There was a terrible murder in Chicago that shocked the whole city. Bishop Rosen of a local church was killed, and his body was engraved with mysterious figures. The police arrested suspect Allen who was stained with blood at the scene. As Allen's defense lawyer, Martin had a fight with his ex-girlfriend, Janet, the prosecutor. Martin seems to don’t care about the fact. The only purpose of his defense for Allen was to win the lawsuit and make himself famous by winning this case. However, in the process of communication with Allen, he was moved by Allen's pitiful image and firmly believed that his main personality, Allen, was innocent, and his second personality, Roy, was the principal offender. Janet, as the representative of justice, would certainly not give out. Janet learned from the investigation that Bishop Rosen had sexually assaulted Allen and others before his death, and Allen's argument about his suffering from "time amnesia" also seemed absurd. The murder witness he mentioned has never been found. Janet believed that all the evidence such as the motive for killing were complete, and Martin made Allen escape from the crime on the pretext that he was suffering from mental illness. However, the end of the matter was not so simple. Allen never existed, and his dark personality, Roy, never disappeared. Roy did all this to use Martin to get rid of his guilt. Martin experienced this, and he no longer believed in human nature. He totally became an indifferent lawyer who only cared about winning or losing. He won the lawsuit but lost the gamble about human nature.
芝加哥发生了一桩震惊全城的恐怖血案。当地一间教堂的主教罗森惨遭杀害，身上被刻上神秘数字，警方逮捕了当时在场身染血迹的犯罪嫌疑人艾伦。马丁作为艾伦的辩护律师，和他的前女友检控官珍妮特较上了劲。马丁看起来并不在乎事实，他为艾伦辩护的唯一目的就是要赢得这场官司，让自己一战成名，但在和艾伦交流的过程中，他被艾伦楚楚可怜的形象所打动，坚信他的主人格——艾伦是无辜的，他的第二人格罗伊才是主犯。而珍妮特作为正义的代表当然寸步不让。珍妮特调查得知罗森主教生前曾对艾伦等人进行过性侵犯，而艾伦关于自己患有“时间失忆”症的辩解亦显得荒唐，关于他提到的凶案证人一直都未找到。珍妮特认为杀人动机等一切证据俱全，马丁借口阿伦患精神病使其成功脱罪，然而，事情的结局并非那么简单。艾伦从未存在过，存在的一直是他的黑暗人格罗伊，而罗伊所做的这一切都是为了利用马丁让自己脱罪，而马丁经历了这件事情，对人性不再相信，真正变成了一个冷漠的只在乎输赢的律师，他赢了官司，却输掉了关于人性的赌局。
As a suspense thriller released in 1996, it gives people a refreshing feeling both from the suspense setting and the plot arrangement. Edward Norton, who first appeared on the film screen, added a lot of lusters to the excellent performance of the film. After watching this film for the first time, I was impressed by the ups and downs of the plot and Norton's superb acting skills. But after deep thinking, this film is obviously not as simple as it appears.
作为一部上映于1996年的悬疑惊悚片，无论是从悬念的设置和情节的编排上都给人耳目一新的感觉，而初次登上电影荧幕的爱德华·诺顿给出色的表演给这部电影增添了不少光彩。在首次观看完这部影片后，我被情节的跌宕起伏和诺顿的高超演技折服，但深入思考后，这部电影显然并没有表面上这么简单。
The first is the complexity of the good and evil of human nature. Take Martin, the lawyer, as an example. At the very beginning, he defended Allen only to win honor, and he also used improper means in the process of finding evidence. But as he got along with Allen, he gradually believed that Allen had a dual personality, and Roy was the mastermind of the event, which also implied that he still had a certain degree of humanity, but in the end, the truth revealed by Roy frustrated him, it has become the catalyst for his transformation to a lawyer without any sympathy, and his image has been completely shaped.
首先是人性的善与恶的复杂。以律师马丁为例，他在最开始给艾伦辩护只是为了赢得荣誉，在寻找证据的过程中也使出过不那么正当的手段，但随着他和艾伦的相处，他渐渐地相信艾伦有双重人格，罗伊才是事件的主谋，这也暗示着他还具有一定的人性，但最后罗伊揭示的真相让他心灰意冷，成为了他向了一个没有任何同理心的律师转变的催化剂，他的形象也彻底地塑造完成。
The second is the darkness and complexity of reality. Bishop Rosen, as the manager of the Catholic Fund, handed over the money to John Shaughnessy, who planned to use the money as the capital for real estate development. However, in the process of brutal demolition, the local mafia boss found Bishop Rosen and stopped the real estate development project. The boss of the gang said that he was the patron saint of the community and protect them from being bullied by the superior society, otherwise they would all be displaced. At the same time, Allen was saved from the street by Bishop Rosen, it was also the result of brutal demolition. He was saved by people who put him in to the terrible situation. Bishop Rosen’s money led to the existence of brutal demolition, which is an important reason for Allen's displacement. Bishop Luo, who saved him again. The occurrence of this event is undoubtedly ironic.
其次是现实的黑暗与复杂。作为天主教基金管理人的罗森主教，把钱交到萧纳西手里，而萧纳西准备把这笔钱作为房地产开发的资金，但在野蛮拆迁的过程中，当地的黑帮老大找到罗森主教停止了房地产开发项目。黑帮老大说，我是这个社区的保护神，保护他们——不受上等社会的欺负，否则他们全部将流离失所。但同时艾伦是被罗森主教从街头救回来的，也就是说，是野蛮拆迁的恶果，被爱心人士救了起来，罗森主教的钱，导致了野蛮拆迁的存在，也就是艾伦流离失所的重要原因。罗森主教，又把他“救”了起来。这无疑具有讽刺意味。
In addition, the film also involves complex issues such as sexual assault, religion, legal game, corruption of upper-class society, ideal and reality. Therefore, this film is not a narrative film on the surface. It also exposes many social problems, which is also its fascinating side. No matter from which aspect to analyze, it is worth seeing.
此外这部电影还涉及到了性侵、宗教、法律的博弈、上流社会的腐败、理想与现实等错综复杂的问题。因此，这部影片并不是表面上以叙事为主的影片，它还揭露了很多社会问题，这也是它引人入胜的一面。不论从哪个方面去分析，它都值得一看。
Author: Shu Tianle
Date: November 20, 2022
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