Righteous deeds will be accompanied by pain and sacrifice

Conner 2022-03-25 09:01:07

Director:
F. Gary Grey

Starring:
Samuel L.Jackson
Kevin Spacey

Synopsis:
Samuel as the LA police negotiator, used his negotiating skills and extraordinary courage to rescue hostages many times, but in fact the conversations he resonated with the gangsters were This is the inner contradiction of the first character that he quickly learned to disguise himself.
S has a good friend in the police station, and the families of the two sides often meet. One day, a friend told S that someone inside the police station stole an undeserved amount of money, and the internal audit was also involved. Time was running out, and S didn't get any more information. The friend and S made an appointment to meet in a deserted place at night, but when S arrived at the designated place, the friend had been shot, the murderer fled, and S was successfully blamed.
Inside the police station began to disbelieve S's innocence, and gradually some people suspected that S was the murderer who shot and killed his friend. So in order to face his own innocence, S took the risk and entered the high-level office of the police station with a gun, holding the suspect he thought hostage.
The situation is in a stalemate. No one in the police station has the ability to persuade S. At this time, S only talks to another estranged negotiator in LA, played by Kevin. K once set a record of 50 hours of negotiating with criminals and successfully saved the hostages. Record and maintain 0 casualties in his career.
As a result, the two masters had the ultimate negotiation.
During the negotiation process, S gradually gained K's trust. K believed that S did not kill anyone. During the police raid, S "unintentionally" shot and killed the senior police officer who S began to suspect. When he was dying, S realized that he had wrongly blamed the manager. . According to the clues left by the manager, S gradually found out the names of the people who were embezzled. These were his brothers-in-arms. (The second contradiction) The heavy blow made him disheartened and he became more and more Anger wants to find out the boss who instructed these brothers to embezzle, and this boss has been controlling the police and waiting for the opportunity to kill S, and solve this problem. In the end, K played a classic bluff. When there were three of S, S, and K, he pretended to shoot S and asked for a kickback from S. Boss S thought that the trouble was solved, so he was careless and told the truth. On the walkie-talkie, everyone outside the LA police station heard their conversation. When they went out, S's boss and all the people involved were detained. S got into the ambulance, and S's wife ran towards him. She did not love this man wrong.
The story ends.

Thoughts:
1. Insist on doing what you think is right, even if you have to lose everything; (S takes risks and kidnaps senior police officers)
2. People who are resolute and skillful at work may not be able to handle their wives and daughters well relationship; (K can't handle the conflict between his wife and daughter)
3. Righteous actions will inevitably be accompanied by pain and sacrifice; (S dare not speak to his wife)
4. Never take it lightly; (S boss's last carelessness)

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The Negotiator quotes

  • Lieutenant Chris Sabian: I want you to apologize for telling your mother she looks...

    [Sabian's daughter makes a huge gesture with her hands]

    Lieutenant Chris Sabian: Wide.

    [Sabian smiles and whispers at his daughter]

    Lieutenant Chris Sabian: Wide's not a good word, how'd you like to be called wide?

  • Lieutenant Chris Sabian: "I can't believe this, I'm just surrounded by a room of people who wanna go in there and kill him. This is the guy who call you friend. I got nothing invested in this. I wonder why that is, or maybe someday we'll find out."