Once upon a time there were three little boys, Sean, Gimmy and Dave, who were good friends and used to play hockey on the road, writing their name on a green brick so it would stay on it forever. One day, as they were doing this, a man with a police badge drove by, berated them for their actions, and took Dave among them. For the next three days, Dave was constantly assaulted and molested by two men, and finally escaped, but left a permanent scar on his heart. The relationship between the three little boys gradually dissipated.
Decades later, three little boys have grown up, Sean has become a police officer, Gimmy has become a local gang leader, and once served two years in prison for theft, and he has Savage brothers who are also gangsters under his command. Dave has grown up too. All three have wives and children of their own, Gimmy's current wife is his second, the first died of cancer, and Dave got married late. They still live in adjacent blocks.
One day, there was a murder case in the town, Gimmy's daughter was killed, Sean was the police officer in charge of the case, and he investigated the case with his black colleagues. Gimmy loved her daughter so much that he secretly sent the Savage brothers to collect information. They investigate Branden, the boyfriend of Gimmy's daughter, and the pair are set to elope this weekend. Branden has a brother who can't speak and a mother. His father is called "ordinary Ray". He disappeared a long time ago and never appeared again, but the Branden family receives a large amount of money every month. , they thought it was Ray's compensation for his sudden and irresponsible disappearance. Gimmy didn't know why he didn't like Branden in particular.
It turned out that many years ago, Gimmy and the Savage brothers committed a burglary. Ray reported Gimmy as a witness. Gimmy did not choose to betray the Savage brothers and ended up serving two years in prison. In the past two years, Gimmy's first wife died of cancer. Gimmy couldn't accompany her on the last journey, so Gimmy secretly sent the Savage brothers to kill Ray after he was released from prison, and gave his family every month. Send money anonymously.
Dave came home bloodied the night of the murder and told his wife that he may have killed a robber by mistake. His itinerary happened to have a lot of intersections with Gimmy's daughter, so the police suspected him, and his wife also told the police that she did not trust him. In the end, Gimmy blocked Dave by a local river called Mystic and said that as long as the other party admitted that he had killed his daughter, he would let him go. Dave first said that he killed a pedophile that day, not killing him. daughter, but finally admitted it. Gimmy didn't let him go, but stabbed him to death and threw his body in the river.
The next day, the police identified the murderer based on the clues of the gun that committed the crime. It was Branden's dumb brother and one of his friends. The two of them tried the shotgun and accidentally went off. Branden's dumb brother was extremely dependent on Branden. He couldn't stand his brother and Gimmy His daughter eloped and killed her by accident. At the end, Gimmy finds out that he killed the wrong person and regrets it a bit, but soon returns to life and is comforted by his wife. In this small town, he is the role of the king, and the king knows what to do for his children, and he will do it without hesitation. At the last children's party, Dave's wife desperately called her husband's name, her son sat blankly, Sean gestured to Gimmy to shoot, saying that he knew Dave was murdered by him, Gimmy smiled helplessly laugh. Life in the town continues, only Dave is dead at the bottom of the Mystic River.
A very realistic story. Everyone is like a pebble, entrapped in the mysterious river of fate. With a little fluctuation of the water flow, they embark on a completely different life direction. All kinds of stones meet, and there are individual stones that have accompanied him all the way.
The best part of the film is the shaping of the characters. The two main characters, Gimmy and Dave, have three-dimensional images. Gimny is not a bad guy who does all evil, nor is he a good guy. He murdered twice, and also committed theft and murder. The wrong person doesn't seem to regret much, but he murdered twice because of love. For his wife and daughter, he was arrested for theft and did not betray his brother. Because of his love for his wife, he secretly killed Ray and paid him monthly. His family sent money, totaling $80,000, and he recovered easily from the trauma, unlike Dave who was never able to escape the nightmares of the past. The other supporting characters are also vividly remembered, the Savage brothers, Gimmy's wife, the Ray family... In the case of a large number, it did not make the film too long, which greatly enriched the story. The plot and part of the theme of "Mystic River" are reminiscent of "Three Billboards", including the shaping of various supporting characters.
Sean Penn deserves the title of the best actor, especially in the scene where he knew his daughter died. Tim Robbins couldn't see that he was Andy the banker, and the best actor in the Oscar is also true. As the name deserves, the characters of the two are full and full, and Sean's role serves the plot is more obvious. The script is solid, and the director Clint Eastwood has great skills. Dongmu's films do not have too distinctive features or skills, but there is always a strong sense of reality and authenticity. He is also the soundtrack this time? ! It's already 2022, and the 92-year-old Dongmu also directed and acted in the new film "The Crying Man" last year, which is really an evergreen tree in the film industry.
This is a movie worth watching many times over. Personally, I have always believed that the best scripts or stories don’t specifically promote a certain value, they just tell you a story, absurd or realistic, with everything hidden in it. This is not to say that films without obvious value orientation are necessarily better than those with obvious value orientation, it just means that they do not belong to the same level and the same realm. The quality of a film is more about the level of storytelling and various other factors. It is not value orientation, but what makes it famous in film history should be its eternal universality.
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