替天行道2001

The subtext of free will is very consciously handled in this film; in one scene, Fenton and Adam were even watching a claymation parable about it on tv. For anyone with a comparative understanding of the religion, the question of free will versus destiny is one of the major themes in Christianity. I think Frailty uses that to great effect. It does seem to come down more on the side of destiny being written and the worth of a soul being weighed out before the sins have been committed, or, at the very least, that free will exists but an omniscient God can predict the end results. Nonetheless God waits for you to commit the sins before He sends vengeance. Remember, Adam said he had to wait until God put Fenton on his list, otherwise it would have been murder.
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Yes, Fenton had the choice to murder or not to murder those people but the film makes the viewers think, ok, God tells a man to kill Demons AKA People who commit murder and destroy the innocence of children. His child, a boy who seems to think logically and seems to question his father's blind faith witnesses his father murder people because God told him too in a very grotesque fashion. Could Adam not see later on that those actions may have very much mentally harmed his brother to a point where he had murderous impulses he could possibly not control due to mental illness? Adam had faith but the film also made him appear to be impressionable at a young age and he could have grown up all his life not thinking about the trauma his more logical thinking brother (as he was portrayed )had gone through. Yes, Fenton didn't have to murder people as he has free will, but it is no doubt that the actions he witnessed as a child mentally harmed him. The film to me also seemed to have portrayed God as hypocritical. Murder is a sin yet it is ok to murder those God instructs you to murder? If those people committed those sins out of their own free will, was it right that God appoint another person to commit the murder of another human when murder itself is a sin? The film presents both the themes of free will and blind faith and handles both exceptionally well. The film really does make you think. Definitely one of my favorite horror movies.

片子节奏很好，不会觉得很乏味，虽然也是有些老套
开始直觉都会感觉这个人是凶手，从开始觉得父亲有毛病开始，到最后突然就逆转，
对于我们的唯物主义来说，这个片子还是另类新鲜了，
新鲜在于，一开始不是妖魔神怪，而是现实。
直到最后才推翻你的一切想法、认为。
看了一直很不平静，影片中也有很多地方值得思索。
第一次写影评，哎，写的乱七八糟，以后要好好组织语言了

非要找出意义来你们就都上当了，这电影很显然没有想要表达什么中心思想——仅仅是为了好看。享受它的过程，欣赏它低成本而恰到好处的凝聚气氛的精彩手法就好了。

不要把简单的问题复杂化。

那个演爸爸的，脸很熟，就是想不起来在哪里见过。查了一下，演过泰坦尼克，有吗？还是想不起来，终于在临睡前想起来了，就是负责打捞泰坦尼克的那个人。

言归正传，来讲这个片子。一开始，爸爸看到了神给的异像，让他去杀死魔鬼，这些魔鬼看起来像人，其实是魔鬼。大儿子就不理解了，觉得他疯了。其实我也觉得整个事情太离奇了。然后在魔鬼被抓来后砍死前，爸爸会用手触碰他们，他脸上恶心厌恶的表情又不像只是单纯的杀人。大儿子一直在抵触父亲的行为，他爸让他祷告，他当然不可能去祷告，因为他也是魔鬼。而小儿子是支持父亲的，一开始让人误以为是小孩子对大人的盲从，通过讨好赞同大人的行为来得到认可和表扬。事实上不是，他是真的看到父亲触摸恶魔后的那些他们做过的恶心的事情，从而认同父亲。大儿子被父亲关在地下室，然后撒谎说他看到了上帝，父亲相信了，相信魔鬼就是断送自己，然后自己也被大儿子砍死了。

影片的精彩之处就在于一开始自己多多少少是站在大儿子这边的，觉得他爸不应该随便杀人，而越看到后面越认同他爸和小儿子的行为。这是因为，一开始我也不确定他们做这事究竟是不是出于神，而越看到后面越确定这事确实出于神。他爸爸是一个信心很强大的基督徒，小儿子也是（所以他继承了他爸杀魔鬼的事业），他爸的软弱，致命的弱点就是大儿子。片名Frailty就是弱点的意思。他明知道大儿子是魔鬼，但他太爱这个儿子，一直把魔鬼放在自己的身边。他信心虽然强大，但和“信心之父”亚伯拉罕比，还是差一点的。

因为事情是出于神的，小儿子和他爸杀魔鬼就不害怕被人查出。这件事情，究竟是出于神还是出于人大家应该很清楚了。不是说出于神就必定十分顺利。出于人就一定非常不顺。但是这件事情上，那么顺利，一定是出于神的。

神会拣选人完成祂的旨意，魔鬼自然会阻挠，但是出于神的旨意就必能实现。

在现实生活中，有很多恶魔逍遥法外，邪恶猖狂。上帝之手应该多一点才好。

  这片子看到上半部觉得四星有余了，下半部跟这剧情一样，四星呼转急下到一星！我也替天行道一次，综合起来周末双星（薪）吧！
  电影开始的节奏我很喜欢，感觉是父亲做了一个荒唐的梦，然后疯了的节奏！顺便说一句特别喜欢那演哥哥芬顿的那男孩，觉得他很有辨识能力，性格我喜欢，表现不错！照这个剧情写下去，该是一个疯了的父亲进行一场场的杀戮，最终肯定死于一场失手或者意外！大儿子变成了警察（或者正义的人物），小儿子延续了父亲的疯癫变成了一个杀人狂！最后兄弟反目成仇，互相决斗的故事！
    好吧，可惜我看到了这前头，仍然猜错了这结尾！
    到了后半段，剧情忽转急下，来个大反转，扑朔迷离，第二次猜测还算比较准确的，这男主果然就是弟弟Adam本人！这次反转也就算了，但是最后的反转真是无法忍受，是真拙计！原来弟弟Adam通过父亲的触摸受害人看到了身上的之前做过的坏事，真的看到了恶魔,他成了他父亲的继承人，也可以通过触摸对方的感知对方的罪恶！而且附加了一段各个受害人的罪恶片段！此时我想说句，Oh, my god!!!导演忘记吃药了吧！？此片一下从一个佳片沦为一个脑残片了！拙计点有以下几点：1.先说说忽转急下的那段，能感知对方的罪恶，突然有超能力了？让我想起了凯奇的恶灵骑士，那部片子里至少有个传递人吧。你这特异功能哪里来的？2.正义和邪恶傻傻分不清楚，到底哥哥呢还是弟弟，我想哥哥肯定不是邪恶的！可是弟弟呢，为了配合反转剧情的持续，弟弟果断干掉哥哥，以示观众，This is what the damn justice!3.那警长我也是笑了，为了配合剧情，说了句，你怎么知道的？（此处指杀他母亲）突然手脚无力，被扔到坑中，说我可是FBI，他们会来找你的。喝的水差点喷出来，FBI原来这么搓比，拿个手枪被一个靠着手铐的人制服了！天呐，此处导演用的是反讽手法吗？4.为了突出反转剧情之后的正义，Adam摸了下年轻警员的手说：you are a good man, sheriff! 为了给主角光环还给主角赔了个漂亮的而且还怀孕的老婆,正义的延续吗？此时，我长跪不起！
     最后想说，演员是好演员，导演我看了下也是个了不起的导演，我想那肯定是编剧脑子里有屎了！要不然就是半夜做了个噩梦，敲了导演的门，Bill, I dreamed of a fucking dream for the fucking ending of the movie.it is like this ...导演翻了个身，没睁开睡眼，回了句：OK, you continue to shoot the film tomorrow.Good night !