Joshua didn't wipe the wolf bèi from his cheeks, the tears had stopped, but his eyes were still faintly glistening, and the tears that were gradually losing their temperature reflected the turbulence in his heart.

The big screen had gone dark, and the milky yellow lights in the screening room were slowly brightening, but no one stood up, including Joshua, everyone sat in their seats, looking at the slowly rising subtitles on the big screen, silent. Maybe it's not that they don't want to speak, it's that they can't speak, just because the shock of the film makes them lose their language, and more importantly, the shock of Hugo's performance makes all languages incapacitated.

Until all the lights in the screening room were on, Joshua still couldn't erase Matthew's eyes, trembling with fear, remorse, and pain, from his mind!

The perspective of "Death Row Walk" is Sister Helen, but the core is Matthew, a death row inmate.

Contrary to Joshua's thoughts, this is not a story about death row inmates clearing their grievances and seeking justice, but rather about the extremely sensitive topic of the death penalty. One is a murderous demon who has no remorse, is full of lies, and is vicious, the other is the family of the victim who is heartbroken, the family is ruined, and the grief-stricken victim, and the other is a nun, who is pious and faithful, sincere and kind, wise and weak, and the pull and entanglement between these three parties support the whole story.

Tim Robbins doesn't join his own point of view, he just tells the story as a bystander, he sympathizes with the families of the victims, showing their anger, pain and desolation vividly; At the same time, the situation of the murderous demon is truly displayed, the situation of his family, and his own situation.

Matthew is a demon, there is no doubt about it, although he hesitated to kill Walter, he still pulled the trigger, and after that, he lied and died without repentance, and even made a lot of nonsense about joining a terrorist organization, admiring Xi. Special. What Le did. Such a Matthew is simply outrageous.

But behind this, Matthew's past is sympathetic, he has never really joined this society, he has been unfortunate since he was a child, he lost his father at the age of fourteen, and worked in a poor area, his work is not rewarded accordingly, but a lot of black. People rely on government handouts to be idle; He and his wife divorced, and his ex-wife even denounced him; He was first thought to be an alien and a rebel, and later a murderer, a beast, and a demon; His mother was too weak to support the family...... is such a person who is constantly excluded from society, he has never had the opportunity to be recognized by society, not even a trace of warmth, how can such a person look at society with an equal mentality?

So he had no feelings for the government, so he was so loud and guarded that he was covered in thorns, so he didn't repent after killing Walter - Carl, who was guilty of the same crime or even worse, was imprisoned for life...... The indifference and injustice of society made him have no place to redress his grievances.

Of course, there are many people who have a similar life to Matthew, and it is still unforgivable to choose to commit a crime, not to mention the cruel strangulation of a living life. But one can't help but think, if there was ever someone, even if it was just one person, who could give Matthew a ray of warmth, would he not have embarked on this road of no return?

The contradictions, entanglements, and conflicts of Matthew's mentality are completely displayed in front of every audience in Hugo's performance, and there is no need for lines, just a dodging look, a trembling cigarette lighting action, and a sobbing that holds back tears, which leaks Matthew's tormented heart. And Matthew's process of transforming little by little under Helen's influence is even more involuntarily moving.

Love, this is an incomparably powerful energy, and Helen used her selfless love to wake up Matthew.

Therefore, at the end of the movie, Matthew's repentance is so impactful, he is just a victim, and when Matthew admits that he is a victim, the sourness and shock in his heart almost make every audience cry; Therefore, before the execution, Matthew's last words were so shocking, it is not right to kill, whether it is him, someone else or the government, this is killing a fresh life, no one deserves such a result, and Matthew chose or was forced to choose to use his life to repay the other two lives, this is not an equal transaction, I only hope to calm the hearts of the families of the two victims.

Hugo's performance is so calm, so simple, so indifferent, but the reaction caused by it swallowed up all the audience like a tsunami, and the moving eyes were deeply imprinted in the minds of every audience, and the feelings were so mixed when the tears fell, not sympathy, not sadness, not pain, not excitement, not joy, just simple tears, the turbulence in the mind but so complicated, every trace of emotion was turned upside down under Hugo's performance.

Epic acting! Hugo almost relied on the strength of one person to bring out Matthew's inner conflict and struggle to the fullest with that delicate and real performance, and also showed the fear, hesitation, and confusion of Matthew and death step by step, which also directly interpreted the core idea of the whole film about exploring the death penalty to the extreme, so that a seemingly simple, flat and straightforward movie burst out with a heart-wrenching grandeur, and the depth condensed in Hugo's amber eyes made the afterglow of the movie unable to dissipate for a long time.

In fact, Matthew's situation is also a microcosm of society, although the focus of "Death Row Walk" is not the culprit who created Matthew, but whether the execution of the murderer is a kind of "killing", but Hugo's performance has raised the whole film to a whole height, reaching a new level, and making the tsunami of thoughts in my mind unsettle for a long time.

The discussion of social indifference has been explored in depth in "The Seven Deadly Sins", but the whole atmosphere of "The Seven Deadly Sins" is more of a religious atmosphere, and there is too little time left for the anonymous person, David Fincher focuses more on the sense of reincarnation and fatalism that the seven deadly sins are realized. This time, however, the "Death Row Walk" gave Hugo plenty of room to play, relying on Hugo's excellent performance to sublimate the problem.

There are too many tragedies that happen in life, but many times these tragedies are caused by the social system, although we can't ignore the executioner's blood because of this, the law still needs justice, but behind justice, when we condemn the executioner's cruelty and cold-bloodedness, we can't ignore the rot and loopholes of society.

"Death Row Walk" is outrageously stingy in its description of Matthew, and only reveals some information through Matthew's words, but Matthew's image appears very clearly in the minds of every audience, not only the present, but also the pain of the past, as well as the bitterness of the heart, and the struggle of thoughts, and even let people see the imprints left on him by social indifference - a brand that cannot be erased for a lifetime, and the imprint that accompanied him to the grave.

It's hard to imagine that Hugo's seemingly ordinary performance has created such a magnificent storm in everyone's heart, making "Death Row Walk" not only deeply explore the death penalty, but also make people face up to the problem of the disadvantaged in society again.

It turns out that this is the power of acting! That's epic acting!

It was not until this moment that the long-lasting shock in his mind made Joshua really understand what happened to Hugo, although Joshua didn't know how Hugo overcame the difficulties and how he did it, but he knew that Hugo's performance in "Death Row Walk" was definitely one of the best in history, and the eyes that were enough to make the soul tremble finally let Joshua know why Hugo was schizophrenic during the filming of this work.

Thinking of this, Joshua's heart swelled with an indescribable admiration. He knew that "Death Row Prisoner's Walk" was a good movie, but compared to the movie, he was in awe of Hugo's dedication and talent, and he had to give him a standing ovation to express his admiration for Hugo with such an action.

Recalling the rebellion on August 5, Joshua burst out with unprecedented pride, which was the real Hugo, the Hugo he longed for. So Joshua did so, and he stood up and clapped his hands vigorously.

Joshua's actions made everyone else in the screening room stunned, in fact, most of the first people to enter the cinema with Joshua were loyal fans of Hugo, but they had to admit that the movie "Death Row Walk" was too heavy, more of a silence, and the thoughts in their minds were constantly tumbling, and they couldn't find an outlet at all, and it wasn't the kind of work that made people so excited that they couldn't speak and gave a standing ovation. Joshua's movements looked too unusual.

But in the astonishment of countless people, Joshua stubbornly stood still, clapping at the sliding subtitles, his eyes staring at the big screen motionlessly, as if Matthew's tearful eyes were in front of him before his death.

One by one, several people seemed to understand Joshua's intentions, and they all stood up and applauded. But this is a minority after all, and there are less than ten people standing alone, clapping their hands vigorously, and applauding the "Death Row Prisoners" and Hugo.

More audience members slowly left the screening hall with a look of hesitation, thought, and silence. "Death Row Walk" is such a movie, the real excitement starts after the end of the movie, and the storm of reflection it sets off in people's minds is the key to the success of the film.

Obviously, like the audience, the craze of film critics has just begun!