As a man, what is your greatest wish? It is nothing more than walking to the peak of life, marrying Bai Fumei, and living a happy life. But if one day, the wife is killed and the child is seriously injured and unconscious, but the murderer is at large and has not been arrested and brought to justice, can you bear it as a man? I can't stand it!
Not only I can't stand it, but Bruce Willis, a veteran Hollywood tough guy, can't stand it either. For this reason, his right-hand angel and left-hand demon launched a revenge - "The Raptors".
The "Paul" played by Lao Bu is a gentle middle-aged man with a beautiful wife and lovely daughter. His family is happy.
Outside he is a successful surgeon, and he is required to perform important operations in the hospital.
On the night of his birthday, he wanted to celebrate with his family and was called back to the operating table by the hospital as soon as he was about to go out.
But as soon as he left the house on the front foot, three masked gangsters with guns on the back foot broke into his house and robbed him. Just as the wife was cooperating with the gangster upstairs, the gangster who was guarding her daughter suddenly had a sperm on her head, intending to do something wrong to her daughter.
How could the strong-willed daughter bear it, she picked up the knife on the table and slashed the other person's face fiercely. After revealing the true face, the gangster was furious, and then two harsh gunshots came from the house.
Paul, who heard the emergency broadcast as usual, had never imagined that this time it was his own family. His wife died after being rescued, and his daughter was in a coma even though she had saved her life. It was like a bolt from the blue for Paul.
Seeing this, we will think of Uncle Liam's "Hurricane Rescue" series. The wife and daughter suffer, and the man who is the mainstay of the family will definitely embark on a road of revenge.
But this time, "Paul" played by Lao Bo is a well-behaved surgeon, and he can only pin his hopes on the police. But the police seemed a little powerless. There were 6 similar incidents in 9 months, but none of them were successfully detected.
On the walls of the detective's office are densely packed notes of unsolved cases.
With his unconscious daughter on one side and a powerless policeman on the other, Paul, who is eager to bring the culprit to justice as soon as possible, is suffering from inner torment day and night. Until the words of his father-in-law made him think about it instantly.
People put their safety on the police. That's the problem, the police only arrive after the crime has already happened, like catching a fox that has already eaten chicken from the chicken coop. If a man really wants to protect what is his, he has to do it himself.
Holding the gun that was secretly left from the emergency patient, after learning to dismantle the gun and shooting according to the video on the Internet, put on the hood and start fighting on the streets! Whenever he encountered injustice, he directly stepped forward and let the villains take a few shots without any hesitation or mercy.
During the day, he is an angel in white who saves life and death. At night, he incarnates into a death god who kills without blinking an eye, just like a low-profile version of Batman. (Interestingly, the Chicago where Paul is located is also the prototype of Gotham in Batman)
Finally one day, he found the murderer of his wife and launched his revenge.
When the murderer confessed his accomplices during the torture, he explained while holding a scalpel, and there was a palpitating perverted madness hidden under the calm surface.
After you confessed your accomplices, did you think it was over?
No! Only by looking at the murderer's head like a smashed watermelon, with its brain splattering, can I relieve my anger!
When the last murderer pointed a gun at him, he took advantage of the other person's distracted moment to take out a machine gun and fired a burst of fire, revealing the ruthlessness of a veteran.
kill! kill! kill!
The flames burst, like an angry demon devouring the real murderer! The flying bullets split the murderer's chest like Satan's sword! Lao Bu's anger can only be quenched with the blood of the murderer!
Throughout the second half of the story, Lao Bu's image of both good and evil, as well as his clean gunfight action scenes, fully demonstrated his unique violent aesthetic characteristics.
As an old-fashioned action star, the biggest feature of Lao Bu is that he can fully show the tenderness of the iron man. Compared with the muscular action stars such as Stallone and Shangri-La, Lao Bu's sturdy blood reveals the stability and tenderness of a mature man.
Therefore, in playing the role of the middle class in the city of "Paul", Lao Bu's temperament is undoubtedly the most suitable. He can fully express the despair and anger in the middle class when it encounters a catastrophic blow. This inner emotion is integrated into the action scenes, and the precise and brutal style forms the unique violent aesthetics of Lao Bu.
In this revenge film about violence and violence, there are two issues to ponder: the anxiety of the urban middle class and the legality of gun control in the United States. The "Paul" in the film is a typical urban middle class. After working hard for most of my life, I have a small house, a stable career, and a lovely wife and daughter. A seemingly happy family turns out to be vulnerable in the face of major catastrophic events. Once it happened, it was destroyed to pieces and ruined in an instant.
Regardless of the glossy appearance of the middle class, in fact, they are the group with the weakest anti-risk ability. People at the bottom of the society can go all out, and the rich in high positions can protect themselves by trading power and money.
But what about the middle class? Work hard, abide by the law, and provide a good living environment for his wife and children, but as long as an accident occurs, these efforts are instantly in vain. Just like the 6.22 Hangzhou nanny arson case that shocked the whole country last year, this middle-class family was devastated after being persecuted by lawbreakers.
Life looks like a beautiful bubble, but in fact it bursts at a touch. This is the anxiety of the contemporary middle class.
How to solve the sense of security of the middle class? The answer given in this film is "owning a gun".
Owning a gun in the U.S. is not surprising, but calls for gun control have grown over the years. The weapon shop in this film explained without hesitation: I didn't shoot to kill, but to survive.
At the end of the film, Paul faced the police's questioning and legalized gun ownership on the grounds of self-defense, which not only succeeded in revenge, but also cleared the police of his previous suspicions. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
While owning a gun makes them feel more secure, the year-over-year increase in gun homicides undoubtedly illustrates the prevalence of gun violence. Should you own a gun? How should I own a gun? I am afraid it is a question worth pondering for everyone.
(This article is authorized and first published on the Basel Movie APP)
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