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Morality is just a pretense
Keeley 2022-11-24 00:50:23
When I watched it, I was always carried in by Abe's emotions, and I also felt that Abe was doing a legitimate thing, and even hoped that he would be safe. And when the female lead forced the male lead to surrender, I started to hate the female lead. But in the end, when the male protagonist planned to kill the female protagonist, I understood, we humans are often carried away by the complacency of being able to criticize others, shouting justice, morality, and holding blood-stained weapons To force others to admit or acquiesce to our righteous morals. And these righteous morals are ultimately just a cover for us to be happy to criticize others
Extended Reading
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Abe Lucas: Jill had been right in her appraisal of me. I was teetering on the brink of some kind of breakdown, unable to deal with my feelings of anger, frustration, futility. They say that drowning is a painless way to go.
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Abe: Everything about killing Judge Spangler turned me on. The idea of helping this woman, of taking action, of ridding the world of the kind of vermin that makes the world an extra hell for all of us. I was intrigued by the creative challenge of bringing off a perfect murder. It was a high-stakes risk, but the risk made me feel alive.