It's all the fault of prejudice

Olen 2022-04-23 07:01:10

Los Angeles District Attorney Rick (Brandon Fisher) and his wife Gene (Sandra Bullock) have their car stolen with guns by two black guys, and they return home to find them. A black Mexican locksmith (Michael Pena) changes locks to prevent theft, but the locksmith's bald head and tattoos make Jean think he is a member of the underworld, and she insists on changing the locks the next day. Although the car was robbed, Rick, who was preparing to run, had a headache that he might lose black votes by telling the truth. The next day Gene fell down the stairs at home. She called Carol, a good friend of ten years, but the other party said that she was having a massage and couldn't come. In the end, Maria, a black maid, took her to the hospital.
Black TV director Cameron and his wife Christine are pulled over by a white male police officer Ryan (Matt Dillon) while driving. Mellon had to apologize to the police before he was able to leave. Back home, Christine scolded Cameron for his cowardice. But the cause of the incident was that Christine gave Cameron oral sex while he was driving, and public sex is a felony. Ryan risked his life to drag Christine out of the oil-spilled car after spotting the crash on patrol the next day. Ryan's actions last night were also because his father had difficulty going to the toilet due to illness at the time. He was exhausted and he called the black nurse but was perfunctory.
A Persian family running a grocery store bought guns and bullets for safety. The shop owner brought in a black Mexican locksmith to fix his locks. After the locksmith changed the lock, he kindly told the store owner that he needed to change the door, but the store owner thought he was driving him away for the purpose of corrupting the money for repairing the door. As a result, the next day the owner found that the entire grocery store was stolen and the store was in a mess. He thought it was the locksmith who stole his money, so he came to the locksmith's house with a gun and asked him to pay back the money, and fired a shot. , Fortunately, the daughter of the store owner understands her father's character, just in case she bought empty ammunition, the locksmith's daughter is safe, and the store owner escaped.
Cochling, a white anti-narcotics police officer who was acquitted of shooting black people twice, found that the black police officer Lewis was selling drugs, so he killed Lewis in the process of law enforcement. The black police officer in charge of the case, Graham (Don Cheadle), found $300,000 in Lewis' car. Graham's mother was addicted to drugs and delirious, and his brother ran away, and the mother took the responsibility for the young son's runaway on his head. Graham was a little inferior to his family background, and he hid the family situation from his girlfriend. Rick, who is preparing to run, decides to punish Cockerlin in order to get more black votes. Rick's staff Flegan asked Graham to hide the truth, promised to promote Graham, and threatened Graham's brother's criminal record and arrest warrant, so Graham readily accepted.
Hanson, a young white police officer with a sense of justice, decided to change his partner after seeing his partner Ryan insulting Christine. When Hansen saw Cameron clashing with the police in order to show his bravery, he rescued Cameron in time. But when giving the black guy a ride, Hansen mistakenly thought that the other party was about to draw a gun when he saw the other party in his pocket, based on the other party's dirty shoes, ripped clothes, no clear pickup destination and behavior that he thought the other party was mocking him. So he shot and killed the black guy first, but only a statue fell out of the other's trouser pocket. Hansen chose to throw his corpse in the wilderness and burn his vehicle to escape. And this black guy is Graham's younger brother.
Graham's mother blamed Graham for the tragedy because he was too busy with work to find his younger brother.
"The waitress (at the cafe) poured cup after cup of coffee for the white people around us. But she asked if you wanted it?" "We didn't get coffee because you didn't want it and I didn't. That's racism. Haven't you noticed that the waitress is black?" "It doesn't mean that black people are like us. The waitress looked at us for two seconds and knew who we were. We are black, black people don't tip, she doesn't want to. Waste of time. You can't change her mind." "How much did you tip her?" "You expect me to tip her for that quality of service?"
"The one with the shaved head, the low-waisted pants, and the prison tattoo. The guy (the lock repairer) doesn't sell the key to his accomplice as soon as he walks out the door?"
"If a white man sees two black men walking towards her and she turns around and goes the other way, she's a racist, right?
" How difficult it is to be in a position, and to lose everything so easily."
"You can bet your future with mine for a valid reason, or admit that you have an unspeakable physical flaw (inability to control your farting)."
Multiline The narrative group drama, whites, blacks, Persians, and Asians from different social strata are intertwined through events, presenting all kinds of life on the streets of Los Angeles.
All things cannot be prejudiced and preconceived. People have two sides, both the good side and the evil side. The change between good and evil is only a moment. For all problems, you must first find the cause from yourself, and your heart must be strong. The so-called racism stems more from the mistrust between people. A rat shit can ruin a pot of porridge. When we try to prove our race, there will always be compatriots who are holding back.
The film beat "Brokeback Mountain" and won the Best Picture at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.

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  • Fred: [On a movie set] I think we need another take.

    Cameron: That looked pretty terrific.

    Fred: This is going to sound strange but is Jamal seeing a speech coach?

    Cameron: What do you mean?

    Fred: This is weird for a white guy to say this, but have you noticed he's been talking a lot less "black" lately?

    Cameron: No, I haven't noticed that.

    Fred: Really? Like in this scene, he's supposed to say "don't be talking about that", and he changed it to "don't talk to me about that".

    Cameron: You think because of that the audience won't recognize him as a black man?

    Fred: Is there a problem?

    Cameron: Excuse me?

    Fred: Is there a problem?

    Cameron: No, we don't have a problem.

    Fred: All I'm saying it's not his character. Eddie is supposed to be the smart one, not Jamal, right? You're the expert here but to me it rings false.

  • Shaniqua: Mr. Ryan, my name is Shaniqua Johnson. I believe we spoke last night.

    Officer Ryan: Yeah, I wanted to apologize. I haven't been too much sleep and my father's in a lot of pain.

    Shaniqua: I'm sorry to hear that.

    Officer Ryan: The doctor he's seeing says he's got a urinary tract infection, but he's been taking this medicine for a month now and seems to be getting worse.

    Shaniqua: And he's been back to see Dr. Roberts?

    Officer Ryan: Between you and me, the man's an idiot.

    Shaniqua: Really?

    Officer Ryan: Well, no offense, but the doctor sees a hundred patients an hour, I think his nurses are doing most of the work.

    Shaniqua: If your father is unhappy with Dr. Roberts he's welcome to see a doctor outside the network.

    Officer Ryan: And if this new doctor says it's not an infection and says it's his prostate and needs to be operated on, is it going to be covered?

    Shaniqua: Not unless Dr. Roberts authorizes it.

    Officer Ryan: Then what good is that going to do?

    Shaniqua: I'm sorry, there's nothing else I can do.

    Officer Ryan: You know what I can't do? I can't look at you without thinking about the five or six more qualified white men that didn't get your job.

    Shaniqua: It's time for you to go.

    Officer Ryan: I'm saying this because I'm really hoping I'm wrong about you. I'm hoping someone like yourself, someone who has been given a helping hand might have a little compassion for someone else in a similar situation.