General crime suspense films will attract audiences with climaxing plots and exciting suspense.
But today's film is different, and it adds a deep sense of horror to it.
Because it mercilessly exposed the darkness of human nature and social injustice——
"Mystic River"
The story is about three men, a broken friendship, and a childhood that will never go back.
Jimmy, Sean and Dave were once very good friends.
They were playing by the street that day, trying to carve their names on the green cement to commemorate their friendship.
The act was spotted and yelled at by two fake police officers, who also took away the cowardly-looking Dave.
This walk is four days, and these four days changed his life.
Dave was ravaged by two pedophile perverts, which left an indelible shadow and wound on his young heart.
A few years later, the three little friends grew up, no friendship, no contact with each other, and lived their own lives.
The three people who thought they could spend the rest of their lives without disturbing each other, met again because of a murder case——
Jimmy's daughter was brutally murdered, and the case happened to be taken over by detective Sean, and Dave, the suspect, was also involved.
Jimmy, who has been in prison for two years, has the same character as when he was a child, irritable and impulsive.
When he saw his daughter's body, he couldn't hold back the anger and sadness in his heart, and vowed to find the murderer and smash him into pieces.
As for Sean, who became a police officer, although he is responsible and rigorous in his work, in this case, he is very reluctant to face his former playmate.
And Dave, who was identified as a suspect, met Jimmy's daughter at a bar the night she was killed.
And the most bizarre thing is that Dave came home covered in blood that night. He told his wife that he had been robbed because he was too defensive and hurt the gangster.
Unexpectedly, the news of the death of Jimmy's daughter came the next day, and the wife was in a state of panic. She paid attention to the newspaper every day, hoping that the police would not come to the door.
At the same time, Dave's spirit began to become abnormal, and he often sat alone on the sofa watching horror stories such as vampires.
His attitude towards his wife is not as friendly as before, and he often shows a hideous face.
Combining everything before, the wife gradually suspects that Dave is lying, suspects that Dave killed Jimmy's daughter, and is hiding something.
So she told Jimmy of her suspicions.
Jimmy, who has lost his beloved daughter, has already used his personal connections in private to investigate the murderer of his daughter.
As soon as he heard the speculation of the couple's wife, the impulsive Jimmy immediately decided that Dave was the murderer, and summoned his brothers to lead Dave to the tavern by the river, forcing him to confess his crime.
Dave was beaten by Jimmy's strength, just as Dave was abandoned by his peers when he was a child, Dave when he grew up was abandoned by his wife and even the world...
In the film, society's stigma against those who have suffered childhood injuries is evident.
When the police discussed the case internally, some police officers directly pointed out:
"I'm sure it must be Dave. Wanting revenge for being hurt. Childhood trauma has to come out."
But Dave is obviously not. As for the truth, it is up to everyone to find the answer in the film.
The Mystic River was released in 2003 and was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
The success of the film is naturally inseparable from the precise control of the film by director Clint Eastwood.
Good people do not necessarily have good rewards. In this gray area, a story of extreme despair is told, and it is even so chilling that you don't want to watch it again.
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