From the name alone, no one would imagine that this is a revenge film, but with the deepening of the plot, the element of revenge is not just its focus. The beginning of the film lays the foreshadowing. In a brutal murder case in a hotel in Germany, Colinny shot and killed an entrepreneur Mayer and voluntarily surrendered. All evidence points to Colinny, but no one knows the motive for the crime. He has not said a word since he was in prison, and has no excuse for the crime, and it is clear that the murderer is Colinny. But what is the motive for the crime? There is no evidence that the deceased knew Colinny, but judging from the autopsy report, it was definitely a crime with personal grudges. All three shots were shot in the head of the deceased, the bridge of the nose was broken, and the face was severely disfigured, which showed that the suspect had punched the deceased's face violently, and these actions all showed the fact that he had a deep hatred for the deceased. The film doesn't show Colinny's shooting of Mayer at the beginning, which is to imply that the case is not what it appears on the surface, and then the appearance of another protagonist leads the following events. Casper was appointed as Colliny's defense attorney. His appearance was not only a lawyer's identity, but also a person who could uncover the mystery of the story. With a very rare pistol as the turning point of the whole story, the secret that has been hidden for many years is torn open. It turned out that Mayer had been a Nazi officer who mercilessly killed 20 civilians, including Colinny's father, during the war. But he escaped legal sanctions, all because Germany's "Dreyer Act" promulgated in 1968, the prosecution period against Mayer exceeded the statute of limitations. So, Colinney chose to do it himself. Obviously, this is a revenge type of movie, but is that really the case? From the moment Colinny turned himself in, he had already received justice, but this justice only belonged to him, he didn't care about his own life or death, he just wanted to get to know the matter as soon as possible. But Casper's arrival changed all that. He was obsessed with finding out the truth behind it, and it was his determination that brought second justice (true justice) to Colinne. At the end, Colinny committed suicide, and there was no trial, no justice, only the truth in front of him. For Colinne, seeing the belated justice finally come was the source of his years of regret. For Mayer, when facing Colinny, he knew that the big stone in his heart could finally fall to the ground, so he knelt in front of Colinny, neither resisting nor escaping. He used the rest of his life to make up for the mistakes he had made, which is why in Casper's eyes, Mayer was a very friendly person, just like his father Same. Setting the complex relationship between the three of them also makes the film more conflicting, who will protect whom? This is a problem not only for Casper, but also for those who lived through the war and the government. Is a person a war criminal? The law should make the best ruling for him, not only to give an account to the family members who have been devastated, but also to maintain the meaning of the law. In fact, this is a movie that reflects on the theme of history. Remembering and making up are its themes, because if no one does these things, the dead will have no meaning. The laying and narration of the front part of the film is very rich, but the back force is insufficient and a little rushed, resulting in top-heavy. The reversal brought by Casper does not match the previous foreshadowing, which is why the suspenseful color of the previous part is too strong and the truth behind it does not match. Still, it's a good story.
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