As a second generation Muslim immigrant born in the United States, Nasir Khan has always been a cautious college student. He secretly drove his father's taxi to a party, but unexpectedly met a girl in the street. Drugs, alcohol and sex, they had a crazy night. When they woke up, Nasir found that the girl was killed in bed, and he became the only suspect ... This scene, which might have been extremely dramatic, was cleverly and cautiously treated coldly, and this case became the catalyst and fuse. It was even put back, and the life and mind of everyone involved were accidentally dried up. This is not so much a detection game as an escape and escape-not only from real cases and physical prisons, but also from people's doubts and prejudices to save themselves.
The Night of Sin retains the story frame, characters, details and even the appearance mode of the original judicial justice, but it quietly implants the cruel murder case into a more complicated background-a Muslim boy who promiscuously killed a white girl. No matter how complicated the case is, whether the truth has anything to do with geopolitics and terrorism, the ethnic origin and cultural background of the suspect will still quickly swallow up all other details and highlight themselves like cancer cells. This murder instantly inspired all imaginations in the post-9 1 1 era. To some extent, Running on a Crime Night has keenly cut into the focus of this era with a criminal case, and reached the psychological part of people's panic, incomprehension and inconvenience.
Running on a Sinful Night is definitely a dark tune. It starts at night and consciously integrates all the stories into the night. In the next few paragraphs, the sun and the sky rarely appear, and almost all the plots take place in dark nights or closed spaces-depressed houses, decaying police stations smelling of poisonous insects and prostitutes, and prisons surrounded by danger.
Excellent film and television works can't be completely reduced to words, just as real literary works can't be effectively adapted. This is the case with Running Crime Night, which is full of details-details that can only be presented visually-and the dirty puddles reflect the queues of prisoners in handcuffs and shackles, the close-ups of broken walls and the dull, indifferent and hostile faces of the police on duty. These details make metaphor and symbol coexist. This is the opposite of most commercial American TV shows, a more real America and new york, where people are tired for survival, some things are dying, and some things are growing.
Everyone, including the protagonist, is almost ugly. They are fat and dry, wearing clothes that don't fit. Sheriff bocks's shoulders drooped, his hair was half bald, and lawyer john stone was wearing a No.2 trench coat and a pair of sandals, scratching his long-standing tinea pedis with chopsticks ... They are kind and true, just like most ordinary people, and they are all people who struggle in life.
All this reminds people of lawrence block's new york. Lawyers, like Matthew Scudder, are down and out, persistent, parasites and rubbish in others' eyes, but they have their own moral values. At first, he regarded defending Nasir as a legitimate business by accident, but it quickly aroused his inner sense of justice. He arranged all kinds of "bait" to grab business, which was more just than those gold medal lawyers who appeared later. The latter seems to be fighting for justice, but there is always a secret purpose. But he himself is stripping away all snobbery and refining some sincerity. John stone is reminiscent of Saul in Breaking Bad. He mixed the shadows of all the classic characters, the variation of the standard tough guy detective story, the unbearable appearance, the secret past and the fiery heart wrapped in indifference. All this was facilitated by Cannes award-winning actor john turturro. His foot disease is the witness of the rascal, which has become the most subtle irony of this respected profession. He is a man despised by the mainstream society. In this sense, he and Nasir are in the same boat, and both of them are rejected by society. His help to the latter became his savior. He just didn't realize it.
If the English drama Justice is focused, then Running on Crime Night is divergent. From the third episode, the English drama focuses on questioning in court, while the American drama shows the life behind everyone without delay-the suspect's parents fled from the shackles of the mother culture and political turmoil to the diversified United States, but unexpectedly became suspicious objects in the post-91/kloc-0 era, and they used all their experience to deal with this sudden disaster. The cold legal system, glib lawyers and even people from the same family forced questions, and the two could only be silent. At the same time, the lives of lawyers and policemen were deeply cut off because of this case. They pretended to be strong and humorous, and they all lost in the face of this difficult case.
Like all excellent crime stories, that mysterious and cruel case has become a mirror, which can reflect many hidden aspects in people's hearts. When people are exploring the truth, they are also exploring themselves. Some people were hurt by it, but some people were saved by it. As john turturro, one of the leading actors, said, "There are no heroes or villains here. You can look at everyone's psychological analysis. "