Roger made an in-depth analysis of the core ideas of the whole film in this exuberant film review, relatively speaking, he did not say much about the quality of the finished product of the film itself, but Roger still gave a special praise to Hugo's performance at the end of the film review.

In this work, Hugo Lancaster shows his increasingly mature acting skills, he is often able to use some seemingly simple and even boring small actions to quietly outline the characters, and those moving eyes are immersed in the boundless emotional entanglements in the mind, so that the audience can't help but fall into the abyss of those eyes, savoring the intricate love.

Unlike the terrifying and sharp image in Schindler's List, and the invisible image of murder in the laughter and laughter of the Seven Deadly Sins, Hugo presents a truly flesh-and-blood image in "Death Row Walk" - a character with a different face in everyone's eyes. After watching this movie, almost everyone will have an opinion about Matthew, which is not the same, but the wavelength of reflection in the mind is similar.

As an actor, Lancaster once again earned the respect of everyone with his outstanding prowess! ”

In this film review, Roger gave a whopping 92 points and a three-star recommendation out of four stars, apparently full of confidence in "Death Row Walk".

As Roger said, there are two core ideas of "Death Row Walk", one is Matthew and the other is the death penalty, and these two core topics are very complicated, almost everyone will have different ideas after watching the movie, some people support, some people oppose, some praise, some curse, some think, and some despise...... This frenzy of reflection that detonates in the brain is the brilliance of the movie.

Compared with the director's sensationalism and preaching, Tim Robbins's objective perspective has undoubtedly pushed the controversial subject of "Death Row Walk" to a new high, which is also one of the charms of the film.

With the exception of Roger Ebert, nearly all audiences, journalists, and critics who have watched "Death Row Walk" have fallen into deep thought, and the first screening weekend of "Death Row Walk" was filled with discussion that took the film to a whole new level.

The Los Angeles Times' Nicholas McLaan is once again at the forefront of discussion after the "Seven Deadly Sins." Nicholas wrote a review under the title "...... After the Evil Deeds" - a film review that cannot be considered a film review.

"Let's imagine reading on the front page of the Los Angeles Times today that a young man and a woman were dating in the woods, and two undesirable youths kidnapped the couple, brutally beat the young man and shot him to death, and then turned again. He raped the young woman, and then stabbed him seventeen times with a knife, and then executed him.

How would you react?

I will be angry, I will be disgusted, I will tremble, I will lose control of my feelings because of this evil deed, I will also be disappointed by the evils that continue to breed in this society, and perhaps I will call those two bad young men demons and beasts, and I only hope that the law will give these two demons the punishment they deserve, the death penalty.

Presumably, there are not a few people who have the same reaction as me - even if they oppose the death penalty, they must hope that they will be punished by the law in other ways.

This is the status quo of society, in the face of vicious crimes, we are always stunned for a while and then occupied by anger, in the face of those crimes that violate the law and violate the moral bottom line, we often do not hesitate to want to punish criminals. This is correct, because it is a necessary means to maintain social order. But many times, behind the anger, we ignore too many details, or we refuse to pay attention to them, to sympathize with those demons.

The 'Death Row Walk' gives us a different perspective, through the perspective of Sister Helen, and we see the pain of different people, the grief of different people, and the suffering of different people behind the vicious cases.

At the beginning of the story, Matthew appears to the audience as a demon, the beast that disgusts, repels, and angers everyone. No one wanted to help him, not even the prison priests. Sister Helen stood up, not because she believed that Matthew was innocent, but because she believed that Matthew still had dignity as a human being, and she should respect Matthew's dignity. This respect won Matthew's trust and allowed us to see the true story behind this demon.

When Matthew was sentenced, although the law still protected his basic human rights, he was in fact abandoned by mainstream society, and everyone wanted him to be executed sooner. But people ignore that the reason why Matthew committed a crime is because he has always been a marginal person in society, and society has never given him a place, let alone fair treatment, and Carl's threat is just the last shred of strength to make the dam burst, even if there is no final outbreak of this evil case, Matthew is also the one who is abandoned by society.

Strictly speaking, there is no difference to Matthew between before and after the crime. So, Matthew refused to plead guilty.

In fact, Matthew is not innocent, he is an accomplice, he not only witnessed the killing, but he was also a part of it, but it is worth pondering, why was Matthew sentenced to death, but Carl, as the main culprit, was spared a death? The simple answer is given in the movie, the rich kid has never been sentenced to death. But if you think about it deeply, it is actually the malaise of society, an irrationality under the surface of procedural rationalization, where rich people can hire better lawyers to escape the punishment of the law; An invisible discrimination and difference, the poor who are exiled by society and money can change the rich; An individual tragedy under a loophole in the system, people shout and kill death row prisoners, but ignore the truth of the facts.

When people shouted for a hurry up and punish the horse, behind this was to spare the real culprit, and what people achieved was only the justice that they recognized in their hearts, not the real justice. That's the saddest part.

So, at the end of the story, Matthew's confession makes our hearts twist, Matthew's fear brings tears to our eyes, and Matthew's redemption shakes our hearts. And the Ponsleys, who were persecuted by society because they were the families of death row inmates, have become victims of the indifference and brutality of modern society, and they do not deserve such treatment.

Anger often makes us forget that the original identity of the 'demon' is also human.

It reminds me of the 'Michael Jackson' who made a global sensation. Beautiful. The child case', these are two very different cases, but they have triggered similar reflections. When the news media broke the news that Michael was lewd. Profanity. Young. What are our attitudes as children? This is an absolutely outrageous and disgusting act, and any crime against a child is not allowed and is heinous, and it is one of the most powerful areas of the federal constitution.

So, everyone was outrageous, everyone was carried away by the anger and lost their minds, and under the instigation of the news media, all the people reached out their hands and pulled Michael off the altar. But the problem is that no one ever asks the truth of the matter.

Matthew is not the same as Michael, Michael gets his innocence, while Matthew confesses his sins himself. But the same thing is that when we are faced with evil, we are dominated by anger, we don't ask the truth behind it, we just want to vent our anger, but it is ourselves who are really hurt, because even we don't know whether we are killing the real demon or not.

The Death Row Walk gives us a platform, but what kind of storm of reflection it can trigger depends on how brave we are – brave enough to face our mistakes. Unfortunately, the last thing people want is to face their mistakes. Matthew was fortunate that he had his self-redemption with the help of Helen.

It's not a perfect movie, the pace of the story is a little slow, and the plot is a little trivial, but Tim Robbins relied on the excellent performances of the two actors to dig out the infinite possibilities behind the story, which is the biggest success of 'Death Row Walk'.

Susan Sarandon gives a brilliant performance in this work, and her eyes that are neither humble nor arrogant, sincere and delicate, brave and kind give her a divine light, which can not only be brought by a Bible and a cross, but from that pious heart, Sarandon's fragile but strong performance makes Helen Pregin look great and divine.

Hugo Lancaster undoubtedly shocked everyone again, even if we all had high expectations, Lancaster's performance still far exceeded expectations, the soft heart under the demonic shell, the pain behind the brutality, the cowardice and sadness beyond the cold-blooded killing, in his interpretation of the light that is impossible to look at. The transition from cold-blooded to redemptive, Lancaster's interpretation of the meticulous touch, the confession, the last words and other scenes at the end of the movie, with a heart-shaking power to sublimate the movie to a new height. ”

Unlike Roger, Nicholas did not pay attention to the death penalty or Matthew, and he actually discussed the "Death Row Walk" from the perspective of ordinary people, which really surprised everyone, because the people are almost just a background in the film, and they cannot be regarded as the protagonists at all. However, Nicholas's unique perspective has a powerful impact, which also continues the period of the "Seven Deadly Sins", and Nicholas's focus on social events once again focuses on the current state of society.

Roger and Nicholas agree on one thing, from "Seven Deadly Sins" to "Death Row Walk", Hugo vividly shows the coldness and cruelty of social problems in these two works, and Hugo's performance is the most important!

The Los Angeles Times gave it a good rating of 88 points, which also coincided with Nicholas's film critics' opinion: the quality of the finished product is slightly lacking, but the performance is shining.

From the "Chicago Sun" to the "Los Angeles Times", a frenzy of reflection is uncontrollably sweeping across the United States, and the American public opinion circles, which have not calmed down after the "Seven Deadly Sins", have once again ushered in a storm!