However, the director obviously did not want to tell the story of a cynical veteran policeman showing his power and brilliance in front of the newcomer. This was done by "Story Club" and "Reader", and of course, Hollywood did a lot. But the director obviously wanted to express something else.
As a result, the director stepped on the brakes and tore something apart, turning this story in which everyone could tell the outline of the development into a completely different story. It was unfortunate that New Ding Jack discovered that he had fallen completely into the trap of the old bird Elonso. Everything that Elonso asked him to do was illegal and "correct", it seemed that there was a hidden meaning. With a sense of admiration for heroes and obedience to old birds, New Dingjie stubbornly insisted on his trust in Alonso, and even Alonso shot and killed an already subdued suspect in front of him and divided them up with others. The stolen money did not seem to destroy this trust; it wasn't until Elonso led him into a death trap that Jack suddenly "awakened".
After watching the movie, I sympathized with Jack, because the director was too "professional" and Elonso was too "professional". Every shot shown by the director in the first half seems to show that Alonso is extremely correct and fits the realities of this society. Elonso said to Jack: If you want to protect the lamb, you must catch the wolf, and only the wolf can catch the wolf. This is a typical street philosophy, which is in line with the teachings of many police movies, gangster movies, and action movies. Elonso's achievements-more than 15,000 people have been sent to prison for more than ten years, it seems to be confirmed. This sentence is extremely correct. Because Alonzo was always correct, Jack had resisted, but he slowly accepted it until he sadly discovered that he had become Alonzo's victim.
What the director wanted to tell seemed to be a story about temptation. Jack is a very self-motivated and responsible person. Therefore, although he has resisted and resisted Alonso's plausible but very practical methods, he still accepted it. Take a look at what Jack has done under Alonso’s instruction in one day: taking drugs, robbing drug dealers, etc. Every time, Alonso tells him that this is to better fight drug crimes. , Protect the lamb and threaten not to let him join the anti-drug department if he does not do it. It should be said that this is a good excuse and a very effective threat. Jack had resisted, but he was not determined to resist, and he quickly surrendered. Then, Elonso took Jack to kill and divide the spoils, and handed the gun to Jack so that Jack could kill.
Jack's experience on this day seems to be a portrayal of our lives. Throughout our life, Jingjin entered a new environment, engaged in a new career, received observations and teachings from many people, and faced various promises and temptations. We have to bow to reality, and have to make concessions and sacrifices, because this is reality, this is life, and this is the price we must pay for what we want to achieve and gain. Just like Jack’s many choices, there are plenty of them. The reason, however, has been in the gray zone for a long time. When black comes, can you resist it? This is also Jack’s dilemma. When he discovered that Alonso was actually killing and sharing the spoils with him, he was very angry and frightened, but Alonso shattered his resistance with a single sentence: You have taken drugs, you will be taken during the urine test tomorrow. How do you want to explain?
In this movie, Jack is not a tragic character, the director let him return home safely; the tragedy is Elonso. In the play, Alonso’s old friends and bosses said to Alonso: You were the same as him (Jack) back then; Alonso also said to Jack, I was the same as you back then. To Jack, he often seems to have so much protection and instruction that he can't clean up. Maybe these can be regarded as nostalgia and ridicule. But from these few words, we can find that more than ten years ago, Elonso seemed to be a law-abiding, upright, and responsible policeman just like Jack is now. So, what made Elonso what it is now? During the training days with Alonso, Jack held the bottom line, and this was only the first day he entered this new environment; how many trials and temptations Alonso has experienced during his ten-year career? After many trials and temptations, did he finally surrender? Maybe this is the question
that the director wants to ask-will the one who fell under the gun be your own ten years later?
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