I did not expect that the fate of Tango and Thrall would be closer. Their death is actually understandable, and their survival pressure far exceeds Richard Gere. In fact, Richard Gere's role is much less than theirs.
At best, he was just a policeman who was silent and wise, and he could retire in seven days and live with his pension.
If there is an intersection, the collision outside the convenience store between Richard Gere and Don Chandel has aroused a lot of interest in me, but that's the point.
To say that these three men are the same, it is a family problem, a woman problem. Ethan loves his family very much, his children and his wife, but his pregnant and sick wife also increases his burden of supporting the family; Don Chandel loves his wife very much, but being an undercover agent ruined his marriage; Richard Gere He was a separated man, looking for solace in black prostitutes.
I don't know if it is because the director is black. In the drama conflict, not only the black crime and racial contradictions are shown, but the black and white skin tones are regarded as visual adjustment colors, and the color system of the screen is balanced. Richard Gere originally brought a white boy, but later he brought a black boy, and another black police officer brought the white boy. It was an interesting exchange.
In the part about racism, Richard Gere has a black girlfriend, but his social status makes it impossible for the two to be together. Ethan Hawke’s friend has a black girlfriend, and Ethan is also particularly averse to racism.
This movie is generally boring, very black, dark and evil, but because the three people are set to the same identity-cop, they all encounter the contradiction of being a policeman. Although the interpretation can be different, Richard Keir’s dilemma is a matter of professional ethics, Ethan Hawke is a matter of money, and Don Chandle is a matter of black and white. But they are all predicaments. This compares the situation of the three people to a certain extent. The most serious is Ethan Hawke, the second is Don Cheadle, and the third is Richard Gere. The effect of this comparison may be It's also because of the drama. In the final treatment, the director gave two people who broke the rules a death ending.
We can’t imagine that if Ethan succeeds in stealing money from the gang, then the position of this movie will become a big problem, so it’s better to end in tragedy, to complete the tragedy, and to eliminate some of the social significance. contradiction.
If Don Cheadle is not so loyal to avenge the gang boss, this may become his lifelong regret, and it will also become an obstacle to the audience's recognition of this character. His dramatic death also satirizes the boundary between black and white. For the first time, Don Cheadle used justice (wearing a police badge) to eradicate evil, but Ethan's friends who came here mistakenly thought that he was fighting with a gang and shot him to death. Of course, Don Chandel's bloody revenge made the audience feast on it, but it put the film on a dangerous road again, so he too died.
As for Richard Gere, inexplicably let a retired old policeman become a hero at the end. In the scene in the film, he is actually the person with the least difficulties, and he will not have to bear so many responsibilities. , But the director let him survive and did what he thought was right. In this sense, the film is brought to a good range of influence.
If the police are committed to their duties, and the violence is eliminated, there is still hope for society, and the people can still trust the police. This is perhaps the most important message at the end of the film. However, it is very different from the atmosphere that the film has always created. Its rebellion and its current abuses still maintain the image of the police in the end.
In addition, because of the similarities in the dilemma of the characters and the protagonist's performance, the film does not have too many variations on the rhythm, and the viewership is not high.
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