Joshua sat in the cinema a little cramped, because he was too excited and anxious, on the one hand, he was looking forward to Hugo's appearance, but on the other hand, he was worried that the subject matter of "Death Row Prisoner Walking" was too depressing to win everyone's love. But there wasn't much time left for him to be anxious, and in the blink of an eye, the lights around the screening room dimmed, and Joshua knew that the movie was about to officially begin.

The opening chapter of "Death Row Prisoner's Walk" slowly kicks off with the sound of gloomy and dark music, and the film reveals a kind of gray confusion in a trivial, chaotic, and confused picture, and the interlacing of flashbacks and reality clips makes people full of doubts. This is the opening of a typical art film, revealing a deep and literary exaltation, which is diametrically opposed to the simplicity and directness of commercial films.

This made Joshua adjust his sitting posture, frowning slightly and staring at the big screen seriously, thinking about the content of the movie. Tim Robbins's slightly uneasy and slightly shaky camera slowly unfolds the story, and Joshua realizes that these fragmented shots are all sketching a vague image of Susan Sarandon as a nun Helen Pregin, who can vaguely guess that this is a young convert to religion, and at the same time she is kind-hearted and strong-believed.

At the request of the condemned prisoner, Matthew Ponsley, Helen began to correspond with him, and later decided to visit him in person. This is Helen's first visit to the prison, and before meeting Matthew, the prison priest warns Helen because Matthew is a vicious murderer who brutally kills a couple with his companions. Rape the girl.

Joshua, like the priest, could not understand why Sister Helen had come to visit Matthew. The priest fears that Helen's sensuality and soft-heartedness as a woman will become a breakthrough for Matthew to clear his name, but in fact, the priest does not think that Matthew has been wronged.

Joshua had to admit that he was a little disappointed, is this movie another old-fashioned plot: everyone believes that Matthew is the murderer, but with the help of Helen, Matthew's grievances are cleared and justice is finally served? There was also a small noise in the ears, although the sound was not loud, but obviously, many viewers thought so, and the super high expectations for the "Death Row Prisoner Walk" became a stumbling block at this time, and many people had a lot of complaints about the movie.

But the movie continues, and Joshua can clearly feel Helen's nervousness, and the ferocious, violent male hormones in the prison are like the maws of a ferocious beast, ready to devour Helen at any moment. But when Helen saw Matthew, Helen was surprised, and so was Joshua, because Matthew was not the vicious and cold-blooded guy he imagined.

Looking at Hugo on the big screen, Joshua couldn't help but laugh. At this time, Hugo combed an exaggerated punk head, the golden hair shone in the not bright light of the prison, and the beard made Hugo a little more tough and vicissitudes, Hugo raised his chin slightly, looked at Helen with a condescending gaze, just a look, Hugo revealed the aggression of his body.

Sure enough, his words were full of criticism and sarcasm, he could see Helen's jerkiness and nervousness, he revealed his disgust for black people, he was full of resentment towards his ex-wife, he thought that the condemned prisoners were poor, but at the same time he was careful to protect himself, and his slightly trembling hands when he lit a cigarette revealed the tightness and fragility in his heart, and it could be seen that he was in a state of full-body defense at any time.

This is Matthew Ponsley.

Although it looks a little funny, Joshua can't help but want to applaud Hugo, there are not too many special highlights, but Matthew's image is instantly clear in his mind in Hugo's delicate performance. Even Susan, who has always had excellent acting skills, looked "green" in front of Hugo.

Compared with the storyline, Joshua's acting skills amazed Joshua, but Hugo has contributed to such performances many times before, and Joshua still didn't feel the key to Hugo's collapse and madness in the previous news events, 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. As Joshua expected, Matthew thinks that the real culprit is Carl Vitro, not him, that the couple was killed by Carl, and that he is just a bystander. But now Carl is only in prison for life, and Matthew is sentenced to death. So, 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, acting is the essence of this movie, and Joshua inevitably still has some regrets - after all, every previous work of Hugo can be called a masterpiece, whether it is the script or the characters, is it possible that the script "Death Row Walk" Hugo's instinct to pick the film is still wrong?

Helen accepted Matthew's request and went back to investigate, 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 court trial, the attitude is very bad, and Matthew and Carl accuse each other of lying and passing the blame to each other. As a result, Matthew was more suspicious, Carl had a better lawyer, and the jury sentenced him according to the principle of reasonable doubt.

Helen couldn't help but be suspicious, 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 date of Matthew's execution was set, and as the gubernatorial race was underway, politicians set a time for the execution of a condemned prisoner in order to reaffirm their political stance - Matthew would be executed in seven days, leaving Helen with little more time to think. Although Helen wasn't sure if it was the right thing to do, and she wasn't even sure if she liked Matthew, she decided to lend a hand, and she approached Hilton, the lawyer.

Due to the urgency of time, Hilton suggested that Matthew should impress the pardon with affection, prove that he was a man and not a beast, postpone the execution first, and then appeal to the Supreme Court to try to prove Matthew's innocence. This also asked Matthew's mother to testify in court, hoping to impress the amnesty office, but Matthew was very repulsive and resolutely opposed to this.

At Easter, Helen personally went to the Ponsley family and met Matthew's mother, Lucille. Since Matthew was sentenced to death as a murderer, the life of the Ponsley family is also very difficult, not only are the neighbors ostracizing Lucille, but Matthew's three younger brothers are also very tormented at school, seeing this scene, Helen is also very concerned.

Joshua couldn't help but sigh, putting aside Matthew's innocence, even if Matthew was really a murderer, his family was innocent and innocent, and it was natural for people to stand on a moral standpoint to sympathize with the family of the deceased; However, it is unbearable to condemn the innocent family members of the murderer, including the children, from a moral standpoint.

So, when Helen came home for Easter, her family accused Helen of behaving incorrectly, "Did you take into account the feelings of the deceased's family? Aren't there many other people in your community who need your help? Even if you want to help, it is not the turn of a death row inmate, and the time and spirit you spend on this kind of person is enough to help many troubled youth......"

Although this once again deepened Joshua's speculation that everyone did not believe in Matthew, except for Helen, who ultimately had to rely on Helen to clear Matthew's innocence, this routine had already been seen once in "The Heroes of the Righteous Sea", which disappointed Joshua; But I have to admit that Joshua found that there are parts of the story that are worth pondering.

The United States always shouts about human rights and equality for all, so does death row prisoners mean that they no longer have equal rights? Everyone seems to think that instead of helping death row inmates, it is better to help other people. Since when did helpers start to distinguish between objects? Even if this is the case, we should not help those who are extremely vicious, and we should not help those who are tortured, but what about the innocent families of death row inmates? But what about the spiritual support given to death row inmates as nuns? Could it be that death row inmates are deprived of even the freedom of their beliefs?

Joshua couldn't clear his mind for a while, because Helen's family's words seemed to be correct, and the time spent helping a death row inmate might save many teenagers on the verge of crime and prevent more crimes.

The story of "Death Row Prisoner Walking" seems to be more profound than imagined.

Helen convinces Matthew to agree to let her mother testify in court, but as Matthew expected, Lucille completely breaks down in court, unable to cry, unable to even utter basic words, and has to leave early. Lucille clenched the picture of Matthew as a baby in her hand that she couldn't show to everyone, and cried profusely on Helen's shoulder, as a mother, she still couldn't give up Matthew.

The pardon was left alone for Hilton 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 have invented the most humane method, to inject poison needles. We tied up the death row inmate, first with an anesthetic injection, then with a puncture injection that ruptured his lungs, and the third injection brought his heart to a halt, like killing an old horse. His face looked like he was asleep, but his internal organs were devastated, and his facial muscles would have twisted together, but the anesthetic needles made him look peaceful, so we didn't have to see the horrific sight, we didn't have to let our hands get bloody, and we couldn't see how the internal organs of the condemned prisoner shriveled, twisted, and festered, we just sat peacefully 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 such a special case as Matthew, is he innocent? But Matthew aside, Joshua finally understood that the story of "Death Row Walk" was not so simple.

Not only Joshua, but the entire movie theater became silent at this time, originally everyone came for Hugo's wonderful performance, and Hugo did show a superb performance in the first half hour of the movie, which was amazing, but it did not reach the expected height. Relatively speaking, it is a slightly boring and cliché plot, but it has brought an unparalleled impact.