better life or not

The part of the stolen car was really "sympathetic"; the first half hour was considered "everyday" for illegal immigrants, and the accumulation of this layer can make the part of the stolen car have such a strong sense of sympathy (I have to praise the content shown on the camera); The language of the shots at the beginning of the car search can be said to be very "refined", especially the details of the relationship between father and son. There are a few shots that are really good, such as the expression change when watching the riding show and the son catching up with his father and waiting for the car to go to the black market for a while; looking for a car After coming back, it turned into a parting story of father and son. The moment my father was arrested, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Although I had been looking forward to a happy ending, the result was still cruel and made me realize the truth. This is illegal immigration in the United States. Part of the status quo; at the end, the son is playing football on the court (not on the wrong road), the father is on the way to "go home" again, and suddenly think of the title of the film, for the son, the father really won it for him "Better life" and himself? There is indeed a criticism of this point. The image of my father in the whole film is too diligent and loyal. It is estimated that Bed Po will say this is an illegal immigrant propaganda film after watching it. But I have to say that the promo was also very well done.

Small bugs are ignored, but in the end, I owe it to my son's choice. In the end, he chose not to join the gang because he was moved by his father? If it was so easy to move the father-son relationship, it would not have been so stiff for many years. During the process of searching for the car, he had many conflicts with his father, as well as the dispute over the driver's license check by the police after he returned from the car search. In fact, these can reflect the son's "gang life" values ​​from the side, and the son should not be more appropriate after the father is arrested. Helpless and hopeless? Feeling that the father's "great" values ​​are being forced onto his son? Shortly after the truck was stolen, he had already expressed his anger at his father for breaking his promise (the beat up the car thief). I feel that after the father was arrested, the scene of the son's psychological changes should be made up. It is entirely based on the dialogue between the father and son (or the part of the phone message) before he was deported. It is still a little unconvincing. This may be my fault, because the whole film is actually so strong The sense of resonance is enough to interpret the last son's choice, as if the audience is the son, so the choice is so logical, the fragile we always have a "happy ending" result.

But at the end of his father's "homecoming" always reminds people of the dialogue between him and his former partner and the dialogue with the NGO lawyer in the film. Are they happy for the son or worried about the father? Anyway, this ending is "the finishing touch".

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