This is a very religious film. Through the transformation of time and space, the director reveals the unconscious side of human nature - human nature is a mixture of good and evil, and it is the interweaving of angels and devils. The greatest enemy of human beings is the evil in oneself - vanity and greed. They are attached to all things because it is the darkness in the depths of the human heart. When human beings, under the temptation of money, power, and status, cannot suppress their inner desires, their inner demons will break through all rules and be released and expand rapidly. As soon as the seed of evil has nourishing soil, it will bloom the flower of evil.
Kevin is the main body of the film and the main carrier for the director to demonstrate the theme of human nature. The evil in his heart is revealed at the beginning of the film. Calvin knew that the math teacher who sexually harassed the female student was guilty, but he still managed to exonerate him. In his 64-game undefeated record, how many guilty people have he helped? Condoning and covering up sin is itself a sin. Standing among the high-rise buildings in New York, Kevin's inner desire to conquer became stronger and stronger, and he worked more actively to satisfy his inner vanity and desire. His wife was devastated to the point of having a mental breakdown, but he did nothing to help a murderer get away with it. Eventually indirectly killed his wife. What's even more tragic is that human beings often interpret this desire as ability, achievement, and even life goals, etc., and deceive themselves and hide themselves in evil thoughts. For Kevin, he was just trying to keep the lawyer's undefeated record without realizing that this was the root of all tragedies.
The evil forces headed by Milton are obviously just an object, which human beings must encounter and fight against. When people fight against evil, they are actually fighting against their inner evil, and it is the interaction between inner darkness and outer evil. In this encounter, human free will played a very crucial role. Milton never forced Kevin to do evil, and even gave appropriate reminders at critical moments. Satan never stops people's free will, but only uses various temptations to arouse the latent desires in human hearts. Its purpose is to use man as a tool to confront his true adversary, God.
Kevin's wife is a bystander who recognizes the nature of evil early, so she is controlled, harassed and even destroyed by evil forces. She understood that the ill-gotten gains she had received in the past were the reason for her suffering. However, her voice was too weak for her smug husband. And Kevin's mother can be seen as the incarnation of goodness. She was tempted by the devil to have Kevin, a combination of good and evil. She will continue to seek her own redemption in the days to come, and will try to wake up her son again and again - "I sent you, like a sheep among wolves." When Kevin really understood the meaning of this sentence , has lost his most beloved wife. In order to recognize himself, Kevin paid a heavy price.
The director used a lot of magical techniques and intense pictures to highlight the theme in the film. For example, the eerie wall in Milton's house, the grimace of his assistant's sudden sudden change when trying on clothes, and the deep pool on the balcony of a high-rise building make the film full of magical and eerie atmosphere.
The film's unexpected ending is especially thought-provoking. As is customary, we should breathe a sigh of relief when Kevin shoots himself and the devil struggles and disappears in the flames—good triumphs over evil, and the devil is no match for God. At this time, the scene of the film turned, and Kevin returned to the court where he sued the teacher, made the right choice, and experienced his first failure in the history of his career. And when she was embracing his wife happily, the reporter caught up and said that he should report his practice of sacrificing his name to maintain justice, and he readily agreed. Immediately, the reporter's face turned into a devil's face, and said the very classic words - vanity, is my favorite original sin. Invisibly, Kevin is still controlled by his inner vanity, and the struggle between evil forces and inner darkness will never end. . . . . .
Running in a hurry in the world, what are we running for? Are we also being controlled by the demons of vanity and greed, and have forgotten the most natural thing of human beings - love? Love is the root of goodness, and desire is the cause of evil. How to understand one's own weaknesses more clearly, resist temptation, maintain a kind nature, and love others as well as yourself, is actually the meaning of life.
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