A crime movie with a general plot, character building is the highlight

Gust 2022-04-19 09:01:22

If you watch it according to the expectations of a crime movie, the plot will feel a little dull. The highlight is actually the character shaping of the two male protagonists: from the conflict and collision at the beginning, to the subtle influence of the two, the character flows and changes.

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When the owner of the taxi company called and questioned Max and asked him to pay for the damage to the vehicle, Vincent taught him to use swear words to fight back. At this time, he was hesitant.

When Max pretended to be Vincent and asked his employer to get the kill list, he was nervous and at a loss from the beginning, and then slowly replaced himself into the character of "Venterson". With black eyes, negotiating with the arrogance of a cold-faced killer, he easily told his employer to give him a discount on his remuneration, and when he finally walked out of the building with his head held high, he had already undergone a transformation and subjective substitution.

When he tried to cause a car accident and stop Vincent's murder, he had broken through and overcame his previous cowardly and compromising character flaw, and this was the subtle transformation that Vincent brought him.

When he decided to save the female prosecutor, he chose to use force to escape the seizure of the traffic police, and directly threatened passers-by with a gun to seize the mobile phone. It can be seen that he is beginning to use Vincent's simple and rude way to face this crazy world.

In the end, Max chose to absorb Vincent's "primitive power" and internalize it to turn it into the energy of punishing evil and breaking through himself.

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There is also an interesting scene. When Max braked to avoid the animal, Vincent's eyes showed a little moving. The man who was brutal and brutal when he murdered, but repeatedly encouraged Max to call the female prosecutor, visit Max's mother and buy flowers on purpose. In fact, he still has a warm side in his heart. It's just that he lacked education since childhood and grew up in a dark environment. Did he really think for a moment that he was eradicating evil for society? Maybe he just wants to use one by one to prove that he is needed and valuable. That's what he's been after and what he sees in Max (kindness, having a mom who loves him and is proud of him).

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At the end of the film, Vincent sat on the train and died, which was his relief. Max walks out of the train with the female prosecutor in his arms, and that will be his start...

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Collateral quotes

  • Max: [In the dark] Let her go.

    Vincent: Max? Why? What are you gonna do about it?

    [He gets shot]

  • Sergeant: Put your gun down!

    Max: Get back put your hands down! Look,I gotta go!

    Sergeant: Put down the gun!

    Max: Stop moving! Stop moving. When did this become a negotiation?

    [Max makes the sergeant cuff himself to the crashed cab]

    Max: Clap your hands together. Hold your hands together. Listen, somebody's gonna get killed if I don't go right now. Now cuff yourself. I'm going to Sixth and Fig. Call the cops.