In addition to taking drugs and fighting for fun, this group of gangsters always bullied retired old men living nearby, grabbed their money, humiliated them, intimidated them, and enjoyed it. The film does not clearly give the specific reasons for the puppies as in "Lake Eden", but only slightly reminds the family environment of the main boss, and it also implies a vicious circle of "the son is not taught, the father is fault". But the focus of the story is mainly on the process of the old man Harry Brown, who couldn't bear it, and personally came out to avenge his old friend.
From the audience's point of view, watching an old man who is over the past few years tremblingly holding a gun, calmly and calmly mixing hands and blades to kill the people, is not only full of contrastive visual stimulation, but also psychologically happy. Chou is very happy. But after all, the story took place in London, England, a democratic society in a developed country that seems to have long since broken away from the law of violence against the jungle. This is unavoidably suspicious: What is the duty of the British police?
British actress Emily Mortimer plays a police officer in the film Frampton is a good police officer who opposes abuse of violence and advocates following the rules. As a member of the police, she is a defender of the law, and also a defender of the interests of ordinary people like Harry Brown and Leonard. But the contradiction she faces is that the cowardice of the British police as a whole and the uselessness of legal provisions in the face of gangsters regardless of right and wrong have resulted in the ineffective protection of civilians by the police. The film mainly shows Frampton’s dilemma through two clips: one is that she reluctantly informs Harry Brown that the murderer of Leonard is likely to be acquitted due to insufficient evidence; the other is that the police outflank the slum. During the mess, the young people threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at the riot police. They jumped onto the car parked on the side of the road, smashed the windows and lit the fuel tank. The police had nothing to do, but backed away with their shields.
The weakness of the British police as portrayed in the film is by no means fabricated. On January 12, 2009, during a Muslim protest march in London, a small number of mobs had begun to insult and even attacked the police responsible for maintaining law and order. The police's reaction was to retreat steadily, which greatly boosted the morale of the marchers. They shouted "Run, coward, heretics!" and continued to approach the police, who had no resistance and could only let them go. ( Http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/01/london-muslim-protesters-attack-police-run-you-cowards-kuffar.html ) The weakness of the police has aroused dissatisfaction among many people. Some people tried to analyze why the British police were helpless against the mob. The reasons listed included "worries about clan discrimination lawsuits", "arousing public outrage and affecting the official career", and "worries about police officers being injured."
Regardless of the reason, it is a helpless reality that the existing legal provisions and political environment in the UK have hindered the performance of the police force to a certain extent. From this perspective, the use of violence in "Harry Brown" is very popular. Reflects the aspirations of the British people.
On the other hand, the film also tries to analyze why these little gangsters who regard human life as a child's play come to this field and become a social nuisance. One of the most thought-provoking conversations was in the tavern, where the bloodied police officer Frampton tried to persuade Harry not to use lynching and use violence to curb violence: "This is not Northern Ireland!" Harry replied, "Indeed, this It's not Northern Ireland. There, people fight for what they fight for for a reason; and for the group outside, everything is just entertainment. "
So what is it that taught the children to take pleasure in hurting others?" What is wrong that makes a person's happiness rest only on drugs, violence, promiscuity and crime?
"Harry Brown" did not answer these questions. To continue to study, we must go beyond individual cases and enter the realm of social systems.
[Juvenile Crime Series]
"Lake of Eden": The Origin of Violence
http://aixiaoke.blog.163.com/blog/static/115553544201022024116893/
"Harry Brown": Use violence to control violence
http://aixiaoke.blog.163.com/blog/static/11555354420102210544740/
"White Ribbon" : The development of violence
http://aixiaoke.blog.163.com/blog/static/11555354420102242429780/
"Nobody Knows": The Black River
http://aixiaoke.blog.163.com/blog/static/11555354420103294019829/
"The Forgotten": The Forgotten Class
http://aixiaoke.blog.163.com/blog/static/11555354420103691734721/
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