First of all, I have always had this thought while watching the movie:
This film is very similar to the "Law Abiding Citizen" I just watched yesterday. They are both a process of revenge because their family members were killed but the criminals did not get the justice they deserve. Even Klein's actions are a bit more cruel, but Why was my impression of Klein basically positive for a long time before the film, but negative for Li Shenghao?
First, it is because of the role of the film. In the narration of law-abiding citizens, Klein acts as the protagonist, which gives us a deep sense of substitution. For example, in the beginning of the scene, the wife and daughter are killed, which directly arouses the audience. sympathy. However, Li Shenghao appeared as the villain at the beginning of the film, and it was not until most of the film that he revealed his real motive for killing. At this time, the audience's impression had already been established.
Second, Klein's revenge route is from criminals to judges, but Li Shenghao's revenge route presented at the beginning of this film starts from witnesses and ends with the correct forensic doctor in the autopsy report. He killed criminals very early on, which changed our impression.
Third, what Nick of Law Abiding Citizens started off was really wrong, precisely because he directly led to the escape of criminals. But in this film, the film told us that Professor Jiang did nothing wrong and that he was just as the protagonist.
Fourth, among law-abiding citizens, Klein did not harm Nick's family, so that our sense of identification with him deepened. And Li Shenghao kidnapped Professor Jiang's daughter and threatened.
Fifth, Li Shenghao is not as powerful as Klein. He controls everything in prison, and there is a helper outside.
BUT At the end of the film, I think Li Shenghao's justice should be greater than that of Klein. Whether it's his murder goal or motive, it all shows his justice, except for killing Professor Jiang's daughter.
Li Shenghao killed Professor Jiang's daughter, which is not very logical. The people Li Shenghao killed were all directly related to the case. As a righteous avenger, he killed his daughter at the very beginning just to make Professor Jiang remorse. There was no strong logical support for this behavior. The director set it up like this. It is entirely to weaken Li Shenghao's justice. It can be said that a lot of logic and details are sacrificed for the reversal of the ending. However, to be honest, I think Li Shenghao's reason for revenge is much more clever. Among the law-abiding citizens, only Darby was exonerated, but the accomplice became the scapegoat. In this film, Li Sujin was not only insulted by his reputation, but also no criminals were at fault. This one is even more infuriating. Another: There are so many bugs in this film that it can't even stand the second scrutiny, such as body suitability, curtains, police intelligence, fingerprints everywhere, etc., but I think it can still score about 8 points.
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