Foreword: Are killers or so-called bad guys eligible for a happy life? If you have anything you want to say about this issue, you can leave a message to let me know.
Killers are a genre that often appears in film and television dramas. Must the killer be a ruthless villain? Obviously, a good film and television work will not simplify the characters so simply. Like Leon in the famous movie "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", in distress, he saves his neighbor, a little girl named Matilda. In the increasingly intimate relationship, he began to truly care for and love this girl who wanted to become an adult. In the end, in order to protect her, he did not hesitate to die with the evil police.
Killers like Lyon aren't unique. Generally, the killers who appear as the protagonists in film and television dramas often do not simply show their cold side, and there will always be some details and reasons for the background to make the audience sympathize with them. And as killers, they will always be away from the crowd and lonely. The "professions" they are engaged in make them dare not fantasize that they can get close to happiness. Just like the killer Park Yi in "Daisy", he loves Hye-young but never dares to appear, and can only use a pot of daisies to greet Hye-young instead of himself every day. Finally, when he could not contain the longing in his heart and prepared to confess to his lover, he watched his beloved person spill blood in front of him.
Is the killer qualified for a happy life? After watching the movie "Killer No Holiday", I have been thinking about this question. Especially for principled, moral, and even humane killers, should they get a chance to start over, if possible?
Ray and Ken in "Killer No Holiday" are a pair of killer partners, presumably meaning old with new, ray should be Ken's apprentice. The way they get along is interesting, Ken and Ray, like a father traveling with a mischievous child. As soon as the child got off the train, he began to complain that Bruges was a bad place, and his father fell in love with this quiet and beautiful old city.
Ken sat on a cruise ship with great interest to explain the historical sites of the medieval ancient city to Ray, while Ray craned his neck and stared at Ken with an impatient and incredulous look. Two people, one fat and one thin, one old and one small; for Bruges, one is particularly fond of one, and one is extremely bored. Their various contrasts have a comedic effect in themselves.
Because he had to wait for the owner Harry to call at the inn, he couldn't go out at night, and Ray begged Ken to go out with a small expression and mind to get rid of a cunning child. And in the Church of the Holy Blood, Ken asks Ray to be quiet and cooperate with his annoyed expression, like a father who can't do anything about a child who is always mischievous. In these moments, it is completely impossible to see that the two will be cold-blooded killing machines. Instead, they always carry some cute British humor.
So at the beginning of the movie, although the two have always had a small fight, the overall look is still relatively relaxed and pleasant, until Ray sits on a bench in the church square and sees the child. The film then switches to a previous killing experience. Ray accidentally shot a child while killing a priest. And the child was on his knees praying, and the prayer note read, "Easy to get angry; bad at math; easy to be sad." Ray collapsed, and he knelt down next to the child until Ken dragged him away.
Ray's guilt for killing the child by mistake made him feel guilty, and he said to Ken: I tried to forget, but I couldn't... Unless I die too. So he really chose to let himself die, and he decided to commit suicide.
Paradoxically, just the night before Ray was out on a date with the girl, Ken, who was waiting for Harry's call at the inn, received an order to kill Ray. So at the moment when Ray raised his gun to kill himself, Ken, who wanted to shoot him from behind, instead intervened to stop him. Ken didn't know until the last moment that he couldn't do it.
Although they were all killers, Ray was really a child in his heart. The first night, Ken was still smiling as he watched Ray go on a date with the girl. Now to kill him again, or to watch him die, he can't do it. So he privately decided to let Ray go away and want him to start his life again. But the persistent Harry refused to let Ray go. In order to save Ray, Ken finally gave his life.
Are they bad people? Is sin unforgivable? Just by the fact that Ray felt guilty about killing the child to the point of death, it can be judged that he is not a person whose conscience is completely extinguished. Should he have a chance to start over? Ken, who was partnered with him, felt he should have. I was also thinking, if the train that carried Ray to the far side did not stop, he was not repatriated, what would his future be like? Will he change his mind and be a good person from now on, and then have a happy family? Should he be forgiven?
Is Xin Xiaofeng in "Burning Heart" a bad person? Although on impulse, he committed an indelible crime. But in the days that followed, he desperately atonement for his sins and lived in the torment of his soul every day, but he still could not escape justice. If he hadn't been caught, should he have been forgiven?
Even like the evil T-bag in Prison Break, he twice wanted to abandon evil and follow good. Imagine if Susan had really accepted him and believed him, would T-bag have become a good man and a good father from now on? Is he entitled to the forgiveness of others?
Although according to the law and reason, killing people to pay for their lives and debts to pay off, this is all a matter of course. But sometimes the complexity of things makes it difficult for our emotions to make an absolute verdict. Just like the 2011 case when a mother in Dongguan drowned twins with cerebral palsy, this mother took care of her children for 13 years and did such an extreme thing because she could not see hope. Obviously, the strength and weakness of human nature, good and evil, are not always so simple. In "Killer No Holiday", Ken and Ray really want to just come to a simple ancient city tour! They must have thought about living a good life countless times in their hearts!
The end of the film is bleak, Ken and Harry are dead, leaving only Ray, who originally wanted to die the most. But Ray said, "Maybe that's hell." Yes, bruges, which he hated, had been the purgatory of his life ever since.
Another: I like the style of the ancient european city in the movie, and I also like the soundtrack that shows a faint sadness in the movie. Colin Farrell's killer is also very good.
Classic lines
Ken: Ray, I don't know, and I don't know what I believe. What you learned from elementary school will always be with you, right? For example, I want to live a good life. If there is an old grandmother who wants to get her things home, I will not help her carry things, I am not so noble. But I would naturally help her open the door and let her out first.
Ray: Yeah, it's like if you carry something for her, she might think of you as a thief stealing her stuff.
Ken: That's right.
Ray: That's the way the world we live in right now.
Author: Xuancao
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