告密者我是在B站看的,同時有許多彈幕伴隨,有的在劇透,有的在高能預警,有的在解釋事件背景,有的在罵女主角空有滿腔熱情不懂得理智待人。
對於這樣的評論,我只用一個細節便說服了自己它依舊是部好電影——在女主角一直想拯救的被拐女孩萊雅因為曾經的告密而最終被妓女酒吧老闆一槍爆頭之後,她開始沈思,反省,終於意識到自己的正義感在利益團體面前微不足道。
拋開具體的時代背景,類似的事情一遍又一遍的發生在這個世界上,擷取任何一個片段,都可以找出許多類似的故事。
而我要講的,可能和這部片子的劇情並沒有太多關係。
看的時候,有很多人留下一些其中有一句飄過屏幕的話引起我的注意:“可以看看聶樹斌案。
”聶樹斌是誰?
抱著好奇心我記下了他的名字。
從電影的故事情節看,也許又是一個官官相護體制下的得利者或犧牲者吧。
影片結束,我讀完女主角在真實世界裡那平淡而不出所料的結局(無法再復職),便進入聶樹斌和翻案刑警鄭成月的人生。
有興趣的朋友可以看看冷暖人生對鄭成月的採訪(http://news.ifeng.com/a/20161207/50377287_0.shtml)。
與女主類似,鄭成月在某一天被辭去局長的位子,給年輕人讓了機會。
我漸漸從聶樹斌案生出一絲對法律的真切感受,這是與在公司工作時接觸商法完全不同的感受。
法理人情,終於還是人占重頭,想要約束的時候,法似如來神掌;倘若想要無法無天,那真是自甘墮落為瞎子。
也因而我們還是脫離不了、也不能拋棄用道德來壓制邪念的途徑。
看完此案,我又輾轉搜索到了“山区人民告诉你,被拐卖到深山给人当老婆逃跑可能性有多大”。
這便是互聯網的力量,跑題不談。
最後的最後,雖然民主幾乎已經成為一個貶義詞了,但B站也許可以成為公共討論的新場所,激盪出新一批擁有共情與理性的新公民吧。
Talking With Kathryn Bolkovac About Her Experience as The WhistleblowerPosted: 08/16/11 07:48 PM ETAfter seeing (and reviewing) The Whistleblower, I contacted Kathryn Bolkovac, whose story is the basis of the movie, and interviewed her. Her answers speak for themselves, but also give such a sense of her persona, grit and determination.FOSTER: You were faced with a situation where the people you worked with were engaged in something very shocking. Do you have any insight as to how or why they got involved with trafficking?I really do not think there is clear cut answer for this. Everyone is an individual and is accountable to their individual behavior and potential illegal actions they committed and continue to commit in current missions. I think most people are truly just plain complicit in their thinking and tend to not get involved or look the other way to avoid any form of accountability, especially if they think that something does not directly affect them for their position. Then there is the group of people who can easily be swayed to join in on a pack mentality, who are morally and mentally weak or ignorant. When conditions are right as they have been and still are in many overseas missions around the world, or if they think they will not be caught or judged then it is easy for them to engage in illegal and corrupt behavior. They try to justify and minimize their actions. Finally, there are individuals who are just plain evil and corrupt, they see the money making potential of preying on the helpless and needy, and exploit every opportunity they can to make a buck, especially in an industry that involves sex. They are very good at dehumanizing, denial, and lying about what is going on. FOSTER: What do you think needs to be done to address the trafficking issue? What can government do?The trafficking issue at large is too complex to tackle with sweeping reform. There are so many different types of human trafficking each with different dynamics of funding the corruption. Obviously, many adults choose to be trafficked... or illegally transported across many borders to escape horrendous conditions in their own countries. These issues cannot be convoluted with organized criminal syndicates who are providing services to internationals all over the world, in the form of trafficking for forced prostitution. They are involved in the recruitment, abuse, desensitization, and sale of human flesh, into international missions as sex workers. This is what I want to discuss and what I think we can make a huge impact on based on my experiences as a former law enforcement officer, former UN employee, former representative of our U.S. government overseas, and as a former employee of one of the largest private government contractors in the world DynCorp. FOSTER: What can our government do?First, in the short term, the United States needs to take a serious look at why we are willing to allow private companies to engage in the profession of law enforcement. Government contractors are a needed and viable means to get many logistical and re-construction efforts accomplished. They are not a viable means for a protection force or as a mechanism for the use in training law enforcement officers in emerging democracies. Law enforcement is not a business. Policing is a calling. Does anyone really believe that private corporations are in this policing and operational mission business for anything but the money? We need to set an example with our own federal police selection units, perhaps via the Department of Justice as an example, why can we not recruit and most importantly train our own community police officers before we send them into these missions? My book accurately describes the pathetic training offered by the private company who sent me overseas, which I am sure was heavily subsidized with my tax dollars. It was a disgrace; none of us had even the minimum knowledge or idea of what we were supposed to be doing once we got into Bosnia.If we are to continue to send "rent a cops " overseas with inadequate knowledge and inadequate protections from corrupt private companies, some of whom had serious questionable policing backgrounds we might want to stop and think about how this damages our reputation and our goals. The private company who fired me had free reign to treat me however they saw fit, no one was in authority to stop them. They were exempt from all U.S. government accountability and have never been held accountable for what they did to me to this day. How has this changed? It has not. Second, get the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) out of committee and get it passed. It has been more than 12 years overdue. [NOTE: CEJA would allow the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute government contractors and employees for certain crimes committed overseas. It would complement the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), which provides similar criminal jurisdiction over Department of Defense employees and contractors but does not clearly apply to U.S. contractors working overseas for other federal agencies.]Third, make government contractors accountable for their employee actions, by putting a clause in their contracts that require them to facilitate and allow oversight of both external and internal investigations by outside government agencies, when probable cause exists that employees are suspected, or implicated in criminal offenses. They must cooperate in the facilitation of prosecutions. They can no longer just fire people, and hope the problem goes away, which automatically curtails any further investigation. Fourth, set examples by having the means available to prosecute and convict with meaningful sentences. FOSTER: What can individuals do?Learn, read, report, and stop burying your heads in the sand. Many of the people involved in these crimes could be your next door neighbor. Get local law enforcement initiatives started, and ask your police chiefs this question. What kind of training is being offered to your new recruits and officers on the streets to recognize and investigate all forms of human trafficking?Do you think a local police chief in the hills of Northern New Mexico, or in the farming community of southern Illinois, is even going to know what we are talking about? Does the local hotel have young female Hispanics working in the housekeeping department? They do not speak English, they have no documents, does he know what wage they are being paid and in what form? Think about it. I have been in these places have you?FOSTER: Many of the women and girls who are trafficked are promised jobs that don't materialize. What do you think would be effective to get the word out to them so that fewer of them fall prey to these types of promises?The only effect we can have on this is to stop the demand. FOSTER: How did you sustain yourself? Continued faith in our justice system, lots of hard workouts and sweat, many tears and my husband would make me a strong gin tonic with lots of lemon and ice once in a while.Follow Stephenie Foster on Twitter: www.twitter.com/StephenieFoster
2011年传记剧情片,根据在联合国担当维和人员的凯瑟琳·波克瓦克的真实经历改编,讲述了一个女警察陷入美国当局一桩丑闻事件的种种遭遇的故事。
开头有些闷,但随后剧情变得越来越紧凑深刻,看了让人心情十分沉重的电影,那些表面光鲜的人性背后隐藏着极其恶劣的兽性,一个黑暗到无以复加的世界!
真实事件改编,真相黑暗震惊,结局沉重残酷,最后对人口贩卖相关犯罪数据的科普让人触目惊心,使整部影片的意义得到极大升华。
美好欢乐的电影固然是生活调味品,揭露真相与黑暗的电影却是让你了解世界不同真实面的机会。
根据十年前在联合国担当维和人员的凯瑟琳•波克瓦克的真实经历改编而来,一个来自美国的女警察加入了某个保安公司,在波黑执行联合国维和任务。
一个偶然的机会她发现那里的维和警察、军人和当地的警察都是一些色情酒吧的常客,随着调查的深入,她甚至发现这些所谓的客人还都是性奴贩卖链条上很重要的环节,他们负责运输、检查、提供保护。
当她向高层反映并希望得到帮助时,她竟然被调离、解职,甚至受到了人身威胁。
无奈之下,她搜集资料向媒体曝光了这桩丑闻。
在外界的压力之下,一些犯罪的警察被解职,人口贩卖活动得到了抑制。
然而该保安公司的生意却并没有被减少,他们甚至得到了在伊拉克、阿富汗等更大的合同。
影片线索极为复杂,充满了政治隐喻色彩。
整体灰色色调、节奏感极强的配乐和张弛有度的剪辑,使得观众在观看本片时有很强的压迫感和紧张感;过曝场景和手提摄影则加强了真实的现场感; 本片体现了电影的另一大社会功能:讲述比新闻类节目更具观赏性也更具侵略性的故事。
在当今娱乐之上的大环境下,投资拍摄这类电影是需要很大的勇气的。
人们大多不希望看到在粉饰的太平社会下面那些黑暗、肮脏的人性。
然而这些又是我们必须面对的现实,是可能发生在我们每个人身边的真实的现象。
莫妮卡在里面看着好老啊,皱巴巴的T_T嗯,其实类似题材的电影看过不少,无非是一个有正义感的人敢于冒着生命危险揭露某些阴暗面,并且以正义最终战胜邪恶为结局,一句话,煞笔,但是这部片子亮就亮在结尾处的几行字啊,Kathy揭露了丑陋的现实,却没有人为这样的罪恶买单,这个邪恶的组织并没有受到惩罚,不过是把公司解散了而已,换个名字照样接单干活,鬼知道他们是不是继续这样的勾当,并且Kathy从此没有能再参与类似的工作,再一次证明“未被同化”的人是为体制所不容的啊!!!
哪里都有黑暗啊摔!!!
由一个女性角色做绝对主角的电影,并不容易赢得票房,除非制片和监制对女演员的号召力有绝对的信心。
即使在好莱坞,这样的女演员也实在不多,在Julia Roberts和Angelina Julie把持这项殊荣数年以后,Rachel Weisz现在也迈入这个行列了。
又是个根据真实事件改编的电影,角色的名字也跟现实人物的名字一字不差。
看过以后,实在是对联合国所代表的国际政治和人性失去了所有的信任,所有潜规则的存在自然有他的道理,但是最应该抱着普世价值观的人都只是在被利益所驱使,所有的条条框框反而成了他们的借口,这个世界还有什么可以信任的?
所有的犯案者,都能全身而退。
而抱着信念而且敢于抗争的女主角,最终没能救人于水火,却只能在荷兰隐居。
像波斯尼亚这样的泥潭,地球上还有不少,战争让只想安身立命的普通人活得那么艰难,而绝大多数的战争都只是在争夺利益,无论是金钱、资源、人口还是思想的统治权。
能够活在一个和平的社会里,聊以自慰吧。
豁免权(immunity)不是免罪权(impunity),联合国是在奥斯维辛集中营的尸骨上建立起来的,要维护尊严必须要做的是不使联合国因强暴那些我们必须保护的人而遗臭万年。
这些事情老实讲在天朝每天都有发生,法律不能惩治恶棍歹徒,反而成为了好人的枷锁,所以我一直认为如果有一天真的司法效率和能力堕落到谷底,那么私力救济就是义务。
这是一部“多方博弈”的动作片,远远超出一般警匪片和特工片。
电影作为一门艺术表现,一般在对现实进行艺术加工时,进行简易化处理,不敢展示过于复杂的事件。
但我们知道现实世界里,可以是发现简单,也可以是非常复杂的。
之前丹尼尔·雷德克里夫主演的特工片《统治权》,是根据真实特工故事改编的,故事简单,任务也简单,但是可以让我们体验到特工真实面对的危险情况。
而这一部却是“复杂”的情况。
主人公因为多年前对挑逗妻子的三个小流氓动手,杀了人而沦为罪犯。
FBI相中了他,以让他当卧底为交易,提前释放了他。
这对主人公而言本来是一件好事,但是FBI的行为本身已经“玩弄了法律”,有点不择手段的意思。
因为这点“非法”的源头,导致了后面引起“蝴蝶效应”让人失措。
本来就要收网了,主人公已经获得信任,很快就要和大毒枭“将军”会面,FBI也已经就位。
但是没想到,在见将军之前,主人公还接到一项小买卖任务,而来买毒品的是纽约警方派出的卧底,精明的主人公从对话中发现了对方身份,为了确保任务(抓到大毒枭),就暗示对方赶紧跑,没想到卧底警察居然拔出枪来,结果被毒贩们射杀。
而另一边,因为要见大毒枭,主人公安排妻女躲藏起来,都是妻女躲了太久不见丈夫回来,居然在家附近转圈子(虽然主人公安排很妥当,但是现实就是这样的问题),结果大毒枭“将军”既开始对主人公怀疑(开始把主人公的妻女给监控起来),也给了主人公更重的任务(让他进监狱,在监狱里建立贩毒网络)以作赔偿(毕竟杀了警察,会引起很大的波澜,对毒贩集团造成损失)。
主人公因为妻女被当作人质,只能同意进入监狱。
但是死了搭档的纽约警长,已经锁定了主人公,并且知道FBI与此有关。
FBI负责人为了摆脱是非,决定让主人公的直接联系人杀人灭口。
更糟糕的是,主人公进入监狱后,一方面受到毒枭集团的欢迎,另一方面也受到黑人罪犯的袭击(与纽约黑人警长也有关系,也与不同贩毒集团之间的竞争有关系)。
为了摆脱困境,为了保护妻女,主人公如何面对来自各方的复杂挑战?
这是现实世界里可能存在的“多方博弈”案例。
虽然世界可以“科学般进行简化”,也可能现实很多矛盾没有那么强烈,只显示主要的两方博弈,但也完全可能出现这样的情况。
所以,电影展示了一种特别的构思。
不过,电影最终还是显得比较凌乱,而解决的方法也是比较勉强:主人公通过挟持人质越狱,保住了自己的小命;而FBI接头人,因为良知而与纽约警方合作,“出卖”上司。
最终主人公“有可能”洗脱罪名,与妻女重逢(很明显电影准备拍续集,留了一手)。
尽管解决方式不是很合理,但还算说得过去,也算是一种探索。
2020-01-13
看到电影后半段越来越感觉到痛心,当权利自然得达到利益的互相节点后,便默许了一些罪恶的联盟,更玷污的是还穿着制服打着正义的旗号,关键的是人人都知道是错误,而为了自保都硬是要排挤真正的正义,我不知道为什么,看到让那些被拐卖的女人作证劝说过来的时候,拉雅看着背后那些光顾他们的制服客人时,不是愤怒而是害怕,最终逃走的命运是死在枪口之下,我终于明白了恐惧的心理才是麻醉一个人的良方,我同样不知道为什么,当时我想到的是火烧圆明园,3万的所谓八国联军,在我泱泱大国面前可以横冲直撞,而今天所有的主流媒体再介绍的时候都是谴责,或说清政府的无能,为何不深究深层次的问题?
火烧圆明园,为何我国民众不爱国阻止了呢?
这也许就是出于拉雅的恐惧,对衙门的不信任,对列强的害怕,如果我再说,火烧后,夷为平地的是周围的居民,又会有何感想呢?
麻木的教育是人们没有了独立思考的能力,沦为宋、明一样的子民,然后再给元、清冠上少数民族了以安慰内心,呵呵。
唉,说得有点跑题了。
刚刚看完告密者,是由木乃伊女主演的,看完很郁闷。
真的有点像口语老师Paul说的,人长大了,就喜欢看深刻的电影了 。
故事的主题是以波黑内战,联合国维和部队人员参与贩卖人口,最后英雄女主角拯救局面的故事情节演的。
刚开始的女主,就是一心为着钱去的。
当上级军官宣扬着正义和平的时候,女主没有多少投入,反而是周围的男队友们很亢奋。
但是随着剥茧抽丝的叙事过程,事实浮出了水面,之所以在这样一个战争国度,能有这样多的酒吧生存下来,服务的不是本国的男士,而是维和部队的军官。
收容所的老奶奶说:"战争让我们国家的男人都死了一半,你说这些女孩是为谁服务的!
“说的是那么的平静,但是我的内心却很波澜。
女主在剧中说了这样的话,她说,-- 以前在家里,我们分局有25个人,我了解他们每一个人,知道他们的一切,他们的家人。
--原本我以为是和一群精英来到这里工作,现在我甚至都不知道他们到底是谁?!
西方社会一直认为,人之初,性本恶,原来我不这么认为,近些年我接触的事情使我慢慢深刻地理解了这句话的内涵。
在西方这样一个发达,法律体制健全的社会里,每个人在这样的体系中生活,没有机会,也没有理由让你做出出乎意料的行为,至少对大部分人是这样的。
加之开明的价值观和先进的的城市化进程使得很多东西不会引起恐慌和围观。
但是即使这样绅士和文明的人类被放逐到萨拉热窝这样的动荡地带,没有法治,种族间斗殴,社会信仰的不健全。
人性中那种龌龊,极端,邪恶的念头就会被只能各种松弛的约束带释放出来,原来我们不敢说的敢说了,原来我们不敢做的敢做了。
甚至变本加厉,异常极端,电影中出现的很多情节让你感觉仿佛不是去酒吧找乐子,更像是对很多之前禁忌的猎奇,而无辜的女孩就成为其中的玩偶,他们的痛苦就像是反应的结果,出现才是正常的,才够满足他们的好奇。
经历了千辛万苦,想救出的女孩终究还是死了,当做了杀鸡儆猴中的鸡,看着挺心酸,但是我觉得确实最好的结局。
她所遭受的痛苦,是那种死亡可以替代的,死亡还是平静的,折磨却没有止境。
可能,我是说可能,拯救出的她们没有技能,没有能力,或许还有很多又会做回老本行,但是,那种存在的尊严俨然可以被称之为人!!!
这很重要
无情、无奈、无助、无趣。现实世界的写照。
我的心被打爆拉娅头的那颗子弹撕碎了。so fucking unfire.
高大上的联合国维和部队的人员,在波黑地区嫖妓受贿。虽然是根据真实事件改编的,但是维和部队的也是人啊,嫖妓是生理需要,受贿或者跟当地黑社会配合是不对的。
电影其实剧情很平淡,只是题材一直很敏感,对于贩卖女性的实例其实已经多不胜数了。不过片中有些场面虽然尺度不大,但哥看上去还是很不舒服的说,毕竟虐待是一件很令哥恶心的事,女神在这片表现真的不错,只可惜片子空有配乐紧凑,剧情是一点都不紧凑
此片唯一的缺点是,看后心情极度沉重,别告诉我在东莞酒店上班的那些女孩中没有被拐卖来的。
拿起镰刀自救吧 妹子们。片子挺绕的 越绕越无聊。
里面居然有BC!
开头有些闷,但随后剧情变得越来越紧凑深刻,看了让人心情十分沉重的电影,那些表面光鲜的人性背后隐藏着极其恶劣的兽性,一个黑暗到无以复加的世界!蕾切尔·薇兹的演技好的没得说!
所以卷福在这部电影里的意义是什么?
灰暗的现实世界。
看的太沉重了,现实原本就还有那么多黑暗和无奈,可惜导演没把力度完全展现出来,松散了一些。Rachel姐姐表现正常,卷福出场太让人没想到了,尤其说他俩是少数的美国人这句台词时,明明两个大腐国演员啊!
2.5星,被揭露的事情不过冰山一角,人类在没有“紧箍咒”(片中联合国维和人员都拥有外交豁免权)的情况下什么事情都干得出来,这和国籍无关也和任何机构无关这不过是人性。。。
现实真相总是让人绝望。。
中庸··
没劲。
挺好的题材拍弱了
写实片 对人口贩卖有了重新认识。看到最后感觉很绝望。
完全是冲着本尼迪克去的
垃圾! 無計,為左睇Luke!
当本应保护你的人却在出卖你,这个世界该有多绝望。