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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  • [after Dave comes in with blood all over him]

    Dave: So, I'm walking to my car, and this guy comes up to me and he asks for a light. I say I don't smoke. He says neither does he. So, my heart starts clocking a buck fifty, 'cause there's no one around but me and him.

    Celeste Boyle: [Celeste sits to bandage his stomach] Oh, my God.

    Dave: So that's when I see the knife. He says, 'Your wallet or your life, bitch. I'm leaving with one of 'em.'

    Celeste Boyle: That's what he said?

    Dave: Yeah! So I try to brush past him, and that's when he slices me.

    Celeste Boyle: I thought you said that you swung on him first.

    Dave: Jesus, Celeste, can I tell the fuckin' story?

    [She realizes now that he's crying]

    Celeste Boyle: I'm sorry, babe. Ssshh.

    Dave: I went fuckin' nuts on him, baby. I went off! I bashed his head on the parking lot. There was blood everywhere, and I might 'a' killed him!

    Celeste Boyle: Killed him!

    [She sees that he's sobbing and stands up to hug him]

    Celeste Boyle: Ssshh.

    Dave: It makes you feel alone, you know, hurtin' somebody?

  • Dave Boyle: Maybe some day you forget what it's like to be human and maybe then, it's ok.