Is it the grief of the little people or the grief of the nation?

Chadrick 2022-03-28 09:01:09

Jim, who works as a security guard in a bonded company, is the most ordinary low-level person in the United States. The burden of life is weighing on him. He is almost out of breath. Every month, he has to pay the high medical expenses of his sick wife and the house. Taking a loan, he thought that he could ease his financial situation through investment, and put all his family savings into the fund. But it didn't work, but one time, the real estate company he bought into the fund declared bankruptcy, which meant that his wife's life-saving money was all gone. The bank's reminders, his wife's drug bills made him on the verge of collapse. The recovered wife noticed the seriousness of the matter. Although facing Rose, Jim always smiled and said Don't worry. I can solve it, but he couldn't hide his anxiety. Rose despaired when she knew their house would be forcibly repossessed because of the failed investment and the medical bills they owed. Rose thought she was the drag on Jim until she died. She felt deeply guilty and reluctant, and she was about to shed tears when she saw this.
Rose's departure leaves Jim like a corpse, and life has no meaning for him. In his view, the person who caused his wife's suicide is officially Wallstreet those so-called financiers, the so-called successful people. So, he chose revenge. At the beginning, he was a little scared and hesitant, but whenever he saw the photo of his beautiful wife, the fire of revenge ignited again in his heart. After careful planning, he successfully shot one Wall Street "elite" after another. The final shot of the film is the climax.
Among them, the most wonderful is the conversation between Jim and the manager of the real estate company. Jim believes that all the tragedies are caused by him. The boss believes that none of the successful people's money is obtained through legitimate means. This is capitalism, "strong survive, weak die out." What's even uglier is that the boss said that if he has children, he will let the children Go to Harvard, Yale, instead of being a soldier, defending the country, that's what disabled, fools, white ghosts, and ghetto black people do. This exposes the ugly faces of the so-called "lady" in the upper class of the American society.
At the end of the film, Jim kills the boss and escapes successfully. Although there are loopholes in the plot, at least everyone's wishes are satisfied. Jim's final words were sobering: I'll keep killing. I am a soldier of the people. If the government, the procuratorate, the judges cannot perform their duties, I will continue my way.
Although the ending seems to be very happy, it also makes people feel a little bit painful. Although he has revenge, he has lost the love of his life, and there are not a few poor people in the United States who have been victimized by him, and the rich people lied to their blood and sweat. Money goes to investment, to defraud loans, to declare bankruptcy if it fails, and then to get federal aid, and in the end it is the poor who are unlucky, and it is the poor who pay for them. If this situation continues for a long time, it will only make the poor poorer and the rich richer, then where will the country go?

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  • [last lines]

    Jim Baxford: [voice-over] I'm still alive and free and I promise I will keep killing. They should all know that I am out there, a soldier of the people... and if the government, the prosecutors and the judges fail on their duty, I will not fail on mine.