Finally, forgiveness as an outlet for anger

Merle 2022-03-24 09:02:04

The film opens with Billy killing a 16-year-old girl with his bare hands, then staying in the room waiting for the police and the child's father to arrive. Awaiting his trial, punishment and end. Billy's entanglement with his mother and brothers filled his heart with anger, and his heart without an outlet could only be released and ended in the unforgiveness of others.

Billy's death, interrogation on Julian's and his mother's chest—forgive, or not. Julian, who chose to forgive, resisted his mother's wishes several times, trying to be forgiven. A mother who chooses not to forgive, almost insane, seeking revenge. Thinking that money is great, in other people's countries and territories, they can trample on justice and ravage the people. The revenge was so bloody and bloody, and finally brought Chang's sharp knife to himself, causing his own demise.

Crystal, the mother figure, is a mockery of all the good things in the world - incest, cold blood, perversion, pride. At the end of the film, Julian saw his mother dead in a pool of blood. He used a sharp knife borrowed from Chang to open his mother's abdominal cavity as a kind of self-release and escape. He stretched his hand into his belly and protruded out of his mother's womb. This symbolic act revealed his deep disgust for mothers - such a dirty, blood-stained woman was not worthy of a womb that gave birth to life.

Chang's image naturally cannot arouse people's admiration. This is an image that is not easy to touch people's emotions. He walks at all levels of society, enforcing the law and enforcing justice. I can understand that the film chose Thailand as the scene. This is a country that is used by white people as a playground and a garbage dump. This is a garbage dump where you can escape, launder money, sell drugs, and go to prostitutes, not even a back garden. Billy and his mother, such typical white trash. In such a situation, where does the law focus on upholding justice? Only Jianghu people like Chang can straighten this society with their own hands with a meaningful sharp knife.

Billy and his mother, were cruel, unforgiving people. To choose not to forgive the world is diabolical and evil. Billy's method of killing a 16-year-old girl is so cruel that even the law punishes incompetence. Such a crime, unforgivable, can only be ended by Chang's sharp knife.

Blood for blood, Chang's knife cuts down the unforgivable evil. Wash anger with blood, and sacrifice for exit. Such a character has a posture of "defending the home and the country".

It is a simple truth that God forgives man, but man's self-forgiveness is a cycle of pain and self-castration.

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Only God Forgives quotes

  • Crystal: So, tell me, Mai. What line of work are you in?

    Mai: I'm an entertainer.

    Crystal: An entertainer? And how many cocks can you entertain with that cute little cum-dumpster of yours?

  • Crystal: And what with Billy being the older brother and having a bigger cock... Julian's was never small, but Billy's was... oh, it was enormous!