In the movies I have seen before, there are very few heroes in the movies who are outright bad guys. In a noir movie, the protagonist is also good and evil at best. There are always some aspects that can satisfy moral standards or popular sentiments. But this film is really dark to the extreme. As said in the film, he is the incarnation of Satan.
The film most wants to express, it should be the theme of "money is the root of evil". Because of bank robbery and murder, the hero's father was sentenced to hanging. Before being arrested, the looted money was hidden in a place that only two children knew. The male protagonist was sentenced to prison for theft and was kept in the same cell as the father of the children. At this time, his next target appeared, which was the widow he had been attacking. At first, he didn't understand the conversation he was driving alone with God. Only later did he realize that the widow in his mouth was his target. God gave him a good opportunity, for which he also thanked God for his arrangement. After being released from prison, he naturally found the target and easily gained trust. Then he killed the children's mothers and hunted down the children because of money. Finally, when the male protagonist was arrested, the older brother saw the scene and remembered the scene when his father was arrested. He was stimulated, holding the doll with the money hidden, and patted the male protagonist constantly. Calling "Dad" in his mouth, he fainted. I think this is because he was stimulated to remember the arrest of his biological father, so this "dad" is not called the male lead.
Through the comparison between Mrs. Cooper and the male protagonist, to explore good and evil, religion. Both of them devoutly believed in God, one was kind and kind, took in the abandoned children and taught them to walk on the right path; the one was well-known by God and did nasty things. An interesting plot is that when he demonstrated the left-handed trick to the candy store, the viewer was impressed by him; and when he showed off to Mrs. Cooper, she saw through the trick. Taking out the shotgun from the house is so handsome to me. At this time, there was a contrast with the male protagonist. A weak old man could be even more powerful than a five-foot man. I especially like this plot. I thought Mrs. Cooper was just a kind but weak old man, but in fact she was very bold and wise. She saw your little couple on the street, and she sighed that the woman had done something wrong because of her stupidity, and she still had to bear the consequences.
In fact, when I watched it, there was an episode. I began to think she was the mother of the hero. Because she said that her son would not come back to see her, and said, "I feel good when I feel needed," I thought she was telling her son. . . At that time, I felt that the movie was very dark anyway, no matter how dark it is. In fact, that sentence refers to her taking care of those children.
A handsome and suave pastor who talks about everything plausibly will make you think he is invincible. I really can't guess where the plot is going, and I don't know if it will fall to the end. Before he was about to kill the children's mother, he stood at the window, turned his head sideways, and then stretched his hand upwards, as if he had been bewitched or summoned in some way, and was responding. Watching his performance of "Outside the Whirlpool", I feel that the actor at the time was really cool, just like Bogart. This time I found that his voice is very nice, and his singing is also very nice.
The lighting of the film is remarkable. I don’t really understand lighting. The one that impressed me the most was "Drive". After reading it, I felt that the use of light and shadow was great.
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