A National Day movie, a rare serious movie.
A story of a Chinese who is far away from his homeland and an Irishman who has lost his homeland, fighting in England.
Ordinary people, especially young people today, always find this film somewhat incomprehensible, just because of the background of the story.
Because of the background of the story of this film, without additional words, the audience thought it was an ordinary terrorist attack (a young couple next to me in the movie theater kept mumbling and bewildering).
The plot of this film is as follows (severe spoilers, if you haven't watched it yet, and comrades who want to go to the cinema, you can skip this layer)
The protagonist Lem Hennessy (English letters: Hennessy, my Hennessy, how did you change one? Such a dirty name), [played by Pierce Brosnan, who played 007], was a member of the Irish Republican Army when he was young, and was quite aggressive. He did terrorist attacks everywhere for Northern Ireland's independence from Britain and its return to the Republic of Ireland. His comrades-in-arms, such as his brother, cousin, and his wife's brother, fell one after another. The revolution seems to have encountered difficulties.
At this time, he gradually turned into a right-wing capitulationist in the organization (such as Song Jiang), and began to negotiate with the British Empire. In the end, in order to protect the fire of the revolution from being brutally wiped out by the government one by one, he became a negotiating agent between the CCP and the United Kingdom. He joined the British government as a lover of the Communist Party and became a tool in the government that could both protect the love of the Communist Party and control the love of the Communist Party (official position in the play: Deputy Minister of Northern Ireland).
However, this tool was gradually corroded by the high-ranking officials of the empire, which shook the revolutionary belief in joining the organization at the beginning. The left-leaning activists in the organization were very dissatisfied with his capitulationist style, so the two sides quarreled. In the end, the two sides decided to do something (bomb up financial institutions) and put a little pressure on the British government to release their comrades still in prison. But the protagonist has a bottom line: no harm to civilians. However, the leftists just wanted to play something bigger, so they kept the protagonist and blew up many civilians.
These civilians who were blown up are the daughters of Guan Yuming (played by Jackie Chan). This annoyed Guan Yuming. He is a member of the special forces who retired from the Vietnam War. He finally came to London to live in seclusion. He just wanted to live an ordinary second half of his life, but he did not expect to lose his only relative because of this. He petitioned many times, went to London, went to Belfast, but to no avail (he was called back again and again by the official saying "We have been working hard"). He resented the inaction of the "relevant departments", so he rolled up his sleeves and did it himself. Use the Jianghu people's way to solve this matter in the Jianghu!
So, this story begins from here: Hennessy and Guan Yuming, a slick old politician, a straight old angry youth, two lines, the story of tracking down the murderer respectively. Hennessy probably knew that it must have been done by the organization, but there was only a vague clue as to who took the lead. And Guan Yuming recognized that Hennessy must know about it, so he threatened Hennessy over and over again by playing a hooligan...
Now, let's start to recall the blood-stained historical background behind this serious film:
Ireland, originally a Celtic home. However, since 1169, it has continuously encountered the invasion of its neighbors, the Anglo-Saxon English. The British brutally killed the natives in various ways, and the Irish continued to resist.
In 1542, the King of England was proclaimed King of Ireland and hereditary. In 1801, the United Kingdom officially announced the annexation of Ireland, and the title "Kingdom of Ireland" has since been erased from the map.
Although the British have annexed Ireland for so long, they have never regarded the Irish as human beings, at least not as their own. The British circled the most fertile land in Ireland (refer to the industrial revolution sheep cannibalism movement), madly oppressed the Irish, and even caused the appalling "Irish Famine of 1845" in world history. It was obvious that the British government could relieve Ireland, but the Queen Order, order the whole world to ignore them! As a result, the population of Ireland, from eight million at the time, plummeted! As of today in 2017, the population of Ireland was only 4.77 million!
It can be seen that the blood feud between the Irish and the British is definitely more gnashing of teeth than we are against the little Japan!
1919 was the age of revolution. Not only in the East, but also in the West. This year, a group of aspiring youths have awakened, people who do not want to be slaves! Form the IRA, brave the fire of the British Empire, and advance!
1921 was another year that changed history. Not only in the East, but also in the West. The IRA achieved a great victory, and Britain allowed the 26 southern counties to self-govern. BUT, remember BUT, it is this BUT that caused countless bloody cases in the future! BUT, the 6 northern counties are still under the control of the United Kingdom and refuse to return it to Ireland. Reason: The 6 northern counties are mostly Protestant (the Brits are mostly Protestants, and the Irish are mostly Catholic).
Great love, how can you give up! So, the founder of the Communist Party of Love held the hand of his successor while he was dying, and said earnestly: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!"
So the Communist Party of Love started various terrorist attacks against the British Empire. Just for the six states of the dark clouds in the north. In the end, the Irish government was also provoked: "Damn, every time you make trouble, you make me take the blame, and I want to break with you!" Therefore, not only in the United Kingdom, but even in the Irish government, the Communist Party of Love is included in the black list. The Communist Party of Love has become the originator of today's global terrorist attacks.
Whether it's car bombs, suicide bombings, or the murder of the prime minister, these are the things that terrorists can never get tired of, but they were invented by Love Gong. Only one of the most famous is mentioned here.
The father of World War II, British Marshal Mountbatten, a super famous general, and a super noble ). This famous general did not fall in the hail of bullets in World War II; but in peaceful days, he did. In 1979, the boat on which Marshal Mountbatten was on vacation was bombed with a bang, which ended the life of the old Marshal. The murderer was named McMahon (Is this name familiar? Does it remind you of India? In fact, the partition of India and Pakistan was written by Mountbatten), McMahon was captured, but the British government decided that he was a political prisoner, not only was he not shot , There are also good treatment in the cell. Some of his comrades-in-arms have been protesting in society and seeking his amnesty (refer to the movie).
The love of the Communist Party is getting bigger and bigger and more outrageous, constantly causing explosions in major cities in the UK and killing innocent people. Even put a bomb on the car of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, thanks to the iron lady. This behavior has been condemned all over the world! The whole world came to encircle and suppress them, making the Ai Gong gradually difficult.
In 1996, the British government, the Irish government, and the Irish Republican Army signed a peace agreement ("Belfast Agreement", which is the repeated line "Our hard-won peace" in the film), and the moderates who loved the Communist Party accepted the peace. (Many people have since put on the imperial robes), and many weapons of the Communist Party have since been burned and sealed. But the CCP-loving radicals are still resisting - they think the moderates have betrayed the revolution! Until now...
Under the Belfast Accords, Mountbatten's murderer, McMahon, has been released. He is alive and well, still living in Ireland, and has not made any apologies for Mountbatten's death - see here, do you understand some background in the movie!
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