If you give up emotional management, don't introspect, don't control yourself, you will be doomed to fall, collapse in the storm of anger, and fail in this life

Kamryn 2022-03-17 09:01:03

The title of the film is: Fallen/Rage/Crash, it will be more appropriate than "City Hero", I don't know which stupid Wenqing named this film.

If you give up emotional management, do not introspect, and do not self-control, you will be doomed to fall, collapse in the storm of anger, and fail in this life.

The protagonist is middle-aged and unemployed, and his only sustenance is a young daughter. After his ex-wife rejects his visit, it greatly weakens his will to fight for a better life.

In a series of provocative and unavoidable conflicts that followed,

He stepped out of the rules of daily behavior again and again,

Trying a series of previously impossible transcendence, in the conflict from last resort to initiative, the self is broken and rebuilt,

And every time the spoils of war are reshaping him,

A stubby stick, a butterfly knife, a duffel bag full of guns,

New weapons, new solutions, new behaviors, new mindsets,

In the restaurant, he achieves his willed goals by will, and everyone obeys and bows to him,

At this time, he still has entanglements and hopes for the world,

"What kind of doctor lives here?"

"Plastic surgeon..."

"Can plastic surgeons buy these??"

"Looks like I'm in the wrong line,"

"Are there any correspondence courses in plastic surgery?"

"I'm unemployed. In fact, it's not that I don't want a job, it's a job that doesn't want me, I'm well educated and skilled.. Maybe there are other ways out, I forgot, I'm useless, out of date, I can't From a financially worry-free life, I can't even feed my own children"

The protagonist is reflecting on memory, and the old life is gone forever.

This film is very good, the characters are full, the acting is in place, and the rhythm is powerful.

In this life, it is difficult to follow the trend or to be self-determined. This theme is well explained.

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Extended Reading
  • Delmer 2021-10-26 03:30:50

    After reading it twice, there are a few excellent thematic montages, and the script is very creative, but it is a pity that the police's repression did not last to the end. Still returned to the orthodox so-called punishing evil and promoting good. Douglas's final Falling Down, on the contrary, dilutes the heaviness of social criticism.

  • Aric 2022-04-21 09:01:29

    It was a dull afternoon, and I was so depressed. …

Falling Down quotes

  • Mrs. Prendergast: Mr. Peepers just scratched the shit out of me, and I'm bleeding like a stuck pig.

    Prendergast: Something important's come up.

    Mrs. Prendergast: What am l? Dog vomit? Your wife says she's bleeding to death, and you say something important has come up?, When are you coming home?

    Prendergast: I don't know.

    Mrs. Prendergast: Don't tell me you don't know. I want to know when the hell you're coming home, now!

    Prendergast: Amanda, shut up! Did you hear me? Shut up! I'll get home when I'm finished, not a second before. Is that clear? Is that clear?

    Mrs. Prendergast: You don't have to bite my head off.

    Prendergast: And you have dinner ready and waiting for me, okay? And leave the skin on the chicken. All right?

    Mrs. Prendergast: Goodbye

    Prendergast: [to Detective Torres] Shit, let's go!

  • Nick: Listen. Tell me something. Why don't they call you guys... officer-esses?

    Sandra: I beg your pardon?

    Nick: You know, like actress? Like that? Something to signify... you know.

    Sandra: I guess they feel that a police officer is a police officer... not a... you know. Thanks for your cooperation, sir.

    Nick: Sorry I couldn't be of more help, officer-ess.