One star at the end, could have been better.

Herbert 2022-04-22 07:01:04

When tragedy befalls the happy clyde family, sadness, helplessness, anger, and despair fill people's hearts. For anyone, their only wish would be to severely punish the villains, but this law-abiding citizen failed to do so. Driven by power and money transactions, whitewashing of data, unspoken rules of the industry, selfishness, and loopholes in the system, the villains are "extra-judicial", and the accomplices become scapegoats. Under everyone's joy, the audience has vaguely seen the outline of revenge , Emotionally, he has sided with clyde to some extent, waiting to see what happens to these perpetrators.

In the order of the death of the accomplice, ten years of skill began to emerge. From dismembering thieves, going to jail for showdowns, humiliating judges, and killing lawyers, Clyde has carefully planned and has a clear mind. In contrast, the public prosecutors and the law are stretched, passively and self-righteously caught in the quagmire of the case and psychology. The person involved was killed. The study of the judicial system makes Clyde easy to handle in trials and courts, and the attack of a guilty plea reverses the face of a judge who symbolizes fairness and justice. People are beginning to understand that his purpose is not just to kill enemies, but to expose the dark side of the judicial system under the splendid exterior, and to point the sword at the entire judicial system.
He returned the words that had been written in his heart back to the originator, word for word, and he used the way of crime to show the law-abiding citizens that the protector who punished crime has been reduced to a criminal. tool. After the lawyer was tricked to death by the police, there were very few main people involved in the case. The male protagonist portrayed here is undoubtedly a lone punisher of high-IQ crimes, but the subsequent plot made people's opinions on him and the film appear. watershed.

Killing roommates in order to enter a solitary confinement cell, and blowing up the bus in order to show their control, people who have little connection with the case are controlled like chess pieces, and they are also abandoned like chess pieces. The film does not clearly show the connection between a series of murders and judicial justice, which inevitably makes people suspect that the male protagonist's killing has lost its pertinence and purpose. It is extremely vicious, and such a simple and extensive way of handling it without explaining the cause and effect is unconvincing. The crime of the male protagonist violated the beliefs forged before, and replaced it with a sense of form of buttoning a hat and sticking a label. No matter how you look at it, it runs counter to the spirit of high IQ, high standard and high connotation.
The final outcome seems to be that the prosecutor who found his original intention regained justice, and the meticulous layout of ten years of hard work was vulnerable to an overseas email that was neither sooner nor too late. The place of the female soul. However, the contrast between the male protagonist's halo before and the bleak after that is too strong, the reversal of the situation between the prisoner and the police is too abrupt, the values ​​that the film wants to convey is too chaotic, and the hasty ending makes the two male characters too pale. I don't agree with the god-level ending of clyde's complete justice, which can't give people more and deeper feelings except to let people lament the extraordinary ability of the male protagonist. In the face of the darkness of the system, what an individual can do is really limited, and it lacks universality and far-reaching influence. If the male protagonist steals the sky to change the day, it will finally appear to be a whimsical detachment from reality, and all plots are subordinate to a superpower protagonist. What's more difficult.

The male protagonist should be punished because it conforms to the rational principle of everything he does, and he should take responsibility for his actions. But the way the film was arranged was to lose to the prosecutors and a bunch of people in the end, but it seemed to be telling the correctness and victory of the system. Some people might think that this is the reality, or this is the meaning of the film, but I think this is the truth. prevent it from becoming a classic.
Carrying up the banner of justice with one's own strength, such an image can not help but remind people of Batman, and the core elements that make the Bell version of Batman series gain reputation are not high-tech equipment and big scenes, but the film's thinking and test of human nature , it is the appearance of the clown that has brought the film to a higher level. The film has novel ideas, ups and downs, and tight rhythm, but it lacks such finishing touches.

Watching the film late at night, I was drowsy. After the opening, I had to be drowsy for a while, but after the ending, the disappointment doubled, and only three stars were recorded.

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Law Abiding Citizen quotes

  • Clyde Shelton: [Surprised to see Nick in his cell] I wasn't expecting company. Yeah, I would have -- I would have cleaned up a little.

    Nick Rice: Never seen anybody tunnel into prison before. And the solitary confinement? That was clever.

    Clyde Shelton: Well, that's how winners play. We "convince" the other guy that he's making all the right moves. So, did you ever catch my accomplice?

    Nick Rice: Yeah, I did. It's the end of the road for you now. You played us, Clyde. You played us real good.

    Clyde Shelton: Thank you. You know, I'm glad you finally get to appreciate some of the effort that I put into all of this.

    Nick Rice: Well, you set out to make a point, Clyde. You made it.

    Clyde Shelton: No, people still don't get it. They don't appreciate what I'm trying to say, Nick, but they will soon enough.

    Nick Rice: A man I cared about once told me that we can't retract the decisions that we've made, we can only affect the decisions we're going to make from here.

    Clyde Shelton: Are you trying to save me now, Nick?

    Nick Rice: I'm giving you a way out. Big difference. Stand up for those principles you've been preaching. See, we're all held accountable, Clyde. That includes you. Why don't we do the right thing here?

    Clyde Shelton: I'm doing the right thing, Nick. You just have to see it that way.

    Nick Rice: By murdering all those people, all you're doing is destroying the memory of your daughter and causing the same pain that you're suffering from.

    Clyde Shelton: So what do you suggest, Nick? Make another deal? One final offer? Is that what it is?

    Nick Rice: I don't make deals with murderers anymore, Clyde. You taught me that.

    Clyde Shelton: [scoffs] Finally. Well done. Bravo. Maybe I wasn't such a bad teacher after all.

    Nick Rice: If you go through with this, Clyde, it's a decision you'll have to live with for the rest of your life.

  • Nick Rice: [Tasting his daughter's French toast] It's very good, you cook better than your mother.

    Kelly Rice: [Upon entering the kitchen from another room] I heard that! Are you going to our daughter's recital this afternoon?

    Nick Rice: I thought you were going to order the DVD.

    Kelly Rice: That's not the same.

    Denise Rice: [to Kelly] It's okay, I know Dad's got to work.

    Nick Rice: That's right! Dad's got to work. And what does Dad do during the day?

    Denise Rice: Lock up bad guys!

    Nick Rice: And why does he do that?

    Denise Rice: To keep us safe.