The character
Jimmy
Jimmy has dared to do things since he was a child. From when he was a boy, he ignored everything and engraved his name on the concrete floor, to when he killed Ray in his youth to avenge his daughter when he killed Dave by mistake in his middle age. More often in his world, he was the one who ruled his life. . He doesn't care what should be done, what he considers is what he wants to do. Most of the time he lived in the same way, but there were few moments when he lost himself. For example, when he saw Dave go home when he was a teenager, it was a bit at a loss. For example, when he realized that he had killed Dave by mistake, he wondered how to face it, but his character decided that he would not indulge in an emotion and he couldn't help himself. Will return to the life that I dominate.
He played the role of King in his family, which was said by his wife. For some people criticizing his wife for being so ignorant and seeing her husband kill by mistake and comforting her baby, don’t be sad. The statement that you are the emperor of our family is actually understandable. For Jimmy’s wife, he chose to calm him and restore his normal family life and righteousness. Said, of course it is to choose the former. She always doesn't like others to disturb their lives, which can also be seen in her impatient gestures after they were woken up by a phone call one morning.
Jimmy's tragedy is also a cause of prejudice. Because of his old hatred, he couldn't accept Just Ray's son as his daughter's boyfriend, so the two young men planned to elope, and finally a tragedy occurred. Another modern Romeo and Juliet, maybe he should put down his hatred to welcome a new life, but his character also decided that it is impossible to be so free and easy, the game of life comes from life itself, for the ending, at the beginning of this round of choice Decide.
In the end, Jimmy's hatred was hidden when he committed an unforgivable guilt. This was ironic and true, and his indelible hatred and guilt that could not be seen directly were neutralized. He felt that he was a victim, so he wouldn't have too much regret, maybe he would sympathize with poor Dave and his wife, but he wouldn't care too much, he ruined another family.
Sean
Sean's appearance is basically positive, he will refuse the ambiguous invitation of his colleagues, and he is quick and keen in handling cases. His characterization is not as full as Jimmy and Dave, but he is also a character who wears several important connections throughout the story.
He is the embodiment of justice and integrity to the outside world. He cares about his own image and feels that what happened in his childhood is disgraceful. So in the face of childhood and friends, he was subconsciously negative. There is not too much contact, and try to avoid it when talking about it. I also have problems with my own life. My wife leaves and cannot communicate.
When the dust settled, he was able to face himself a little bit, trying to express some inner thoughts, thank you for giving me love and hate.
Dave is a
tragic character. Compared with his two partners, he is not too assertive. The shadow of childhood makes him weak and numb, and his life is like a walking dead. Something exists there, and it always exists there. The nightmare hit him from time to time, in any form of relevance, small or direct, destroying his heart time and time again.
As if he hadn't finished writing his name on the concrete floor, his life began at that moment and completely changed the trajectory.
He also had the courage. When he saw a strange child suffer from the bullying he suffered in his childhood, he resisted for him and saved the child's life, but he was still unable to change his own.
Family is the only place where he can seek comfort. Those subtle warmths come from his understanding wife. This is his spiritual pillar, and when his wife cannot trust him in the end, the world collapses and he cannot accept it and is unable to change it. In the end, the tragedy ended, and the stage of life came to an abrupt end on the mysterious river.
Scene
Jimmy and Sean are standing on the road, driving Dave's car away on the road. They didn't help him when he was a teenager, and still didn't when he was an adult. This scene will always remain in their minds like a brand.
The carnival crowd, Sean and Jimmy's family are happy. Dave's wife panicked and desperately looking for Dave's figure, and Michael seems to have learned everything and sit still. Behind the rhythm of happiness, his childhood has been ruined, just like his father's ruined childhood, everything is just acceptance, and there is no power to change anything.
Concept
hypothesis who got on that car back then?
This question lingered in Dave's mind and couldn't let go. He subconsciously felt that the root of everything that destroyed his life was the injury of childhood. What he resented was why it was himself who suffered all this. He envied Jimmy's daughter for having such a fresh life, but his own was bleak. When he saw Jimmy miserable because of the loss of his daughter, his emotions were somewhat sympathetic and compassionate, and he might no longer feel that life was just cruel to him.
The
most mysterious river is the heart of these characters. What they know and think is surrounded by layers of ideas and consciousness. Some will communicate with people close to them, some will be kept secret, and some will not be known to themselves. The calm surface often undulates with turbulent undercurrents. Behavior and attitude are determined by these, and what is presented to everyone is always only the surface. The son of
selfish
Just Ray has a language barrier and he is one of the disadvantaged groups in this society. The society does not tolerate him too much. In the hearts of others, he is an outlier. Only his elder brother gave him endless care and love. When he discovered that one day his brother was leaving him for his girlfriend, he couldn't accept this reality. He felt that all he could do was to keep him so that he could continue to receive care and love. He is selfish and helpless.
Other people, young couples eloped and abandoned their family for love; Sean chose Jimmy’s friendship to hide the facts; Jimmy made a sentence for revenge to end Dave’s life... These are all selfish Behavior, perhaps the director wants to say, selfishness is one of the darkest human psychology, however, it cannot be avoided.
cruel
There is no justice in the film. This is no longer a film that balances the good with the good and the evil with the evil. These real and cruel scenes are presented one by one, knocking the hearts of the viewers. The story can be fictitious, but the thought is real. For these sufferings and injustices, all that can be done is to endure. If it is described in fate, then everything is irreversible in the long river of fate.
They will meet in a place where there is no darkness.
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