By Karen - 04 August 2021
When Tommy punched Branden in the final, I knew Tommy's final outcome on the court.
It was done in one go, but the sections that did not cry were arousing tears, an atmospheric work that was laid out by pure male hormones.
Tommy and Branden, a blunt beast, a trapped beast.
Tommy has witnessed his father's domestic violence since he was a child. When he left home, he was abandoned by his younger brother who fell in love when he was young. He was a genius boxer when he was a teenager. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps as an adult, but his brother-in-law teammates died one by one under the Friendly Fire, and abandoned the battle in sorrow. Under the opportunity, he bravely saved many active soldiers). Tommy had nothing, with a stomach of resentment, grievance and self-blame, and found his father who had turned against him in his early years to assist him in training. He quickly gained attention and was able to participate in the UFC. Many people are fascinated by the role of Tommy, I think it's not just because the actor is Tom Hardy. Tom Hardy's outstanding acting skills are indeed deeply integrated into the character, and the script gives the character itself the irrevocable bitterness and stubbornness from the small people at the bottom, as if it shines into the dark corner of everyone's heart. See this Human heart not only has a warmth that does not come from somewhere, but also feels the sting of being mixed with thorns.
Branden, with a lover, a daughter, and an ordinary physics teacher in high school, life is safe and happy. Because of financial difficulties, I had to return to my old business to participate in some underground boxing clubs to receive bonuses. Branden is in a much better situation than Tommy in Chaos. Compared to his blunt beast-like brother, Branden is more like a trapped beast under the economic pressure. If the game is not won, then the home will be taken away.
The only thing the two children have in common seems to be not acknowledging the terrible father. Early father, drunkard, domestic violence, emotional danger. When Tommy became an adult and retrained with his father, Tommy rejected, resented, and abused his father, who was quite bad in his early years. Every family had conflicts, but this family has been torn apart, and the gap is no longer resolved by one or two hugs. of. Every time I see Tommy, I feel distressed. Compared to my brother, this kid really has nothing. I have an unforgivable resentment towards my father, and I am extremely disappointed in my brother's betrayal of his promises. My beliefs have been subverted. I will accompany my mother to the end by myself. The image of my father and brother has long disappeared in my heart. No matter how you look at it, it's an abandoned seed.
Participating in this competition, to put it bluntly, the original intention is to make money, one is to have a better life for the widow of a former brother, and the other is to defend his homeland. Tommy's teammates were killed by a manslaughter by the army, and Bran's request for bank loans was repeatedly rejected.
The two people who were abandoned by society used their own fists to expend their blood and experience the pain in fact just to piece together the last remaining utopia in their hearts.
I know that Tommy will definitely lose and be knocked out, but the ending is still a little bit beyond my imagination. When Bran broke Tommy's bones, tears that had been wrapped around came out. Tommy dragged his stump and continued to provoke his brother who was getting closer and closer to victory. The camera dangled, but he saw Tommy crying in the corner alone. The blunt beast was once again frustrated, and the chapters composed of blood and bone ended in the flesh and blood of his deepest fetters but could not face up to his relatives.
Compared to Bren, who was surrounded by coaches and his wife cheering and cheering, Tommy was empty here. Only the inspector was waiting for him, and his father failed to arrive on time because he was drunk again.
Tommy often said to his father indifferently, "I prefer the way you look when you are drunk." The father, who has not seen you in 14 years, is now sober and kind, without the shadow of the past. On the contrary, it gives Tommy who has a hatred in his heart a strong sense of frustration. . It is undoubtedly ridiculous irony that the image of the father who was terrified when he was adolescent but could not find it, but now in adulthood, who has been exhausted, appears a reformed sense of justice.
Tommy always refuses to recognize his human father. No matter how his father repents and explains, Tommy's reaction at any time is always indifferent and bored. But after several head-on collisions with his father, his father, who hit sober 1000 days later, fell into a stalemate in the hotel and cried and hugged his whiskey, but he was able to step forward and hug his old father firmly. There is both moving and loneliness.
Perhaps in Tommy's eyes, in the chaos world after returning to the drunk, the father who can also apologize can complete the real atonement in his heart.
After sobering up, the father finally rushed to see the confrontation between the sons in the UFC final. The pain was engraved on them. The sons fought together. Everything seemed to be slow motion. The sons had been forced to accept because of their sins back then. The hard road that is irreversible.
Bran overwhelmed his broken brother and said I'm Sorry again and again. Compared with Bran's clear goal, Tommy was distracted too much. The whole game was more of a catharsis of years of depression. The abandoned blunt beast wanted to eat his opponent like revenge, but he did not expect to be eaten back. With the last call of my brother, I Love You, the stubborn kid finally let go, and many audiences in the theater choked up. I thought Tommy was going to die on the stage. I didn't expect that he patted his brother's body and chose to let go. This made his brother's victory possible, like a bitten beast, and was lifted up by the older brother in tears, just because of one sentence. "I Love You", who was late for many years, finally let go. The two brothers supported each other and walked out of the venue and stopped abruptly.
With this ending, one can only believe that each has found his own salvation and way out.
