Whether to choose to live for yourself or for others to live, that is the question!
However, 99.999% of people would no longer be able to maintain a sanctimonious attitude when faced with this situation. After all, it is better to let others die than to die yourself!
Find him!
It became James's conviction and determination to find the injured black man and hand him over to the armed thugs outside.
Time passed slowly, and the Sandin family had little time left.
Soon!
The wounded black man was found.
Moreover, he was forced to hold the Sandin family's eldest daughter Zoe hostage, and pointed Henry's pistol at Zoe's head, forming a standoff with James who came rushing over after hearing the noise.
"Don't force me. I just want to live. I won't hurt her. Please believe me."
The black man gritted his teeth.
"Damn it!"
James gripped the gun tightly in his hand and said viciously, "If you're still a man with guts, let my daughter go. Let's fight one-on-one!"
Open?
How could the black man, who was already in double panic at this moment, dare to agree?
However, he was still careless.
Behind him, Mrs. Mary followed quietly, she also had a pistol in her hand. After a fight, the Sandins knocked the injured black man unconscious.
"Mary, get the rope quickly so we can tie him up and hand him over to the people outside."
James used his hands and feet to find a rope and tried to tie up the injured black man, but the black man who had fainted in the previous fight suddenly woke up.
And because of his will to survive, he struggled frantically and hard.
James and the black man were wrestling on the ground.
"Mary, I have him under control. Hurry, take the knife on the table and stab his wound. Yes, just like that, stab him again." James shouted.
Ah~~!
The wounds were continuously inflicted, causing the black man to scream in agony!
In this way, the black man who was unable to struggle was completely subdued and tied up by the Sandins.
"Okay, I'll hand him over to the people outside now," James said in a deep voice.
As a wife, Mrs. Mary was at a loss at the moment. Although she felt a little reluctant, she could only listen to her husband.
However...
The youngest son, Charlie, cried, "No! We can't do this! If we do this, we will hurt an innocent life. What's the difference between us and the devil in hell?"
A saintly bitch?
It's undeniable that some in the audience said this about the boy, because his words might have put the Sandin family in unprecedented danger, but you can't deny that he is a kind person. Or rather, he is one of the few people who still has a glimmer of humanity in this night of killing!
When all morals and laws are wantonly trampled upon, this kind of human nature becomes extremely valuable.
Struggle!
That's right, James and Mrs. Mary were both struggling with their conscience and were confused at the moment!
They hesitated.
Do we want to cruelly murder an innocent life?
...
So James decided to negotiate with the mob again.
"This is a misunderstanding. My youngest son was kind-hearted and let that man in unintentionally. Do you have to kill him? He is just an ordinary homeless man." James said in a deep voice.
The mob leader Joaquin smiled and nodded as he listened, as if he agreed.
"You damned bastard, we are all rich people, the elite of society, you better hand over that pig to us right away, you bastard!"
At this moment, a masked thug next to Joaquin started shouting.
Bang!
Suddenly, Joaquin, who had been smiling,
He suddenly shot and killed his companion.
"I'm sorry, but I can't tolerate this kind of behaviour!"
Joaquin wasn't at a loss at all. Instead, he smiled again and said, "Please remember, Mr. Sandin. He was once my friend, a shareholder of the bank, and an elite in high society. But you are not my friend. Our equipment will arrive soon, and we will go in, so you should know what to do."
In an instant, James' heart sank to the bottom.
He was very clear about the consequences of failed negotiations.
But at the same time, James also made a decision. He no longer intended to hand the injured black man over to the mob, but chose to fight to the death.
"Charlie, you are a boy. Take your sister to the basement now. Remember, no matter what happens or what noise you hear, don't come out. Dad loves you." James kissed his son's forehead guiltily.
He is atoning for his sins!
He was a father, but he let his two children witness the depravity of his humanity and the scene where he chose to hurt an innocent person to save his own life.
This is something no father can tolerate!
Because every father wants to be a hero in the eyes of his children!
James and Mrs. Mary planned to fight the mob.
At this moment, the audience in the theatre also knew that the climax of the film was about to come.
"Boom~~~!"
The thugs' equipment arrived, and they linked the car with iron chains and broke down the gate of the villa in one fell swoop.
One by one, the thugs wearing strange masks entered the Sandin family's house in broad daylight.
"Where are you hiding, Mr. Sandin?"
"You can't escape!"
They are all upper-class people, the kind of social elite who usually talk about charity and political correctness, but when they have a little free time, they discuss various serious topics, whether it is global warming or talking about war refugees. Today, they even want to include a black compatriot in their killing targets to show that they are paying attention to the problem of racial discrimination.
How ridiculous this is!
The film made a huge adaptation here!
Compared with the social class contradictions presented in "The Purge" in the original time and space, it is obvious that the film modified by Zack Snyder and Kyle is undoubtedly weaker than the original film!
The problem with high-concept movies is often that they invent a story and then the characters become supporting characters that follow the story.
The original film was the kind of film that relied entirely on lame music and jump cuts, but never actually managed to make the audience truly scared; the characters were pale, and the story twists were clumsy and lacked much surprise.
In comparison, Zack Snyder's "The Purge" avoids the above shortcomings very well. With his violent, spoof, subversive, imaginative and conspiracy-theoretic ideas, Zack makes a lot of direct references to class satire and inserts countless funny political metaphors in the film.
The most obvious thing is the confrontation between the elite and ordinary people!
For example:
Before Killing Eve begins, the film repeatedly mentions the social elite, who keep talking about the injustice and suffering in the world. In reality, they are doing the opposite. They don't care about the lives of those who don't matter and are only concerned about their pleasure and interests.
While slaughtering living people, he was concerned about whether he would be in a good mood tonight.
On the surface, they are compassionate and advocate fairness and justice, but behind the scenes, they are cold-blooded and wantonly trample on innocent lives. They use the worldview and knowledge they identify with to wrap themselves up and show their sense of superiority.
This is high society!
These are the top elites of society!
The contradictions between the rich and the poor, and between ordinary civilians and social elites revealed behind the killings completely elevate the film.
I have to say that Zack Snyder is worthy of being a future great Hollywood director. The version of "The Purge" he shot is much better than the original film.
At this moment, Kyle couldn't help but give Zach a thumbs-up!
...
The next plot, of course, is kill! Kill! Kill!
The thugs who claimed to be the upper elites of society were constantly counterattacked by James and were killed one by one.
However, the Sandins were outnumbered, and James himself was stabbed in the heart by the mob leader Joaquin, leaving him in a dying state.
"Mr. Sandin, I said I would release the beast tonight. Do you believe me now?" Joaquin gave a creepy smile.
However, Joaquin and other thugs were killed one by one by the neighbours of the Sandin family who rushed over after hearing the news!
Mrs. Mary, who survived, and her two children were naturally very grateful to the neighbours who saved them.
"hehe!"
"Mary, you misunderstood!"
"Your family is our target."
"Do you know how happy we were when we saw your security system was compromised?!"
"So you can't die at the hands of the social elite, you can only die at the hands of us, your good neighbours."
Neighbour Grace and others were very happy. They had wanted to kill the Sandin family for a long time.
Why are you richer than us?
Mrs. Mary and others were stunned!
The ending changed. Just when Grace and others were about to kill them, the black man who was injured and tied up before appeared again and saved the Sandin family.
All I can say is that good people are rewarded.
The video ends!
The audience in the entire cinema couldn't help but gasp.
The film is too negative!
The countless class conflicts and killings made the audience's hair stand on end. Compared with the horror of killing in the film, the real state of class conflicts reflected in the film is completely incomparable.
The cruelty of reality is the biggest highlight of the film after Kyle and Zack's revision, and it is also the most horrifying part for them.