These children don't care about legal or moral condemnation because they have lost their basic judgment and are gradually corrupted by such an environment. What they are proud of is not their parents' family background, not their own studies, but how many guns, how much courage and ruthlessness they have. And one of the classic scenes in the film is when the little bully leads the brothers to line up on the street, each with a gun posing in different shapes for Ah Pao to take a few handsome photos, he even treats this kind of worship as a kind of It is presented in a humorous and ironic way.
Extreme violence is also easy to breed in extremely poor places. In such a world flooded with guns and drugs, "changing the dynasty" seems to be an instant thing. No one can be the boss for a long time, and any one may corpse on the street at any time. This is a city without a master, where crime thrives, the police and the law condone adultery, and the entire society is in chaos, as if a train has long gone off the track and doesn't know where to go. Whether you're in it or not, it's always hard to avoid it. However, robbing supermarkets and banks, selling drugs, and gang fights hide endless emptiness behind what they do. Because the external stimulation and indulgence are only temporary leisure, but the inner void is difficult to fill. Characters like Bully also have moments when they yearn for something other than violence and money. At Benny's farewell party, he wanted to invite girls to dance, but he was repeatedly rejected, and he was angry; he was deeply distressed by the death of his brother Benny for many years, and at the same time, he also experienced the feeling of loneliness. And sadly, in such a mutated world, emotions also seem to be their shackles. Whether it is love for relatives or hatred for enemies, it makes it difficult for them to control their own lives.
Ah Pao is the narrator of this movie. Although he is not a big character in the movie, he always narrates the stories that happened to the three young heroes and himself as a bystander. Ah Pao is a bit obedient. He wants to chase girls but is always ahead of others. He wants to be a photographer but suffers from being shy, and wants to avenge his brother, but he doesn't dare to shoot him. But it was such a cowardly but witty boy who became a miraculous figure in this slum. He survived all the assassinations, the gang fights, and survived on his own. In the end, he witnessed the death of Xiaobawang with his own eyes, and obtained the qualification of a trainee reporter. And those juvenile heroes who were once admired have long been killed by gunfire.
In fact, this is a film with a very serious theme, but the director deliberately showed it in a cold and playful way. Perhaps it is this kind of black humor, intertwined with tragic content and comedy form, that gives us a unique understanding of the absurdity of the world, the alienation of people, and the destruction of rational principles. And these flamboyant teenagers have already sold their bodies and souls to deformed desires. I don't believe in God, I only believe in violence.
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