Chapter 1354 1354 Death Penalty Walking
Joshua was a little nervous sitting in the movie theater, because he was too excited and he was emotionally agitated. On the one hand, he expected Hugo's performance to kill the Quartet, but on the other hand, he was worried that the theme of "Death Roaming" would be too depressing and difficult. win everyone's love. But there was not much time left for him to worry. In a blink of an eye, the lights around the projection hall dimmed, and Joshua knew that the movie was about to start showing.
The opening chapter of "Death Ramble" slowly kicked off with the gloomy and dark music. The movie revealed a kind of gloomy confusion in a trivial, chaotic and confused picture. The interlacing of flashbacks and reality fragments makes people feel full of doubts. This is the opening of a typical art film, revealing a deep and literary, and the direct opposite of the simplicity of commercial films.
This caused Joshua to adjust his sitting posture, frowning slightly and staring at the big screen seriously, thinking about the content of the movie. Tim Robbins's slightly disturbed and slightly shaky shots slowly unroll the story, and then Joshua realizes that these fragmented shots are all about Susan Sarandon's nun Helen Pugh. With the vague image of Regin, he could vaguely guess that this was a young nun who converted to religious beliefs, and at the same time she was kind-hearted and firm in her faith.
At the request of death row inmate Matthew Poncelet, Helen began to correspond with him, and later decided to visit him in person. This is the first time Helen came to the prison to visit the prisoner. Before meeting Matthew, the priest in the prison gave Helen a warning, because Matthew was a vicious murderer. He and his companions brutally killed a couple, Still stronger. raped that girl.
Joshua, like the priest, could not understand why Sister Helen had come to visit Matthew. The priest worried that Helen's sensibility and soft-heartedness as a woman would become a breakthrough for Matthew, and asked Helen to clear his name, but in fact, the priest did not think that Matthew was wronged.
Joshua had to admit that he was a little disappointed. Could it be that this movie is another kind of old-fashioned plot: everyone believed that Matthew was the murderer, but with the help of Helen, Matthew's grievances were washed away, and finally Get justice? There was also a small noise in the ear, although the sound was not loud, but obviously, many viewers thought so, and the high expectations for the "death prisoner's walk" became a stumbling block at this time, and many people Very critical of the movie.
But the movie continued, and Joshua could clearly feel Helen's nervousness. The fierce and violent male hormones in the prison were like a beast's mouth, ready to devour Helen at any time. But when Helen saw Matthew, Helen was quite surprised, and so was Joshua, because Matthew was not as fierce and cold-blooded as he imagined.
Looking at Hugo on the big screen, Joshua couldn't help but laugh. At this time, Hugo was wearing an exaggerated punk head. The golden hair shone in the dim light of the prison. The beard made Hugo a little tougher and more vicissitudes. Hugo raised his head slightly. With his chin down, he looked at Helen with a condescending gaze. It was just a face to face, and Hugo revealed the aggressiveness of his entire body.
Sure enough, his words were full of nitpicking and irony. He saw Helen's jerky and nervousness. He revealed his disgust for black people. He was full of resentment toward his ex-wife. Protecting himself carefully, his slightly trembling hands when lighting the cigarette revealed his inner tense and fragility, and it can be seen that he is always in a state of full body defense.
This is Matthew Poncelet.
Although it looked a bit funny, Joshua couldn't help but want to applaud Hugo. There were not too many special highlights, but Matthew's image was instantly clear in Hugo's delicate performance. stand up. Even Susan, who has always been very good at acting, looked "green" in front of Hugo.
Compared with the storyline, the acting skills of the two leading actors amazed Joshua. However, Hugo has given such performances many times before, and Joshua still did not feel the previous news events that made Hugo collapse and go mad. The key, which also made Joshua more curious about the follow-up performance.
It's just that the plot of the movie still doesn't seem to jump out of the cliché circle. As Joshua expected, Matthew thought that the real culprit was Carl Vitello, not him. Carl killed the couple, and he was just a bystander. But now Carl is only in prison for life, and Matthew has been sentenced to death. Therefore, Matthew wants to appeal, he has already prepared the materials, and he only needs Helen to help him submit it. It seems that, compared to the storyline, the acting is the essence of this movie, and Joshua is inevitably a little regretful-after all, every previous work by Hugo can be called a masterpiece, whether it is the script or the characters. So, is the intuition of Hugo's selection of the script "Death Ramble" still wrong?
Helen accepted Matthew's request and launched an investigation after returning, but she found that all the information showed that Matthew was guilty. Not only was the evidence conclusive, but Matthew was facing the police. During the investigation and the court trial, their attitudes were very bad, and Matthew and Carl accused each other of lying and passed the buck to each other. As a result, Matthew was more suspicious, Carl had a better lawyer, and the jury sent the sentence based on the principle of reasonable doubt.
Helen couldn't help but doubt, she was afraid that the priest's fears would come true: Matthew was the real prisoner, and she was just being used by Matthew.
However, the day for Matthew's execution has been fixed. Since the governor's election is in progress, politicians, in order to reiterate their political position, have determined the execution time of a death row inmate - Matthew will be executed in seven days, This left Helen with no more time to think. While Helen wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do, and she wasn't even sure she liked Matthew, she decided to lend a hand, so she found lawyer Hilton.
Due to the lack of time, Hilton suggested that Matthew should impress the **** with family affection to prove that he is a man and not a beast, delay the execution time first, and then appeal to the Supreme Court to try to prove Matthew's innocence. This also requires Matthew's mother to testify in court, hoping to impress the ****, but Matthew is very repulsive and resolutely opposed to this.
On Easter, Helen personally found the Poncelet family and met Matthew's mother, Lucille. Since Matthew was sentenced to death as a murderer, life for the Poncelet family is also very difficult. Not only are the neighbors rejecting Lucille, but Matthew's three younger brothers are also having a hard time at school. This scene, Helen also felt very sad.
Joshua couldn't help but sigh, and aside from whether Matthew was innocent or not, even if Matthew was really the murderer, his family was innocent and innocent. It is only natural that people should sympathize with the family of the deceased from a moral standpoint; but It is also unbearable to condemn the innocent family members of the murderer, including children, from a moral standpoint.
So, when Helen came home for Easter, her family was accusing Helen of wrongdoing, "Did you take into account the feelings of the family of the deceased? Don't many other people in your community need your help? Even if If you want to help, you won’t be on death row. The time and energy you spend on this kind of person is enough to help many troubled youths…”
Although this once again deepened Joshua's guess - everyone didn't believe Matthew, except Helen, in the end, only relying on Helen to wash Matthew's innocence, this kind of routine has been seen once in "Yihai Xiongfeng" , which made Joshua quite disappointed; but I have to admit, Joshua found that the plot in the story is worth thinking about.
The United States always shouts about human rights and equality for everyone, so does death row prisoners no longer have equal rights? Everyone seems to think it is better to help other people than to help death row prisoners. Since when did helpers also start distinguishing objects? Even if this is the case, it should not help those who are extremely vicious and cruel, but what about the innocent family members of death row prisoners? But as a nun, what about supporting the spiritual beliefs of death row prisoners? Are death row prisoners even deprived of their freedom of belief?
Joshua was unable to sort out his thoughts for a while, because the words of Helen's family seemed to be correct. Time to help a death row may be able to save many teenagers on the verge of crime and prevent more crimes.
The story of "Death Ramble" seems to be more profound than imagined.
Helen persuaded Matthew to agree to let his mother testify in court, but as Matthew expected, Lucille completely collapsed in court, burst into tears, couldn't even say basic words, and could only leave early. Lucille clung tightly to the pictures of Matthew as a baby that she couldn't show to everyone, crying on Helen's shoulders. As a mother, she still couldn't give up on Matthew.
At the ****, Hilton was left alone to try to turn the tide. "Matthew was sentenced to death because he didn't have enough money to hire more lawyers, which was unfair to him... Now, We invented one of the most humane methods, the injection. We tie up the prisoner and give him an anesthesia first, then a needle that ruptures his lungs, and a third that stops his heart, like killing him An old horse died. His face looked like he was asleep, but his internal organs were devastated, his facial muscles would have been twisted, but the needles gave him a peaceful look, so we didn't have to Seeing that horrific sight, we didn't have to stain our hands with blood, and we couldn't see how the internal organs of death row prisoners shrank, twisted, and festered. We just sat there and nodded and said: Justice has been served."
Joshua fell silent like this. The death penalty, a topic that has always been full of controversy, appeared in front of everyone again today, and it was pinned on a special case like Matthew. Is he innocent? But aside from Matthew, Joshua finally understood that the story of "Death Ramble" is not that simple.
Not only Joshua, but the entire movie theater became silent at this time. Originally, everyone came for Hugo's wonderful performance. Hugo also showed a superb performance within half an hour of the movie. It was amazing, but not as high as expected. Relatively speaking, it is a slightly boring and cliché plot, but it has brought an unparalleled impact.