The confrontation of violence against violence has blurred justice or evil. Unlike most crime films that rely on law and evidence for the punishment of criminals, this film staged the most primitive wrestling, brutal killing and revenge.
Even a death sentence would feel too light for a typical sociopath and heinous modus operandi. Deep down in our hearts, we seem to yearn for this kind of revenge. So, such a movie looks cool. However, only half the fun. Because, while we look forward to how the protagonist's road to revenge will be more satisfying, the criminals are also seeking revenge. And this revenge is even more serious.
Near the end, I kept thinking about how the film should end. Obviously, handing it over to the police or killing it with a knife is not enough to carry the emotional foreshadowing of the entire movie. The director gave a probably the best way. Let his family indirectly contribute to his death, and he knows it well. Such pain may penetrate the criminal's heart, at least at the last moment. Laws and regulations and morality seem to have no bounds on the two sides of the confrontation, and they are launching an instinctual competition.
Regarding winning and losing, it is clear that there is no winner. The living are therefore suffering endlessly, and the dead are beheaded. Violence doesn't bring victory, but at least it pours out anger, doesn't it?
Ignoring the flaws of the state apparatus is of course a failure. However, without falling into the drama of many types of films, we have conceived a forbearance, grief and anger, and intuitive revenge story for us. Output, I give four stars.
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