On the Pacific battlefield, a pair of American soldiers discovered that their chief was tortured by the cruel Japanese army and hung on a cross. Soldier Willa shot him and ended the leader's pain.
Willard comes from Meixi Town, which is a small town that can't be found on the map. The occlusion makes the people here simple and superstitious and ignorant. Willard, who had returned from the Pacific battlefield, had already lost the faith he had built here for many years. The experience of Willard on the battlefield made him understand that prayer alone cannot solve any problems.
He met the love of his life in a restaurant in the town, and went home to tell his parents. His mother wanted him to marry another "religious" girl in the town, but the two of them did not call. The girl fell in love with the priest, and Willard successfully married her favorite restaurant girl.
Willard moved to the town of Nukenstiff and soon had a son Yavin.
Yavin was bullied in school, Willard taught Yawen how to "a tooth for a tooth" and beat the poachers who mocked the father and son to death in front of his son.
This was the happiest day in Yawen's life, but it was also a day of joy and sorrow. When they returned home, the two fathers and sons found that Yawen's mother had fallen on the floor and was dying. The terminally ill took her away, even though Willard had made a lot of efforts for this.
Looking for a doctor, praying to God, and wanting to resurrect her, she killed Yawen's dog, but this can't bring back her lover. In despair, Willard also committed suicide and went with his lover.
Yawen could only go back to his grandma's house in Meixi Town, and met Nonella who also lived in her grandmother's house. Nonella's mother was Willard's blind date at the church before, and her name was Helen.
Helen, the girl who was married to the pastor, gave birth to daughter Nerola after marrying the pastor. The long-term religious brainwashing has caused the pastor to have a strong personality paranoia. The priest used spiders as a tool to preach, but he was always bitten by the spiders. Every time he was injured, he would shut himself in the closet and prayed to try to heal himself, and every time the toxin dissipated, the priest's faith became stronger.
Faith is like a cancer cell, it has developed into an extreme superstition.
The last time he came out of the closet, he claimed to have seen God, tricked his wife Helen into the forest, then killed him and tried to resurrect him with the "power of God". From day to night, the priest kept praying, but he never got the answer from God.
He panicked and fled, but fell into the trap of two male and female murderers and died miserably.
Nailola is alone and has been subjected to school violence in the school for a long time. Fortunately, Yawen inherited the abundant martial virtues from his father to protect Nailola.
Maybe there is a so-called destiny in this world. Like her mother, Nerolla fell in love with the pastor in the town, but she didn't know that the pastor was a scumbag. After he got her stomach up, she turned her back angrily. , Making Nerolla desperate to commit suicide.
Yavin took his father's Luger pistol and executed the priest in front of the "god" in the church, and embarked on the road to escape. On the way, he met the male and female murderer who killed Nerolla's father. Fortunately, Yavin was quick to fight back, but this attracted the female murderer's brother, who was also a black policeman who was in collusion with the gang to pursue and kill Bodek. Bodek must kill Yawen in order to put his sister's crimes on Yawen, so as to wash away the crimes of his sister and brother-in-law and help him win the election.
Thanks to his identity as a police officer, Bodek quickly found Yavin’s identity. The two sides launched a gun battle in the woods where Yawen prayed. In the end, he was overconfident due to a momentary negligence, and Yavin was killed once.
Yavin went through a series of time, exhausted physically and mentally, buried his father’s Luger pistol, and fell asleep in the car driving away from this "land of God abandoned". Perhaps the next stop, he can really get God’s Bless.
Faith is a good thing, but when it develops into superstition, it becomes the source of evil. The title of the film is "The Abandoned Land", which tells the story of Willard and Yawen in two small towns. Ironically, the people in these two small towns are all ungodly and almost fanatical believers in God.
This belief has been passed down from generation to generation in the closed Meixi Town, and it is deeply rooted in everyone's heart, including Willard, who was temporarily changed. However, the death of his wife allowed Willa to "regain his faith", and his crazy dependence on God made him do extreme things, which eventually led to tragedy.
At the same time, Helen, her daughter, Nerolla, and the pastor who were married to the pastor have all become victims of superstition. On the other hand, the villains entrenched in Meixi Town live very well.
Under extreme beliefs, men have become evil wolves, but women have become lambs. He protected Nerolla and punished the perpetrators of evil. It is like the “shepherd” who punishes the wicked and protects the sheep in Christian doctrine. He does not belong to Meixi Town, so he follows the pragmatic principles guided by his father. At this moment, Yawen, who has no faith, has become the true spokesperson of God.
In fact, faith and violence are actually the same thing, it is just a means and a tool. The strength of the human heart and the human choice between good and evil are the most important. Good people use beliefs to spread good and use violence to fight evil. When violence is used too much, it becomes evil, and excessive reliance on belief becomes superstition, which breeds ignorance, and at the same time breeds more evil.
Therefore, in the death of the two pastors, the former makes people reflect on excessive beliefs, while the latter expresses the necessity of appropriate violence through the hands of Yavin. To put it a little higher, one represents the proliferation of morality, and the other reflects the necessity of the rule of law.
After all this, Yawen left Meixi Town after all. If Yawen is the endorsement of God, then his departure is just the right thing. Without the support of faith and the restraint of violence, Meixi Town has become a real one. "God Abandoned Land".
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