This film is a Hong Kong film about 23 prisoners who committed serious crimes when they were under 18, and did not receive a sentence. They had to wait for the Queen of Uk to give them a definite sentence. However, some of them waited for 20 years without any news, they had to wait endlessly. Therefore a group of people volunteered to help them. In the end, their efforts were not successful.
This film is extremely emotionally intense. In so many scenes it was so touching, that it was not possible not to weep. The acting was so professional, that I really felt that the actor who played the prisoners were really inmates. All the emotions were portrayed fully, and the spectators cold easily feel what the characters were feeling at that time.
This film also explored the issue whether these inmates should be helped or not. Some argued that they have killed people, and therefore they do not deserve to be helped, while some argue that they should be given a chance to become a good person. Also, the inmates were detained indefinitely, without a date that they will be released. This violates human rights.
This film is very well balanced between both sides of the discussions, emphasising that these people had committed murders, while also emphasising that they also had human rights. The story is also very emotional, I am sure that even the toughest person will be touched. How many people are willing to help some strangers who are outcasted by the society? How many people will not discriminate against former inmates? I find the volunteers who help the inmates to fight for their human rights to be very respectable and honourable. I felt much sympathy for the inmates who had to wait indefinitely.
This film can provoke people's thoughts about these juvenile offenders. Should they be treated like a piece of rubbish, or they should be cared for and be given a chance to live a new life? For me, the answer is definitely the latter.
