Xiao Wu is the kind of person who is not very good at adapting to society, and some of the things he believes in, such as friendship, loyalty, righteousness, etc., have been shocked away in the commodified society, "I think the things that originally maintained the relationship between people are gone and collapsed", which makes small people like Xiao Wu extremely confused. And the limitations of his understanding make him unable to control his own destiny at all, but can only go with the flow and die on his own in the tide of the times... Faced with betrayal of friendship, helpless love, indifferent affection, Xiao Wu's soul has nowhere to live, he is a living dead soul! Homeless Xiao Wu, wandering around in disgrace, broad daylight, Xiao Wu once again showed his craft, Xiao Wu, who had not been caught for three or four years, this time betrayed by the BP machine, he was caught, and what was more black humor was that it was just the weather forecast, not the last glimmer of hope in Xiao Wu's heart.
Xiao Wu who was arrested was not abused, but the TV that was turned on as a relaxation became another form of abuse, when his friends in the TV were interviewed and happily fell for themselves to be caught, his hands were chained, he could not turn off the TV, he could only watch it silently, looking at the indifferent faces of the crowd around him, at this time Xiao Wu lost all the ,—— career failure in his life, the friendship broke, the love went, the affection was indifferent, and his soul died!
Outside the detention center, a desolate night, an imperfect voice, hoarsely singing Tu Honggang's "Overlord Farewell", Xiao Wu is not the overlord, Yu Ji has long gone, and this popular song of the year, Xiao Wu once whistled in the song, as Xiao Wu's farewell song for friendship, friendship, and family affection, it is most appropriate, Xiao Wu is not a bully, but the overlord still has Yu Ji around him, and Xiao Wu's ending is undoubtedly more tragic.
The final ending did not explain the ending of the story, as a law enforcer but sympathetic to Xiao Wu Hao Youliang handcuffed Xiao Wu on the street, to do some things, there is no sinister intentions, but when the indifferent crowd stood next to Xiao Wu to watch, Jia Zhangke did not give Xiao Wu a shot, the story abruptly stopped, a group of marginal people indifferently watched the marginal people in this marginal crowd...