In this National Day holiday, which is completely embedded in the rainy season, I encountered this "X-Files of America", but its other name "Beasts and Good People" seems to be more suitable. The film uses color and black-and-white narratives, which quickly brings people into the growing world of the two brothers, and also provides a close perspective of the changes of an American family. In addition to systematic learning, most of the ideas and concepts formed by individuals are based on past experiences. As an ordinary white American family, Derek Vinyard and his younger brother Danny Vinyard encountered two completely different forces in the process of growing up, namely, Dr. Moderates represented by Bob Sweeney (such as mother Doris Vinyard, sister, black inmates, etc.) and radicals represented by Cameron Alexander (such as father, Derek's ex-girlfriend and many friends before prison), the former advocates racial The problem is complex, and it is necessary to try to eliminate the contradictions between them as much as possible, to be calm and objective, and the latter holds high the swastika and advocates the elimination of all non-white groups. The two brothers, caught in the tug of these two forces, turn their personal fortunes at a turning point when their father, a firefighter, is killed. Brother Derek quickly turned to the radicals and became the group's number two, responsible for recruiting socially radical youth for spiritual leader Cameron Alexander and organizing indiscriminate physical attacks on non-white groups. Derek has become increasingly sharp and aggressive, resorting to violence against anyone who disagrees with what he says, including his family. Severe family conflict leaves mother Doris issues a deportation order against Derek. However, it was too late. That night, in the face of the black thieves, Derek not only shot them back, but also brutally killed one of them when the other party was completely powerless to resist. This excessive violation is not only a vent of anger at the killing of his father by a black drug dealer, but also an oath and declaration of his own extreme hatred for non-white groups. All of this was recorded by his younger brother Danny's eyes, and it also deeply affected him. Although Derek was released from prison, he announced that he was away from his previous life and decided to take good care of his family and start over. But just like what is said in the classic Hong Kong film: When you come out and mix, you always have to pay it back. It's just that you never know which part of you fate will take away. In the end, Danny is killed by a vengeful black man, and the film ends. Someone said: "The valuable thing about this movie is that it doesn't favor any one position, it is neither politically correct, but also points out the racial problems existing in society." Others said: "The ending is a warning to society." I can say The thing is, individual choices can vary dramatically at different ages due to different experiences. Extreme thoughts are more likely to affect young people simply because their experiences are not comprehensive and diverse enough. Although everyone will be trapped in the scope of their own cognition, at least in the world with the self as the dot, they should make relatively objective, rational and comprehensive judgments and choices on the basis of increasing the radius as much as possible. And today, in October 2021, in today's world that is increasingly sliding towards populism, it has to be said that the trend of extremism, the shadow of Nazism, is still hanging over everyone's heads and never far away.
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