This is a group of child soldiers, this is a story that happened during the civil war in Liberia. Liberia, which means freedom in English, is an irony for the war-torn country. Here, you only have the freedom to not control your own life, you only have the freedom to obey the guns of others, you only have the freedom to completely lose hope in life, and you only have the freedom to survive in the midst of bullets flying. Of course, on the other hand, you also have the freedom to slaughter at will, to burn, kill and loot with impunity. The melee between tribes, the shopping between the government army and the rebel army, all shouted the slogans of justice and liberation, and held the banner of peace and freedom. Apart from killing each other, all they brought to this country were corpses. , withered. Here, God is far away and life becomes worthless.
The child soldiers in the movie are a group of children who are only teens or even less than ten years old. They don't know their hometown or their parents, and they don't even have a name. They just called each other by nicknames like "Mad Dog", "Butterfly", "No Good Idea", carried guns that were too heavy for them, dressed up in odd shapes, with wings, carried huge tape recorders, and even wore white wedding dresses, revealing that they are still naughty children. They were all captured by accomplices from various villages, and perhaps their parents died at their own gunpoint. When they didn't understand anything, they were driven to the battlefield. At a young age, he was already wandering on the edge of hell, licking blood under the knife. Their human emotions have been closed, only primitive instincts remain, the gun has become their best friend, and they have become killing machines. They can tactfully and calmly eliminate government troops far more powerful than them, or they can kill children of their age brutally and without expression. They are ruthless killers who only give out animal howls when celebrating their victory; they are a pack of beasts, and they are madly venting their animal desires in the face of women much larger than them. This is also a group of children with no future, who were born in a world of war and died in the flames of war. Even if you get away with it, you will lose any value of use and will not be able to adapt to a peaceful life. Just like Johnny the Mad Dog, abandoned by the "undead general".
The atmosphere of the whole film is very depressing and a little breathless. It's a paradoxical feeling that you sigh for the tragic people who died in the gunfire, and at the same time you have no sympathy for the fate of these murderous child soldiers. In fact, the film is also mixed with two atmospheres of frenzy and calm, noisy and quiet. The ecstasy of the baby soldiers chanting slogans drives you crazy, the sobriety of their battles makes you terrified. After the rumbling of the guns, there is always an unbearable deathly calm, without any sound, only the fear grows secretly in your heart. The director let the strong contrast of this shot convey the gist of what he wanted to express well.
In order not to make the whole film feel too desperate, the director arranged a bright color in the film, which is the 13-year-old girl. She is always wearing pink clothes, like an angel, running on the land abandoned by God, tenacious, kind and brave. In order to save her half-bodied father, she faced artillery fire without fear; in order to find her lost brother, she persevered in the face of murderous child soldiers several times. She had several encounters with Johnny the Mad Dog, and finally she calmly defeated and killed Johnny who wanted to bully her. But in such an environment, this touch of pink is so dim, her actions are so powerless, and in the face of a group of people who have lost their humanity, kindness can't play any role. The film also portrays the human element in some of the child soldiers' numb emotions. For example, the love between Johnny the Mad Dog and his woman, although it is hard to say love, but after all, it is the object that Johnny can talk about; of deep affection; and so on. But such human nature is too weak after all, and the weak human nature cannot reverse the animalistic environment. It can only bring a little comfort to a desperate life. What people feel from the film is only a heaviness, an unbearable heaviness, both for human beings and for ourselves.
When "Butterfly" sang the spiritual song "Song of the Warrior" for the dead companion, although the voice was tender, it was also full of desolation. There was no sound, except for his voice. This is a lament for a numb life, this is the helplessness for a world without hope: I hope that when I die, don't bury me, don't bury me, cut off my dick and put it in wine, and then give it to me wife. Let her cry if she cries and do whatever she wants. Who she thinks she is, let her face my dick. There will be men who will give her advice and men who will comfort her. Please leave my hat and rifle to my son so he can learn to defend or fight, for his country, for his countrymen. This is my wish...
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