Only sunshine and human heart can't look directly

Ryleigh 2021-12-31 08:02:52

This is a complex and dark movie that fully demonstrates the depths of human nature. For the sake of political status, the father can sacrifice family affection and do not need justice. In order to arouse the father’s conscience, the daughter chooses to stimulate the father’s spiritual bottom line in the most self-degrading way. Around this heavy theme, all kinds of people start from their own interests. All kinds of despicable practices are shown in front of the audience one by one,,,

John Travolta and Madeleine Stowe acted as the leading actors and actresses. Travolta's temperament between good and evil was once again shown in the "Face Fighter", Madeleine Stowe. It is also the first time to leave the country as a capable professional woman, and the performance is also remarkable.

The typical straight man, actor, and Military Crime Investigation Bureau agent Paul Banner punctured his tire during the investigation. Paul had no tools to change his tire.
Captain Elizabeth Campbell, who was passing by, took the initiative to help. The glamorous Elizabeth replaced Paul with a spare tire like a girl. Paul was moved by the beautiful Captain.
Straight man, Paul, has first-rate mouth skills, but when it comes to concrete implementation, the method is very clumsy.
A few days later, Paul took a gift to Elizabeth's office to express his gratitude, but Elizabeth mistakenly thought that the gift was for sexual harassment, and thus issued an eviction order. The meeting gift of chasing girls gave bathing supplies. No wonder Paul's ex-girlfriend married someone else. The straight man Paul didn't know women too much.
Unexpectedly, a murder case occurred in the military camp. The victim was Captain Elizabeth. The murder scene was terrible, which made Paul deplore, and Paul was determined to bring the murderer to justice behind the scenes.
Colonel Kent, the military police, told Paul that Captain Elizabeth was the daughter of General Campbell, implying that this case was extraordinary. Paul said that he would investigate and find out. Paul’s character is typically more frustrated and courageous. This and later gradually surfaced. Elizabeth's self-defeating is in stark contrast.
Paul's ex-girlfriend, also an agent of the Military Crime Investigation Bureau, Senhill, was sent to assist Paul in investigating the case. The 1990s was the peak of Madeleine Stowe’s acting career. She starred in many films. At the time of filming, she was 41 years old and she was still full of goddess, with the graceful temperament and the extremely friendly looks. It's memorable.

In this film, the relationship between Paul and Senhill is a branch line that runs through the entire film. Some people can give up their affection for their rights, but there are also people who can work hard to save their loved ones for love. The director created it deliberately. This contrast makes Elizabeth's miserable destiny more and more vivid, and it also implies that the right choice will make things move in a good direction, and the right to choose is everyone's own.

The first second was still sad for Elizabeth’s death, and the next second he glared with Senhill. It seemed that Paul was a big carrot. In fact, Paul never got out of Senhill’s pain of marrying others. That's why Paul repeatedly nags in front of Senhill, but his straight-man character prevents him from expressing his thoughts appropriately.
Paul and Senhill came to General Campbell’s residence and asked some questions regularly. While the general expressed his gratitude, he said that they would fully support their work.
The general’s adjutant, Colonel Fowler, reminded Paul that the FBI will take over the case in 36 hours, and Paul and Senhill’s time is very tight.
Colonel Fowler reminded Paul that there was obviously a voice-over, and Paul hadn't fully realized it at the moment.
The two then came to Elizabeth's home to survey. The neat clothes and room furnishings in the closet fully conformed to Elizabeth's perfect image in the public view. After the famous school, West Point graduated, beautiful and moving, outstanding in ability, and flawless.
However, in Elizabeth's basement, there are sex toys everywhere, which makes Paul feel that this case is indeed extraordinary, especially the scenes in the basement video tape, SM, abuse, whipping these scenes, so that Paul was shocked when he saw it.
When Paul was about to take the exhibits away for investigation, he was attacked by a masked man and the exhibits were taken away.

The Chinese subtitles in the following scene are not well translated, so you need to watch English subtitles. Paul continued to nag whether Senhill was married to someone else. Senhill said that although she was engaged to someone else, she had been waiting for Paul secretly. On the side means, privately, secretly in spoken English. Senhill has actually been waiting for Paul's confession.

After being attacked, Paul just regained his sobriety. His first concern was Senhir’s marital status. Paul has always been in love with Senhir and wanted to be with Senhir, but he couldn’t express it. Otherwise, The two have long been married.
On the way to the investigation, Paul always babbled about Senhill why he married someone else. Senhill took the initiative to say that he was divorced. In fact, Senxi couldn’t let him go, so he was so bluntly implied that Paul still had a chance. .
Back then, when Paul saw Senhill and his fiance together, he didn't have the courage to express his love to Senhill, and chose to escape, making Senhill mistakenly believe that Paul didn't care much about him, and the two passed by.
Time passed, because Senhill couldn't let go of his feelings with Paul, he was divorced, and he took the initiative to show his love to Paul. After only a word from Paul, the two reconciled. Paul understood what Senhill meant and was very happy. Because of his straight male nature, Paul's tongue curls up every time.
The emotional issue has become apparent, and the case must continue to be investigated. Paul is still quite professional. He asked the female soldier who was the first to be there on the night of the crime. The other party said that three cars had been to the scene one after another. .
Paul came to Boss Elizabeth, Colonel Moore’s house, and found that the Colonel was preparing dinner carefully. Moore was silent about Elizabeth. Paul told Moore that he was in the video and Moore had to acquiesce.
When the atmosphere was extremely tense, Captain Goosen came to the scene, and the shrewd Paul saw at a glance that the two were a same-sex couple, and determined to use Moore as a breakthrough.
Paul arrested Colonel Moore. Colonel Moore slandered Elizabeth in every possible way, said that Elizabeth was seduced by Elizabeth, etc., while Paul firmly believed that Elizabeth was not such a person. In fact, Paul was wrong. Elizabeth did all this deliberately for her. His father exerted tremendous mental pressure.
At the same time, Senhill went to the crime scene alone to conduct another survey.
Senhill did not expect to be thrown to the ground by a group of masked men, who threatened her not to be involved in the case too much, but stupidly forgot to remove the ring. Senhill discovered that he was General Campbell’s assistant, Captain Abby. , The breakthrough of the case was found.
When Paul learned that Senhill was in danger, he beat Captain Abby hard, and unexpectedly learned that the general himself took the initiative to suppress these scandals about his daughter. Paul increasingly felt that this case was indeed very serious.
Paul turned his head and prepared to continue interrogating Colonel Moore. He did not expect that Moore was released on parole by the military police Colonel Kent as an excuse for his illness. Paul suddenly realized that Kent was also involved in the case. Paul remained silent, and took Senhill and Kent to Moore's house to arrest people.
However, Colonel Moore has died at home, and it looks like a suicide. Of course Paul knew that this was an extinction, but the clue was interrupted.
At this moment, the general’s adjutant, Colonel Fowler, came to the scene, implying that Paul would stop there, pushing everything to the dead Moore, and threatening Paul’s future, but he was strictly rejected by Paul. Paul finally understood the case at this moment. It must be inseparable from General Campbell, who is expected to run for vice president.
Senhill found Elizabeth’s military academy health file in Paul’s car. It was the same-sex love of Colonel Moore and was left by Captain Goosen. The case took a major turn. It turned out that Elizabeth had received psychological treatment when she was in the military academy, and the case gradually changed. It's clear.
At West Point Military Academy, after a painful psychological struggle, the conscientiously condemned military medical officer provided the two with the most critical clue.
It turned out that Elizabeth was gang-raped by a group of soldiers during a military exercise during the military school.
The reason turned out to be that the male students were jealous of Elizabeth’s excellence.
General Campbell chose the former between his political future and justice for his daughter. A father who saw his own daughter suffered such humiliation was able to choose silence for his own political interests and abandon family affection. The selfish and ugly side of human nature was exposed. .
Elizabeth heard her father’s decision and was frustrated. Compared with the humiliation suffered by the body, the betrayal of family affection was the last straw that crushed Elizabeth’s spirit. She began to abandon herself and wanted to regain her father’s attention by self-harm, but She greatly underestimated the sinisterness and selfishness of human nature, even if that person was her own father.
Paul personally thanked Colonel Moore for his love of the same sex, Captain Goosen, who turned out to be a bisexual. In order to prevent his lover (Col. Moore) from being in the dark, Captain Goosen took the risk of coming out and told Paul what he knew. Some people can sacrifice family affection for rights, but there are also people who value feelings and are willing to take risks for the one they love.
Paul confronted General Campbell again. The general changed his attitude in front of the evidence. He implicitly admitted that he had chosen to give up justice for his daughter for the sake of his political future. As for defending the reputation of the army and the military academy, that was just an excuse. The depths of human nature are complex, ugly, and vividly exposed.
On the night of the incident, the first car mentioned by the female soldier was the general himself. The general came to the scene after receiving a call from his daughter. His attitude is still to ask his daughter to keep secrets and endure everything for his vice presidential campaign.
Paul was right. The third car was Colonel Fowler. He was ordered by the general to take Elizabeth away forcibly, but when he arrived at the scene, Elizabeth was dead.
Colonel Fowler even thought it was the general who killed his daughter. According to various clues, Paul finally realized that the real murderer was actually the man in the second car, Colonel Kent.
That night, Elizabeth herself restored the scene of being raped seven years ago, calling her father to come to the scene, thinking that her father would be touched and get justice for herself, but her father only wanted to run for the vice president and severely reprimanded Elizabeth before leaving. Plan to let Colonel Fowler come and take Elizabeth away.
After the general left, Colonel Kent came to confess to Elizabeth again. He was scolded by Elizabeth and threatened to say everything. Out of extreme selfishness, Kent strangled Elizabeth and became possessive and psychologically perverted.
Paul, who understood everything, came to the training base. Senhill and Kent waited for a long time. Kent confessed everything. Kent did all the attacks on Paul and the shooting of Moore. He was sickly in love with Elizabeth, but was always rejected. He chose to explode a landmine to commit suicide,
Before the mine exploded, Paul desperately went to protect Senhir, dragged Senhir to the side, and protected his loved one with his body.
A few days later, the general made a special trip to find Paul, saying that he had found a backer, let Paul close the case, and promised Paul a good future. At this moment, the general is still dreaming about defending his political future, and he is not at all sad for the departure of his daughter. This extremely selfish and ruthless approach angered Paul. Paul sternly refused to fight with the general, saying that he would make the case public and make relevant people accept legal sanctions.
At the end of the film, the film, which was suppressed for nearly two hours, finally showed a touch of warmth. This is actually an easter egg. In the brisk background music, Senhill waited for Paul in her red mustang.
In the next shot, a closer look reveals that there are two people in Senhill's red mustang, and Paul and Senhill finally come together. Paul chose justice and got the best ending. The general chose to sacrifice his family to pave the way for his official career, but he lost everything.

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Extended Reading
  • Pascale 2022-04-23 07:02:41

    Really TM perverts in the army.

  • Travon 2022-04-22 07:01:34

    A man must protect the woman he loves.

The General's Daughter quotes

  • [Brenner and Sunhill sit at a bar with other military uniformed men]

    Sunhill: I thought you hated places like this.

    Brenner: I do. However the murderer may be in this room, sitting all smug and shiny... until we walked in. And now maybe he's a little less smug and a little less shiny. And that's pretty cool, don't you think?

  • [Brenner finds out from Elby that Elisabeth Campbell isn't close to her father General Campbell]

    Sunhill: What about the General and Captain Campbell? Were they close?

    Capt. Jake Elby: No.

    Brenner: Why not?

    Capt. Jake Elby: I don't know. You like your dad?

    Brenner: My dad was a drunk, a gambler, and a womanizer. I worshipped him.