I watched You Were Never Really Here recently, the thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix. I think the plot only makes sense with a familiarity with pizzagate. The plot is very understated, and with the film being only 90 minutes, there isn't a lot of time committed to exposition.
(Apologies if this has been discussed already, as I'm fairly new to the community)
SPOILERS BELOW:
[](#s " "The main character is a veteran that has turned to a life of using his skills for vigilante justice. He takes a job rescuing a local politicians daughter from sex traffickers, and does so swiftly, skillfully and brutally with a hammer and careful planning.
Afterward, he takes the girl to a hotel room to prepare for her return. During this stay, he is raided by police who take the girl, and attempt to arrest him. He manages to kill the single police officer left in the room, and escapes.
His contacts all no longer answer their phones, and upon returning home, finds his mother to have been murdered by agents sent to kill him. He dispatches them as well. In his last words, one agent reveals that the girl is the governor's favorite and that reveals where she is being held. There's a great ending and final scene that I won't reveal. ")
But the film implies:
- sex traffickers are in a conspiracy with government officials
- law enforcement is complicit in carrying out their whims (at least in a de facto manner)
Have you seen the film? Does this resonate with you? At the least, it's a good revenge fantasy flick that features pedos getting hammer justice that should scratch the itch until the real justice hammer finally falls on these monsters, God willing.
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Pizzalawyer ago
Thanks for the heads up. A similar theme is contained in the movie "Taken" starring Liam Neeson as a retired CIA agent using his deadly skills to recover his daughter and her friend who were kidnapped for the sex trade.
Those films might educate the public of this scourge better than we can. But what if it gives bad guys ideas? Of course it might encourage vigilante action, too. I wish I had never heard of this stuff. I grew up in a Leave it to Beaver environment in the 1950s and it is so sad that children may never experience that kind of innocent wholesome upbringing again.
Folks, I've been recovering from surgeries that gave me the luxury of making lots of comments here lately but I'm going to take my leave and get back to my normal routine for awhile. Love to all.
Blacksmith21 ago
Taken is an amalgamation of true stories. Many of the movies theme are "urban myths" based on real stories. Taken goes on daily all over the US and Europe.