After watching, I have been thinking, what does this movie want to express? (Hey, read the whole article and summarize the main ideas, you know) It may be discussing the impact of the environment on life. Obviously, he is a successful person in the eyes of everyone. An accident is completely reversed, and he is finally caught in it and becomes a different kind of life. It's not that he was born like this, but the environment has affected him, and it seems that the smarter and tougher the person is, the more adaptable the person is, the easier it is to be unable to extricate themselves in this transition, and the easier it is to sink into that violent environment. Of course, those who are weak and dull have to become victims. There is no intermediate buffer zone, which is quite cruel. It may also be attacking the American prison system. In principle, prisons are places for reforming people, but why have American prisons become a training base for criminals? Good people have become bad people here, and ordinary bad people have become big bad people. So what is the purpose of prison? Or maybe it's a family view. As an ordinary person, you earn money to support your family and take care of your family. When you are in jail, you have to do everything you can to make money for your family, and even protect your family in a cold and isolated way, at the expense of your own life. When he received his son’s letter of understanding, even though he could no longer get out of this prison, he also showed a gratified and satisfied smile. This is probably what a man’s sense of responsibility and family outlook mean.
However, no matter which theme, it is a serious theme, and it is all about the reason behind a man's choice.
The film itself is also very good. Generally, very few people have experience in prison, so there is an advantage in prison movies, that is, the audience’s sense of substitution can be easily guided, and this movie adds a strong contrast setting, which is a typical middle-class, rich and handsome. The white man went to jail because of an accident. Faced with gangs and violence, he had to stand in line and integrate into the new environment. Therefore, the tension of the movie runs through the whole film, and the two-hour movie will not feel long at all, and it is very beautiful. There are also rigidities. First, although there is a foreshadowing, the violent transformation of the male protagonist still makes people feel fast. From the very beginning, he had to help him to be abusive, and to the indifference towards his wife when the first sentence was increased, I questioned whether the male protagonist enjoyed this in his heart. Kind of violent? The second is, do you have to kill the big boss to keep your family safe? Are the gangs so powerful that the state organs of violence can no longer control it? Not so much. In summary, four stars can be given and recommended.
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