he and his teammates who cooperated seamlessly have also suffered this time. At this moment, the kindness that had been dormant in his body for a long time finally filled his body like a deadly germ. He chose to compromise and chose the mirage-like "family". Of course, everything developed according to the script. When the safe password was revealed, everything about him disappeared along with the appearance of his conscience.
Kindness is indeed the most extravagant wealth for a bad person. Even if it was only for a moment, the experienced man had a tinge of doubt about that "daughter", and there was a possibility that this deception could be seen through.
I once heard a story from my teacher: His friend was a playboy, and he was still so bohemian when he was 30 years old. Cynical, he never thought of taking his heart away, and others were almost disappointed in him. Finally, one morning, he found out that the girl who had been with him last night cooked breakfast for him, and he hugged her and cried all morning. Of course, just like the plot of the movie, they got married just like that.
How they ended up, I don't know. What I think is that everyone seems to have such a fatal weakness in their hearts. If they are stabbed, they will disarm all their weapons and raise their hands to surrender - Roy's weakness, that is, the "daughter".
I don't know if Roy will regret a few years later. The cunning stickman was framed and used his true feelings. But I think, when the last sentence of the film appears: "Goodbye, Dad. ' Roy will find that even if kindness is a luxury he doesn't deserve, he at least once had it.
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