What the movie wants to express

Allen 2022-01-02 08:02:03

I was lying in bed and watched the video with my mobile phone at night. I happened to see a movie commentator explaining "Illegal Sanctions". I saw this movie many years ago. I still have fresh memories of the plot and the final ending song. Later, I saw comments and many film reviews, all discussing the issue of law and revenge, and some said that the plot was messy and unreasonable. Said it was a bad movie. Some say that you should do this as a dad, say it is a good movie, sympathize with the male protagonist, and have mixed praise and criticism. But I checked so many film reviews, and I wanted to find a review that could understand the meaning of the film. There were almost none, so I couldn't bear to talk about my opinion. I also hope that friends who want to watch this movie can truly understand this movie.

Everyone who has watched the movie knows that John’s family is happy, his father’s decent work, and the children receive a formal education. From the beginning of the movie, it expresses how perfect the family is. But this perfect family was broken by an imperfect family. Why is it said that an imperfect "family" is what I want to express most in this movie. As a father, John has two sons, and the big fat boss who bought the gun also has two sons, who killed John’s eldest son and later John’s wife and younger son (the younger son may have survived) Those two people. Later, the villain also killed his father with a single shot. As a father, he taught different sons. In the end, John and the villain sat on the bench at the end of the killing. I wonder if everyone noticed that the villain shed a drop of tears and said to John, "Look, don’t you also become the same person as us", a murderer Without blinking, why the heinous person shed tears? He was not afraid of death, but envied everything that John did as a father for his children. On the contrary, the father of the villain who sold the gun wanted his child to die. In the end, there was still a trace of conscience as a father to inform the villain John to kill him, but it was too late. The villain had been educated by his father since he was a child. Emotionless killer. He hates his father, and the last sentence the villain said is more important to say that people are forced out, just like the villain in a shop forced his own brother to kill his eldest son John. The villain was also driven to such a ruin by his father. John did the same for revenge.

What the director wants to express is the family, the growth and environment of the father and children, and what kind of person they have grown up in different environments, so I personally think that the villain is more sympathetic. He can’t be like John’s family. All he can reach is his assassin circle. He may have been helpless, but there is no way. Can only go this way.

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Extended Reading
  • Letitia 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    No law abiding citizen looks good

  • Milo 2022-01-02 08:02:03

    There was a problem with the script, and the police all ate shit. But the rhythm, the camera, and the soundtrack are really nothing to say, it's very enjoyable to watch. 3 and a half stars.

Death Sentence quotes

  • Michael Barring: Today's easy. I need you to sit there, put the fear of god in this guy. If the judge asks you, you tell him what you told us and identify Darley in court. Okay? The minute I get your statement, and with you sitting right there, the public defender's going to wet his pants and fold. I'll make a deal in five minutes, get this guy in jail today. Easy peasy.

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Deal? Wait, wait. Hang on - what do you mean? What deal? I want this guy to go away for the rest of his life.

    Michael Barring: No. I can get you three to five guaranteed. That's a very decent result. I'm talking guaranteed time. Not maybe, not the jury didn't feel up to it. That's worth more than chasing some make-believe ten to life, and the guy walks free. You want that?

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: He killed my son.

    Michael Barring: Mr. Hume, I've got one eyewitness - you. That's nice, but do you know how many cases with one witness I don't even bother to try for a deal on? The machete magically disappeared. The only blood we could find on that weasel was his own from when the car clipped him. And you picked the only gas station in America without a working surveillance camera. We've just got your word. That's not bad, if I can scare the guy into a deal.

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: You're using my son's death like some kind of card trick.

    Michael Barring: Look - I get a banger off the street. A year or so, somebody does my job for me. He doesn't get out of there alive - fine with me. He finds Jesus - fine with me. But we get religion and go to trial - as much as I'd love to - and the defense starts working on "when was your last eye exam?" and "what do you have against inner city youth?" And how unfair it is for them to grow up so violent. How they're forced into initiation killings or face execution themselves. Do you want a jury feeling sorry for this fucker? Huh?

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Wait. You said initiation killing. I thought this was a robbery.

    Detective Wallis: It only looked like one. It was an initiation. You kill someone at random to get made in a gang. It's the price of admission.

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Are you saying that Brendan was killed so that some asshole could feel more like a man? So that he could be in some club?

    Michael Barring: This is a take it or leave it thing, I'm sorry to say.

  • Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Hey, Lukey. Can you hear me? Can you move your fingers? Son, just move your fingers if you can hear me?

    [Luke's hand remains motionless]

    Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Luke, I know that um, that you think that I didn't care about you as much as your brother. And god, I don't know. Maybe I didn't at first. You know, when your mom and I first had Brendan, he was just - he was so amazing to me, you know. He was like this miracle, and I always knew exactly what to expect with him. And then when you came along, I don't know, I kind of expected to have another Brendan, you know. I expected you to be just like him but, but you weren't. I mean, you were so different than anyone. Different than me. You're just so much more... so much more like your mom. You know, stubborn and... too much passion. Your mother - oh, she meant the world to me... and so do you. I just want you to know that I love you. I love you so much. I love your brother, and I love your mother. I love our family and I... and I'm so sorry that I wasn't a better father. I'm so sorry that I couldn't protect you guys.