An action film dressed in philosophical pseudo-propositions

Bennie 2022-04-20 09:01:12

Doomsday, the rebel army, the savior who abandoned the dark and turned to the light, and played cool, this film is full of memories and the shadow of the Matrix, but the depth of observability is obviously lower than one grade, no wonder it is not popular.
The background of the film is that in order to prevent the war from breaking out again, the people of the last generation have established religious organizations to completely stifle the emotions of the people, burning books, ignoring Confucianism, and brainwashing them. But people's emotions are inherently uncontrollable, and finally the mob won and the savior cooperated with the tacit cooperation to overthrow the ruling class.
At first glance, the theme is still quite profound, which is also in line with the worship of the power of anger among today's angry youth. It's a pity that the theme and plot of the whole film are really untenable in logic.
Can emotions really be removed? Although he was full of emotions, he couldn't help it, and would always burst out, but the director and screenwriter told us that by insisting on taking drugs and learning constantly, it was possible to clear their emotions for a large area of ​​people in a short period of time. It's a pity that this logic, which even the director and screenwriter themselves do not believe, and the need for commercialization to be cool, quickly lost the battle, and evolved into a plot full of flaws, so we see the people who have been brainwashed. After hearing the priest's speech, we can still applaud warmly; then we see the little fish on the one hand, with their hearts and faces gloomy, and on the other hand, a few big villains and supporting characters sneaking, double-edged, sometimes full of spring breeze and sometimes malicious sneer. sinister smile. Poor Bell, you endured so hard to hide your turbulent inner emotions, don't you look at that nigger, his face is much richer than yours, why don't you strike first, on behalf of the priest, on behalf of the cool people got him? ! Anyway, you don't need the approval of your superiors to kill your partner. It's not the first time, is it?

But thinking about it from another angle, what the director and screenwriter said still makes sense. Emotions are the beginning of disputes. If you're nervous, just take this film as an action movie to watch in a fast-forward manner, watch Bell play cool and handsome, and watch the Gun Kata battle at the end, it's cool! If you want to find what kind of ideas and inspirations you find in the movie, what kind of universal value is found in the movie, be careful to be cleared!

ps: When Bell went on a mission with black people to kill the rebels who attacked the pharmaceutical factory for the first time, the guy who jumped on Bell in the corridor seemed to be a German blocking expert in the city?

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Equilibrium quotes

  • John Preston: When we return from the Nether it always reminds me of why we do what we do.

    Partridge: It does?

    John Preston: [pauses; He takes notice of Partridge's intonation] I beg your pardon?

    Partridge: [Withdraws Prozium-administering device from his pocket and injects himself with it] It does.

  • Polygraph Technician: This is a control question, a riddle really. How would you say would be the easiest way to take a weapon away from a Grammaton Cleric?

    Brandt: [speaks into Preston's ear] You ask him for it.