After watching "Johnny Mad Dog", it reminded me of several movies I have seen, such as the genocide in "Lord of War", the brutality and dehumanization made me see the blood and violence of African genocide; " The diamond trade in "Blood Diamonds" made me see the impact of criminal capital on African adults and children. However, those "boy scouts" in the previous films were only presented in front of all the audience as a supporting role. And this time, we saw the Boy Scouts as the protagonist. When we were shocked by their madness and brutality, I believe that many people would not believe that such things would happen in the world, but these were really presented in front of our eyes. .
When we live in a peaceful and prosperous world, we may not feel the poverty and backwardness of Africa. For a long time, Africa has given us the impression that AIDS, civil war, coup d'etat, hunger and poverty have always been synonymous with Africa. Due to the complex ethnic relations and the influence of the colonial rule of Western powers, African countries have caused frequent civil wars in many African countries, and the people's livelihood has been difficult. Many people pull a group of people at random, and they dare to challenge the government with a few guns. The government troops are often helpless. This is a unique phenomenon in Africa. The genocide and indiscriminate killings shown in the film directly present the social problems of Africa in front of us, and these are only one aspect of the problems in Africa.
Speaking of the protagonist of the film, although the film uses a documentary film, we can see the performance of the three main children in the film. They fully demonstrated the madness and cold-bloodedness of the child soldiers in front of us, but each of them at the age that should have been studying became a murderous maniac who committed all kinds of crimes. We would not ask: what happened to them? What caused such a tragedy?
The child soldiers in the film, their clothes are tattered and their faces are full of childishness, they seem to be a group of rabble, but the director shows us their barbarism and cruelty, they use the weapons in their hands to achieve everything they want, the director let us see The distortion of human nature, many scenes in the film nakedly reveal the evil of their human nature and their unscrupulous slaughter.
It can be said that the film is destined to have a cruel ending for the film from the beginning. The film is tragic, it is not only reflected in these poor children, but also in sympathy for African civilians. These children enter the adult world that does not belong to them prematurely, and are used by those who are greedy and gainers of real interests. pay the price he deserves for his actions.
The directors of the so-called democratic world in the West often use a sympathetic and condescending attitude to record the sufferings of Africa in film language, and then use it to win awards or something. It has become a habit and a shortcut. But miserable Africa remains miserable, and rebels and government forces remain common words in world news. Exactly: the elegant West is still elegant, the crazy Africa is even crazier. In this regard, we have to say that Johnny is just a silhouette of the times and history, and he is just one of the many victims. In today's increasingly developing society, I believe that Africa will become better in the future, and I pray that Africa will be more peaceful and tranquil!
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