"The powerlessness of individual heroism under the heavy system and complex social phenomena", this is the biggest feeling after reading it. The male protagonist is smart, capable, has clear ideas for solving cases, and is proficient in martial arts. He is simply a chivalrous detective with both civil and military skills. These personalities and abilities permeate the entire film. But in the end, when the strongest brain confronted the boss behind the scenes, all the logical reasoning of the righteous words were all dissolved by a simple self-introduction "I am Noah Cross and I am rich."
The consistent sense of powerlessness is mainly reflected in two aspects: the first is the sense of insignificance when confronting the operation of the huge capital, the meticulous investigation and the watertight arrangement are nothing in the eyes of the capital, and the individual can never shake the huge capital group; The second is the inability to communicate due to different positions in the face of political institutions (in the film it appears as a police station). As a private detective, the male protagonist has long been in contact with various evidences in the case before the case, and the police can only enter the scene after the case, which makes it impossible for the police to investigate the problem from the perspective of a private detective, and there is a presupposition - the police always hold the attitude that more is worse than less, instead of insisting on upholding justice - this leads to mistrust between the hero and the police, and the hero disdains to share with the police after he has a lot of evidence ——There is always a fundamental difference between a wild general and a contemporary general.
But in general, these two aspects are closely linked, and the political system of capitalism is also one of the ways in which capital disguises itself and constantly expands itself. Maybe there is no Chinatown, maybe everywhere is Chinatown, as long as there is evil capital.
So where should we go?
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