Note: This review is based on the sequential development of the movie's storyline.
The film is narrated in the tone of the male protagonist's storytelling, just like "The Shawshank Redemption", which can make the story more real and intimate.
1.
At the beginning of the film, the bullet's life is described from the perspective of a bullet. (Production, manufacturing, screening, packaging, shipping, loading, shooting.) New angles instead of boring telling.
2.
The beginning is also accompanied by a burst of relaxed and melodious music. When the bullet hits the boy's forehead (a boy is playing a gunfight with a group of adults, how terrifying!), the music stops abruptly, giving the audience a strong psychological gap.
3.
Begin to tell about the life of Yuri (the male protagonist), a group of Ukrainian immigrants who could not integrate into American society and pretend to be Israelis. Poverty + discrimination makes people have the urge to commit crimes.
4.
The luxury hotel opposite took away their business. Yuri experienced a gunfight firsthand there. (Someone sent a killer to kill the gun boss.)
If the arms senior (Wise) killed him, maybe he would have one less competitor, and he wouldn't have been shot by Andre (President). A single thought can change the future.
Since then, Yuri has been determined to sell arms.
5.
On the surface, he went to church with his father to pray, but he actually knew the general (a figure who appeared many times in later stories) to be his backer. How can you do these things without a strong backer?
6.
The empty money storage machine shows that Yuri was also forced to sell weapons due to economic difficulties.
7.
Berlin Arms Show. The chairman of the private arms club is for life, in fact, it is almost like the emperor of the feudal society.
8.
Wise decisively refused to cooperate with him, but did not expect that this kid would get along better than him in the future, and he would also take the initiative to invite him to cooperate. Good fortune makes people, feng shui turns.
9.
Uredi (Vitaly is a complicated character) likes to play with women, and later got involved with drugs, but at this time Uredi only cares about the war and doesn't care about women.
10.
The U.S. military attacked an Islamic country, and left a large number of weapons after it was over. It was difficult to transport them away (probably because of the arms race with the Soviet Union). (Uri was just an errand at the time.) This also contributed to the arms trade.
11.
This is enough to prove that Yuri sells arms just for money, which is different from Wise, no wonder they don't cooperate.
12.
Vitaly still has his kind side, and Yuri thinks that more things are worse than less. (If it were you, what would you do?)
13.
A woman in black gauze is making bricks and carrying a gun with her. It can be seen how chaotic the local public security order is. The so-called risks and benefits are directly proportional. Doing these black businesses is all about taking risks.
14.
In Yuri's eyes, every time someone fired a bullet, a banknote entered the money counter. War is their business opportunity. Therefore, the arms dealers are eager to fear that the world will not be in chaos.
15.
The white (government) United States is a typical representative of the three types of arms trafficking. It sells arms to Taiwan independence elements under the guise of legality, which fuels the arrogance of Taiwan independence elements and makes others uneasy. Black (smuggling) Needless to say. Gray is something between white and black. Bribery, false testimony, and legal edge balls.
16.
The criminal policeman was tricked by his teammates. There was no corruption, and no official gave him an umbrella. How could his gun sell so well?
17.
Often walking by the river, how can there not be wet shoes. (Curiosity killed the cat) A drug that was inadvertently caught when selling arms.
18.
Ava, the American supermodel who has appeared on posters many times, is also Yuri's goal.
19.
Love begins with lies and deceit and ends with them. Paper can never hold fire.
20.
twenty one.
At the wedding, the father said to Yuri that it was God, and Yuri made a joke. I didn't listen to my father's words and went on the road of no return.
twenty two.
Seeing the disintegration of the Soviet Union is more fun than his son's ability to walk.
twenty three.
After marrying her and going home, you have to work hard to make money to maintain the status quo, which is really a lie that requires a lot of action to maintain.
twenty four.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, some republics of the Soviet Union were still in a state of anarchy. During the Cold War, weapons that were widely used in the arms race became decorations.
25.
Wise and Yuri about cooperation (compared with 8) probably knew earlier that Wise is not only for money, but also has a certain political stance. The two are destined to be unable to cooperate.
26.
It's too fucking good to play. After unloading the two missiles, it became a humanitarian rescue vehicle, just like this. It seems that the arms dealers also have a wealth of legal knowledge, otherwise how can they play the legal side of the ball?
27.
This was an open and secret battle between arms dealers, killing the general, and then Wise was afraid that a group of people would take the arms away. Yuri lost a lot.
28.
Yuri came to Lemibia. (A West African country composed of black American immigrants and local black indigenous people, it all copied the United States, even the flag. Black Americans and indigenous people are always fighting endlessly.) The more war-torn the place, the more business there is.
29.
Andre (President of Lemibia), a murderous dictator, is Yuri's big client.
30.
These words are fucking gibberish, cars have brakes, smoke has warning signs. Whether something is beneficial or not depends on how people use it. Some people use guns to act recklessly, and some people use guns to defend their families and the country. Is this the same?
31.
Africa's backward economy, poor management conditions, and frequent wars make it a paradise for arms dealers. This is a hotbed of crime.
32.
The rabbit died and the dog was dead, and the catastrophe was imminent.
33.
Abandoning soldiers to protect the commander, and smuggling are all things like this, so I tried my best to destroy the evidence.
34.
It's like ants eating elephants, so scary. Airplanes are worthless to them, they can only be used as toys. The same thing, placed in different places, will have different values
35.
At this time, Yu Rui was in a state of embarrassment, and there was political power in the barrel of a gun. He could only sell guns but not use them. Those who arrived in war-torn areas could only be slaughtered by others.
36.
Yuri managed to get back on track. Legal money is hard to earn but safe, illegal money is easy to earn but dangerous.
37. Yuri is already in a quagmire, unable to extricate himself. Andre will get revenge on him if he doesn't sell arms
38.
Ava's own painting was bought by her husband, and the fate of this woman is quite sad. From a famous model to a full-time wife, she can only paint when she has nothing to do, and she has been kept in the dark. An innocent woman.
39.
While receiving food aid from the United Nations, they are buying arms. The United Nations is fattening the wolf.
40.
Killing aliens under the guise of freedom and patriotism (big hypocrisy and pretense) racism has always been the root cause of wars in Africa.
41.
Vitali's good side is on display. He is lustful and drug addicts, but he is also kind and loyal.
42.
This sentence is very appropriate in today's society. As Martin Luther King said, the corruption of society is not caused by evil but by the inaction of good people.
43.
He was not killed by the last bullet he had ever produced, but he was nearly killed by the bullet in his brother's body.
44.
The white-haired person sends the black-haired person, the sons go astray, and the parents are also grief-stricken and helpless.
45.
Parents, wives and children have left Yuri (devil) and all betrayed their relatives, and his retribution has come.
46.
There is a big tiger as his backing, no matter how much evidence, the righteous man was defeated by the big tiger.
47.
Yes, the President of the United States is the largest arms dealer in the world (add that the United States is a country where gun ownership is legal and the proliferation of guns is the highest. Many members of Congress are members of the Rifle Association. The Rifle Association can manipulate American politics, and it is difficult for Obama to implement control. Gun Regulations) The United States is doing things all over the world, and if other countries are disturbed, they can make a lot of money.
48.
The film ends with the beginning. In the end, Yuri remained unharmed and continued his arms business. This breaks a conventional view of how we look at the ending of a movie. (ending with justice over evil) Evil has triumphed.
In short: corruption, lax ordnance management, lax border management, weak laws, and arms dealers are the reasons for the proliferation of weapons.
Please cherish the present peaceful society. After all, justice can still defeat evil.
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