There are 550 million guns in the world, which means 12 people on average have 1 gun. The only problem is how to make the other 11 people have guns.
——The classic line
of "King of War" "King of War" starring Nicolas Cage is a relatively alternative theme in the American anti-war genre. It decrypts the mysterious arms through the arms dealer, Yuri, played by Cage. The veil of trade. The film opens with an acclaimed classic about a bullet being made to end up in the head of a boy in Africa to accomplish its mission.
Yu Rui immigrated to the United States, started from nothing and engaged in the arms trade, wandering among various forces to make a fortune in wars, peace is the natural enemy of his industry, and eventually he also betrayed his relatives and left. There are two climaxes in the film, one is the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the arms trade ushered in a golden age, and the other is the death of Cage's brother to complete the redemption of human nature. The biggest irony of the film comes from the end, and the criticism is aimed at the government, which is also the critical consciousness of American culture. A choice between the state and the individual, Cage was eventually acquitted of the irony of the political logic behind the arms trade.
The setting of the brother relationship in the film is the director's originality. The strong brother controls everything, while the younger brother is drug addict, cowardly, and indecisive. He didn't want his weapons to be sold to slaughter. Although he did not organize the killing, he completed the redemption of human nature. The brother played by Cage is full of love for his brother and sent him to detox again and again, but he never thought that he was very responsible for what happened in his career. War has morality and responsibility. He only cares about who can buy his weapons at a better price, regardless of whether the war is right or wrong. Anti-war-themed films reflect on the war and question humanity at the same time. Cage seized the grenade that his brother sounded before he died and reinstalled the lead wire. The business still has to continue. Even if his relatives died, he did not look back. Humanity is obliterated by interests.
At the end of the film, Cage was reported to be released by the military. He continued to sell arms all over the world. It is our wishful thinking to think that he was punished. If we really thought that stopping the arms dealers would stop the war, I think we are naive. , In whose hands is the weapon, killing and suppressing violence are not considered by the arms dealers, because they are the kings of war, and peace is their nightmare.
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