From the very beginning, I didn't see this film as the main revenge series, because it was too bad, or it was too monolithic to raise the core of the film one or more levels.
Fortunately, I didn't choose to look at it that way.
Clyde's 10 years are definitely not just for revenge. He has been holding back a big move from beginning to end. When he witnessed his family members being brutally injured by criminals but could not get justice from the law, he had already buried in his heart the hope that this corrupt judicial system was bound to be broken. A stand-up bomb.
But just when we all thought that Clyde himself was the bomb, the appearance of NICK and the arrangement of Clyde made this lawyer who was also extremely disgusted by the system but felt powerless to turn into a bomb that terrified the world. .
"I will not deal with murderers again."!
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Many people think that Nick is the one who should be killed the most. Personally disagree.
The protagonist's desire for revenge is relieved after dismembering the main culprit, and all subsequent actions stem from anger and hatred for the outdated and loopholes judicial system and to achieve a more profound purpose...
He spent 10 years planning a revenge plan while learning and researching the judicial system, so that he could talk to Nick in the confession room without leaving any loopholes, and even be his own defense lawyer. He had already realized that Nick was not on the side of evil that he had seen. But he knew that in the face of the broken judicial system, Nick did not dare to take risks even though he knew the facts and the truth in his heart. In the end, he chose to compromise between the settlement rate and justice.
The protagonist also knows that he cannot subvert the entire system by himself, so he chooses to shape a person who can defend justice. Nick was not, but he knows that Nick wants to do it. That's why he's killing the judge, why he's killing the mayor's attorney general. In this way, Nick can logically rise to a higher level in politics and achieve a certain dominance in the judiciary. He made deals with Nick time and time again, which is to make Nick realize again and again that making deals with criminals will only make tragedies happen again and again.
Killing innocent people is not what the protagonist wants. However, angry and desperate, he believes that a series of bloody lessons must be used to guide the inspector named Nick on the path of true justice. In the film, if I remember correctly, the protagonist shows a deep sense of guilt after killing at least two times.
As mentioned above, if the protagonist just wants simple revenge, he doesn't need such a long time to plan. With his ability, he doesn't even need to go to prison, he can let the police wait for his trial one by one without evidence. those whom he considers guilty. But why did he choose to implement such a massive plan with Nick at the center? If he sees Nick as an accomplice to the criminal, why not put Nick in the first few steps of the plan and kill him?
Yes, the protagonist is waiting for Nick's last words, "I will not deal with murderers again".
So that when he finally saw the bomb he made, he didn't have too much surprise or too much fear. What he showed was only repentance and liberation. He had already reported his determination to die, and only hoped for an upright prosecutor to stand up to defend justice.
The ending is perfect. After the death of the protagonist's wife and children, he is left with only despair and hatred in this world, but he uses his own death in exchange for the people's hope for justice...
Good actor, good script, good director... very good film!
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