Compared with us who are in a peaceful and prosperous world, who can walk around the world leisurely and often complain about such dissatisfaction, they are in hell.
The vast and wild land gave them black skin, sparkling eyes, gushing enthusiasm, natural music, enviable joy and genuine love for life. However, this is a land full of wars. The government army, the rebel army, the people who were driven away by the war, and the people who were forced to defend the land by the war were like a group of wild beasts, running wildly on the grassland, charging, and raising the sky. The loess and red fog obscured the sky and the sun, making it impossible to distinguish black and white.
It's a good movie with a lot of heart.
Agu, an extremely ordinary black child in Africa, lives an extremely ordinary black life. They are optimistic, cheerful, mischievous and cunning. They named the TV shell with the screen removed as "Dream TV" and swaggered through the market, happily staged various scenes. Seek to sell this empty shell for a little money. Naturally, they sold and succeeded to the garrison they were accustomed to, and the plot naturally explained the background of the war period they were in. The attack and exchange of fire between the rebel army and the government army, this kind of news scene is often staged on the news network with our dinner, we can't even look up with interest, and think: Oh, there is another war there, why is it so chaotic . We can never experience the helplessness and fear of being in a storm.
Agu started wandering in the war, sent his mother away, and witnessed the death of his father and brother. Like a frightened little beast, he turned around and fled in the face of the irresistible madness, and plunged into the dense jungle like his mother. , whimper, cry, leave. When the old life ends, there will naturally be a new life waiting for you, but you often have no choice. In starvation and fear, Agu was included in the rebel army under the "care" of the "commander" and became an ignorant child soldier. And his eyes, from the initial joy and worry, to the misery and helplessness in the escape, to the confused autistic who joined the organization but did not know the good or the bad, the little actor's acting skills are impeccable.
The rebel army is also an army. It seems to be loose and brave, but in fact it has a clear system and strict rules. The distribution and communication of information has its own rules and regulations, and the brainwashing of daily slogans constantly deepens and consolidates the commander's lofty status. In addition, there are also political commissar-like figures who teach politics lessons for everyone and fabricate correct values for the members. New members have to undergo heavy baptisms and tests to pass the test. Empty bags are ejected from the body, witchcraft is added, and a series of ritual blessings are very strong, just like a dose of hallucinogenic poison, giving them fanaticism , fearlessness and hatred. But there are also football games when he is idle, brotherhood in suffering, in a dark quagmire, a little light makes Agu stubbornly continue to move forward with difficulty.
Ironically, a few months later, Agu became a member of the rebel army that killed his father and brother, laboriously but skillfully carrying a heavy machine gun and shooting at the same compassionate fleeing civilians, he gasped and felt All this seems wrong, but there is no going back, no stopping, only repeated killings to fill up and weaken the doubts and anger about this bad fate. So, it continued like this. He was violated by the commander, experienced the departure of his best comrade-in-arms and partner, and witnessed the commander's loss and defection. His struggling steps slowly stopped, letting the quagmire erode his body a little bit. Drag him into the bottomless darkness. And those eyes have changed from the dark blue of confusion and suspicion to the fiery red of anger and frenzy, until they gradually drooped and faded to a cold and dead gray.
Finally, the army was disbanded, and everyone except the commander surrendered to the government forces. A young Agu arrives at a shelter where only children can go. The comfortable beds, knowledge-seeking classrooms, and happy football here can no longer be immersed in the black heart occupied by guns, blood and tears. He was like a beast with blood red eyes, but he could no longer find where he should go. Agu, Agu, the beast without boundaries, the war actually baptized a child into this.
We can't appreciate that kind of life, and it plays out day and night on the other side of the world. Heaven couldn't hear the gunshots, and they were in purgatory with no way out.
Thank you for such a direct-to-the-heart war movie, sometimes poking at the painful part of our hearts, reminding us that the scars of war exist in each of our blood, and will still ache. And such an excellent movie is still too difficult to meet with everyone in the cinema, and it is far from impossible to leave screams, tears and word of mouth like the commercial war movie "Fury" with handsome guys, tanks, and excellent sound and light effects.
And this is indeed a good movie that deserves applause. "Beast Without Borders", 8.5, recommended, collection.
SOLO 2015.12.15
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