Due to the misleading Chinese translation of the film's title, one would think that this is a story about a hero, but in fact it is a story about a hero's downfall. A hero of the Irish rebels has been in prison for a long time, and his arrogance or anger has been exhausted. He feels dizzy when he sees the light, and he also gets dizzy when he sees a lot of people. In this state, he robs a bank. , After the doctor's alarm bell, his eyes were darkened, and he almost stepped on the steps up and down. He encountered a frontal interception by the guard. He killed the guard and was seriously injured. He failed to catch up with his companion's car. This is the beginning of the story, and the main body of the following story is how the companions sacrificed themselves to save each other, how the people treated him or abandoned him on the street, how the beloved woman swears to accompany him, and finally goes to Huangquan together.
The story is in black and white, and the light and shadow handling is excellent, but there are no commercial elements of modern movies throughout, no heroes, no beauties, or even soul-stirring love, which almost makes people doubt the director's purpose in making the film.
When her lover, Catherine, with a pistol in her hand, insisted on going to Johnnyd, the grandmother said something meaningful: "I've seen people like him, I've seen women go out looking for him, but they never find them. "Some men shine brightly at a certain moment, passing by like a shooting star, or you lose him soon, or what awaits you is a lifetime of darkness and helplessness.
And heroes only appear in children's nursery rhymes, which is the life they yearn for. How did they think that the hero in the nursery rhyme was the homeless man in front of him. In reality, whose life is not so embarrassing? Fleeing to one side is a corner, hurriedly fleeing from the fork in the road, facing another wall.
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