The Law Worth Swearing to the Death - "Doctor Death" (with spoilers)

Roslyn 2022-03-24 09:03:11

I'm not a fan of Al Pacino, and for a film like this, what I'm really interested in is the core of the story. As an HBO TV movie, it did not attract me at first. There are too many topics about euthanasia, and there are too many discussions about euthanasia. Although the story is based on real events, I do not like it because of personal preference. I like this overly documentary style, until the last 30 minutes of the film, the whole story is not a good story.

Jack is a neurotic old man. He never got married in his life. In his later years, he pushed for euthanasia. He believes that people should choose their own death. People should be given this right. This kind of thinking is understandable, but the problem is that Jack wants to help those patients who give up their lives. Does he help people to die, called assisted dying? This behavior has been greatly criticized by people. There is also a lawyer who helped Jack, The lawyer used his knowledge to help Jack come back from the court again and again. Later, because of some things, Jack wanted to promote euthanasia legislation, and then broadcast the video of him helping others die on TV, which attracted huge criticism...

The proposition advocated by Jack is beyond reproach , but he did a series of things because of this claim that eventually broke the law. Just like at the end of the film, a female judge said that no one is above the law.

When it comes to this kind of love and law again, Jack is a doctor, his skills are superb, despite the name of the death doctor, when he did not play the death video on TV, people still tolerated him, but He blatantly challenged the limits of people's tolerance. This is his fault. The trial of the film lies in the person himself, not the euthanasia he promotes. This is where the greatness of the entire film lies.

This completely neutral perspective of the film can make people reflect on many things, for example, in order to show that you are healthy, you can go home and have sex with your wife, but you can't take your wife to the kindergarten children. Papa, your behavior is not wrong, it is the legal right of any married person to have sex with your wife, but in front of kindergarten children, it doesn't matter if you are married or not, are you married or not? My wife, the point of this matter is that you are hurting those innocent children. This example may be extreme, but it is very similar to the situation in the film. Jack's claim to euthanasia has its merits, but the fact that he's videotaping his death on TV for his claim is provocative, so he should be punished. That's what we call the wrong approach.

Many film and television works in Hong Kong can always accurately describe a murderer and a good person. This good person can not be punished by law because of the repeated mistakes of the bad person, so he embarks on the road of crime, which has won people's sighs.

The law protects everyone. Although there are many imperfections in the law at this stage, we can't be an underground judge. This kind of measuring other people's behavior based on one's own values ​​is always briefly expressed in Western movies. For "You think you are GOD." For those good people who have committed crimes, we can only give sympathy, but not praise, because the law cannot tolerate anyone's violation, no matter what the reason is for the person who committed the crime, as long as he commits the crime If you do, you should be punished by the law, there is no doubt about that.

So Jack, the old man, no matter how pure and beautiful his motives, he challenged the limits of people's tolerance, personally killed people, and even broadcast it on TV. So he deserves to be punished.

Recommended index: four stars

Suitable for the crowd: everyone


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You Don't Know Jack quotes

  • Jack Kevorkian: It's emotionalism. You know, when heart transplants first started... there was the same prevalent feeling, I mean, even among doctors... that it was wrong, it was contrary to God's will, contrary to nature. Isn't it ghoulish to rip a person's chest open and take out a heart? Or a bypass operation? Ether is the same thing. You have ether, been around for centuries, it wasn't used. Not till 1846. It was discovered in 1543... and before that, everybody was being operated on while they were awake. Surgeons were cutting them open while they were awake. Did you know that, Geoff?

    Geoffery Fieger: No.

    Jack Kevorkian: On, yes. And you know why it was banned? Because of religious dogma. Because of the foolish notion... that there's a God Almighty who wills us to suffer.

  • Judge Cooper: You invited yourself here to make a final stand.

    Judge Cooper: You invited yourself to the wrong forum.

    Judge Cooper: Our nation tolerates differences of opinions, because we have a civilized and non-violent way of resolving our conflicts.

    Judge Cooper: We have the means and methods to protest laws with which we disagree.

    Judge Cooper: You can criticize the law, lecture about the law, speak to the media or petition voters.

    Judge Cooper: But you must always stay within the limits provided by the law. You may not break the law, or take the law into your own hands.

    Judge Cooper: No one's unmindful of the controversy and emotion that exists over end-of-life issues and pain control.

    Judge Cooper: I assume the debate will continue in a calm and reasoned forum long after this trial and your activities have faded from the public memory.

    Judge Cooper: But this trial was not about that controversy.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about you, sir.

    Judge Cooper: You've ignored and challenged the legislature and the supreme court.

    Judge Cooper: Moreover, you've defied your own medical profession.

    Judge Cooper: This trial was about lawlessness, about your disregard for a society that exists and flourishes because of the strength of our legal system.

    Judge Cooper: No one is above the law.

    Judge Cooper: You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did, and dare the legal system to stop you.

    Judge Cooper: You publicly and repeatedly announced your intentions to disregard the laws of Michigan.

    Judge Cooper: Because of this, I am imposing the maximum sentence of 10 to 25 years.

    Judge Cooper: You may now, sir, consider yourself stopped.