Death is the only way out.

Winifred 2021-12-23 08:01:44

At first it was the name that attracted me. I have discovered more and more, whether it is an article or a movie, the title is one of the keys. It's curious. Once it can arouse people's curiosity, it will take the lead.

Just like now, although I have forgotten many plots of this movie, the name is still chewing repeatedly.

This small production movie took place in a small town. A veteran returned to his hometown and found that his mentally handicapped brother had been humiliated and bullied by a gang of gangsters in the city during the years he joined the army. He finally became unbearable and hanged himself. The elder brother came back to avenge his younger brother. Within a few days, all those who had participated in torturing his brother were killed one by one. One of the highlights is the soldiers' methods of murder, which are vicious, precise, and rough.

To be honest, when I started watching this movie, I was already very sleepy, and I had a cold that day. I watched it for 5-10 minutes in a half-dream, half-awake, dizzy state, and haven't entered the state yet. Until I saw the scene with the gas mask on the poster, it was a bit bluffing. I just woke up a little bit, but I still don’t understand, why do you wear a mask? Originally intended to retaliate naked, do you still need this thing to create an atmosphere?


Because I was about to fall asleep, I realized that my brother was already dead when the film was about to end. All the younger brothers who appeared with the older brother in the lens are the characters that the older brother imagined.

Realizing this made me a little bit shocked, and instantly felt a little guilty for the director, for my hindsight.

From here, I started to cheer up and look forward to the end of the story.

As a person like me who can cry when watching cartoons, any emotion can touch me. I like this way of expressing brotherhood.

Express a forbearing feeling in regret and hatred.

In the first two days of playing board games, everyone has an identity card, and a person who loves and a person who hates is drawn.
The most common situation is that you are A, the person you love is B, and the person you hate is C.
However, there may be several extreme situations. The person you love is you, or you hate yourself.
Or it is the same person who loves and hates.
In extreme cases, it is more complicated to count the points after the game is over.
In fact, it's not just games.
When the relationship is not so single, it will be much more difficult to deal with.
The beauty of many novels is that they can put several kinds of emotions that are difficult to describe, such as the intersection of love and hate, or the mixture of love and regret, in the same person's heart, and clearly depict them.

Love, to look at it alone, is great.
Then add it, hate, regret. The greatness is sad and sad.

Many people who broke up feel pain because on the one hand, there is still love, and on the other hand, they are occupied by regret. Always start self-condemnation with a sentence "If I did something or if I didn't do something...". It ends with the fantasy of "If I can do it again...".
Repeatedly checkpoint and grieve.

And when one party is dead, any assumptions and illusions are completely destroyed. In a decisive way.

The love and hatred of the surviving side became more and more swollen and split, and there was nowhere to go for the exit.

To the extreme, only to flee with death.

This ending is the cleverness of the screenwriter.


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Dead Man's Shoes quotes

  • Richard: I just want to lie with my brother

  • Richard: Was he screaming my name? When they were torturing him... was he screaming my name?

    Mark: Yes

    Richard: He's still screaming my name