The dimension of good and evil

Anais 2022-03-20 09:01:14

In Greek mythology, there is a twin legend: Castel is the prince of Sparta, his younger brother Pollux is the son of Zeus, the former is ordinary and the latter is immortal, and the two have grown up together since childhood. Caster was good at horsemanship, and Pollux was devoted to fighting. Later, the two participated in the Trojan War. Caster died. The sorrowful Pollux asked Zeus for help, willing to share his life, so the two of them were in heaven. The underworld reincarnates forever.

The story of [Face Change] is not a twin fable. Custer is a heinous terrorist. He accidentally killed his young son when he assassinated FBI agent Sean. The endless hatred between the two ended. Sean swears. To personally arrest Castel. During an operation, Custer was shot and brought to justice. His unconsciousness made it impossible to know the location of a time bomb. As soon as Sean decided to undergo face-changing surgery with Custer, he could tell the truth about the bomb to Ka's brother. In fact, it is obvious that the two people are involved in the hatred of interests and emotions, but when the faces of both parties are exchanged, the appearance of good and evil is also opposed, Castell hopes to cover up the truth with Sean’s face, and Sean tried to regain his identity in desperation.

When the appearance of good people and bad people is swapped, will people's criteria for judging good and evil change as a result? Because the two people are facing each other's identities, the lines of hatred have also entered the same track, and their beliefs exist in order to become each other. Before changing his face, Sean’s life was all about catching Custer. For six years, he had been living in the shadow of losing his son. For this reason, he ignored his wife’s emotions and separated from his daughter’s communication. The core of life seemed to be revenge. Sean became a person with only work and no interest. After the connection with the case, his colleagues congratulated him. He also had a cold and insensitive attitude to others. All this made Sean lack a bit of "human touch." Custer has been living the life of a prodigal son with a knife head licking blood. He can wear a priest's robe, dance and sing hymns, and pick up fallen music scores for the choir girls. He is a gangster who calls the wind and the rain, and the brother of warmth, squatting down to tie his younger brother's shoelaces and telling others, "Don't let anyone hurt him, including himself."

"After comparing and studying his own Sean for a long time, Caster's imitation of Sean can only be considered from the heart. He doesn't need to pretend and pretend, and from the beginning to the end, he played only himself. He used sweet words to win his wife's love. Favor, refreshed the colleague’s understanding with cynicism. Everyone noticed his difference, but obviously they all liked the current "Sien." When a person is replaced by someone else, and that person does better than himself, That is undoubtedly a kind of sadness. The line between good and bad has become blurred at this moment. It seems that the standard for evaluating a person's "good and bad" is not about morality, but about emotion. Without emotion, heroes will make people feel distant and possessed. In addition to feelings, bad guys will also have instantaneous delicacy. This is the difference between Sean and Custer, they are good and evil to each other, and they are good at winning each other. When the most essential criterion for evaluating a person becomes the emotional orientation, Therefore, we will have a different understanding of the value of "good and bad".

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  • Alphonso 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    Nic Cage playing John Travolta, meets John Travolta playing Nic Cage, in the middle of a thunderous John Woo shootout. The actors are separated by mirrored columns, allowing John Woo to get away with a stylish, psychologically-loaded sleight-of-hand that they are looking at their

Face/Off quotes

  • Dr. Eve Archer: [after seeing him drive past their home without realizing it] Well, Sean, I knew it only a matter of time before you forgot where we lived.

    Castor Troy: Come on, gimme a break, every house on this block looks the same.

  • Loomis: [after the FBI raided hideout apartment] Sir why are you so upset? It's just Pollux Troy.

    [Troy blow's Loomis' head off]