afterthought and memo

Arne 2022-04-21 09:01:12

This film is a wrong tragedy~ It's really hard to understand how such a wife would doubt her husband, is it all in vain for so many years? To be honest is the sadness of human nature. What this film expresses is that in order to truly find out the truth, we must recognize the facts and not be swayed by human emotions, which often leads to more wrong tragedies. The story is simple, involving two families, three children, one Jimmy, one Dave, and one Sean. As a child, the three children were playing outside. Among them, Dave was caught by criminals as a child prostitute and was rescued many years later. When they grew up, Jimmy's children were murdered by him. Make sure it's Officer Sean who is here to investigate the case. On the night of the incident, Dave came back covered in blood and was found by his wife, who was said to have beaten the robber. The wife suspects that her husband killed Jimmy's daughter and tells her brother-in-law Jimmy. Jimmy killed Dave angrily, and Sean got to the bottom of the case and learned that the murderer who killed Jimmy's daughter was the two sons of his traitor colleagues who were killed by Jimmy many years ago. Telling Jimmy earlier could prevent the tragedy from happening, but Still one step closer. When Jimmy found out, he regretted that he had killed Dave by mistake, but he did not dare to tell Sean the truth. The film did not explain the follow-up of Dave's death, and it ended in an open style~

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Mystic River quotes

  • Sean Devine: Do you remember the man's name?

    Liquor Store Owner: Do I look senile to you?

  • [thinking about Katie after her death]

    Jimmy Markum: I know in my soul I contributed to your death.