A different film to hunt down the Nazis

Dayton 2022-12-10 07:25:37

After watching this film, it feels very strange. It is very different from the previous films about hunting down Nazi war criminals in World War II. It was not until I saw the screenwriter Stephen King that I understood why this film was different from the past. I don’t want to say much about Stephen King. If the movie he makes is the same as others, it’s not Stephen King. Remember "Shock's Redemption"? That's also Stephen King's movie.
In this film, the crimes committed by the Nazis in World War II are only relied on the Nazi officers to let the audience imagine themselves, while the existence of the Nazis in today's society and its erosion of people's thinking are expressed. Incisively and vividly, so this film is actually a warning, warning people to be wary of the resurgence of the Nazis.
The Nazi officer in the film is an old man who looks very weak and kind, but when he wears a Nazi uniform, he looks like a devil, and the young high school student is in the game of the Nazi officer, slowly After being enlightened by him, the dying old man on the hospital bed took the young man’s arm and asked him how he felt to kill. The young man’s expression had absolutely no fear, because he killed a tramp, which was in line with the Nazis. Spirit, this is the result of the painstaking cultivation of the old Nazis, and the young people can control their counselors only by relying on a few words, which is to practice the skills taught by the old Nazis.
This is a very good young man who came into contact with aging Nazi fugitives out of curiosity. He thought he could control the situation but was controlled by the seemingly weak old Nazis, and was deeply implanted by the Nazis. This is Stephen King’s warning. At the end of the film, those neo-Nazi fanatics who gather outside the hospital to pay tribute to the old Nazis are Stephen King. Another serious warning.

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  • [Todd knocks on Dussander's door]

    Kurt Dussander: Yes? What do you want?

    Todd Bowden: I...

    Kurt Dussander: If you're selling something, I'm not interested.

    Todd Bowden: I have your newspaper.

    [Dussander opens the door of his porch to take the newspaper]

    Todd Bowden: I'm not selling anything.

    Kurt Dussander: Then what do you want?

    Todd Bowden: If you could let me in for a minute, I just want to talk.

    Kurt Dussander: Talk? I don't have anything to say to you, boy. Good day to you.

    [he shuts the door and turns to go back inside]

    Todd Bowden: [as he speaks, Dussander stops and slowly turns round] Bergen-Belsen, January '43 to June '43. Auschwitz, June '43 to June '44. Then you went to Patin. After that you disappeared, but then in 1965 you were spotted in West Berlin.

    Kurt Dussander: Listen, boy... I don't have time for this game. Now get out of here before I call the police.

    Todd Bowden: Call them if you want. I'm sure they'd love to meet you.

  • Kurt Dussander: What do you want? Tell me.

    Todd Bowden: I want to hear about it.

    Kurt Dussander: Hear about what?

    Todd Bowden: The stories. Everything.

    Kurt Dussander: What everything?

    Todd Bowden: Everything they're afraid to show us in school. You were there. You did those things. No one can tell it better than you can.