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Raina 2022-04-22 07:01:34

The movie is about a terrifying conspiracy. There are many places and details that are not fully understood after watching it once, so let's analyze the story with reverse thinking.
First of all, if terrorists want to plan to bomb a place, they need to choose the target to be bombed. The target is determined to be the headquarters of the Federal FBI. Once there is a target, how should it be bombed? If you want to enter the FBI headquarters, anyone can enter, so you must find someone who can enter, and he will not be checked when entering. OK, the target person is determined, of course, our hero Mike. So why does it have to be our hero? Do other FBI agents have family and friends? The reason is that there must be a motive for the crime after the explosion. Here, Mike's wife died because of the wrong information transmission from the FBI, which made Mike always hold a grudge against the FBI agency. That's the main reason why Oliverland chose Mike as a target.
Well, now that all the goals are in place, the next step is how to implement this explosion plan, how to lure Mike to the trap set by Oliver Ramb step by step.
1. Oliver Lan used the adopted child to blow up one of his hands to attract Mike's attention, thus starting the relationship between the two families. You will definitely have several questions here. Why do you say that the child was adopted? Even so, it can't be said that the bombing of a hand was deliberately arranged. Maybe it's just a coincidence? Here's a spoiler. Later in the movie, Mike went to the father of the electrician man who bombed the tax office and saw a photo. There is that child, let's compare it again. After Mike died, his son was also taken away by Oliver. Here is the same plot. In addition, Olivier just moved in 2 months ago. These 2 months are just stepping on Mike's life and rest. After determining the time at which Mike will go home and pass that road, this is the beginning of the movie. plot too.
2. Why was the letter sent by the University of Pennsylvania wrong? Well, even if it was wrong, why did Oliver admit to sending it wrong when Mike took it to Oliver? He also said that he went to Kansas State University. As a result, Mike found out that there is actually a person named Oliver at Penn State University, but Kansas State University does not have this person. Oliver Lam knew that his identity might be found out when he said something wrong, so why did he admit it at the beginning and honestly tell Mike the university he went to? Later, there was another letter sent by the University of Pennsylvania by mistake. Why did the same letter have to be sent twice and the wrong letter was sent both times? That's right, this letter was sent by Oliver himself, or asked his accomplices to send it, just to arouse Mike's suspicion and let Mike fall into his own trap, is it right?
3. Mike's girlfriend was killed. Before he died, he left a message on Mike's phone, but it was deleted by Oliver, but why does Mike still know that he has something to do with that express company? Students who pay attention to the video should have noticed that the express car of this express company is often parked at the gate of Oliverland. This is also some clues that Oliverland deliberately left, and let Mike find it himself, because after all Mike is a terrorist Is it a history professor, deliberately leaving flaws is more believable than telling him directly.
4. Why did Mike know that the terrorist group was going to bomb the FBI headquarters? In fact, Oliverland has also put a lot of effort into giving him various hints through his usual conversations with Mike. Of course, this is not enough. Just in case, the last courier truck that lured Mike to the FBI is one of the main reasons.
5. The last question, is the black detective who is the partner of Mike's wife also one of the terrorists? First of all, Mike asked him to check Oliverland. The black people refused on the pretext that he would lose his job. We can accept this. Then we checked it for him. The results showed that there was nothing wrong with Oliverland. The question is, since he refused, why did he suddenly help Mike to check? But the results of the investigation are not the facts we know. Even the male protagonist can find out the information, why can't the FBI check it? Obviously black people are lying? Secondly, Mike called the black man when he was chasing the express car that might have a bomb, but the black man didn't hear the call because the signal was not good. It was so coincidental, and it was at the FBI headquarters, how could there be no signal? And in the end, why did the black people go to the guard booth? Let Mike drive in without going through any formalities. There are various signs that black people are very suspicious. But the facts can only be guessed. At the end of the movie, the black people also died. If the black people are bad people and willing to sacrifice themselves, wouldn't it be more convenient to blow up the headquarters by themselves at the beginning? So it looks like a bug. It can only be said that black people are half as likely to be bad people.


All in all, the male protagonist Mike was designed as the target character from the beginning, and all the things that follow revolve around Mike. Watch the movie again with this idea in mind, and you will suddenly be enlightened. If there is anything you don't understand, you can leave a message and we will discuss it together. Finally, thanks to the poisonous tongue for recommending this movie.

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Arlington Road quotes

  • Michael Faraday: You can't ask government to be infallible, but you can ask it to be accountable.

    Oliver Lang: I can ask it to be honest.

    Michael Faraday: You know, when Leah died, all I wanted was someone to tell me, "We made a mistake." You know? "We made a mistake. Your wife suffered for it, and we'd take it back a hundred times if we could." But they don't say that. She would've.

  • Michael Faraday: You're killing children!

    Oliver Lang: Their lies, their children.

    Michael Faraday: Children die!

    Oliver Lang: This is war. In a war, children die.