Chapter 470: Birds of Prey (2)

"Nightwing?!" As the Black Hawk Squad that maintains order, they naturally recognize Robin, who was once the assistant of the masked hero Batman, but later broke away from Batman to act alone and gradually became a new masked hero.

"There is no time to talk so much now, let's solve the problem at hand first!" Nightwing did not dwell on this point any more, because the reason he appeared here was purely to solve this sudden chaos.

Watching Nightwing and the Blackhawk team leave one after another after resolving the chaos, policewoman Natalie calmed down, reviewing their combat methods in her mind while pulling up Dinah who had fallen to the ground with injuries: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, you've done a great job, I believe you can succeed!" Dina, who was innocently dragged into the chaos, watched the whole process from the corner and had a good impression of the policewoman who insisted on her dream.

Dina herself also dreams of becoming a crime fighter, but her mother doesn't allow her to do so, so she stays at home to help out in the flower shop; now she suddenly sees a heroic female police officer, and of course she is excited.

But at the same time, while she was excited, she also saw that even if female police officers received the same training and achieved the same results, they were still looked down upon by men.

Perhaps the reason why her mother did not allow her to pursue her dream was because she did not want her to see this kind of "bias" that only women can see and feel under the apparent "fairness"?

When the "daughter" begins to understand the "mother's" painstaking efforts, perhaps that is when those deliberately hidden secrets will be revealed.

In the silent darkness, Cassandra typed the words "Batgirl" on the keyboard, and a large number of records immediately popped up on the screen.

That was... the previous generation Batgirl who once flew freely in the night sky with long fiery red hair and fought against evil.

Barbara Gordon.

Seeing that Cassandra already knew the secret, Barbara moved over with difficulty in her wheelchair and found her former Batgirl uniform in the box at the bottom of the closet.

The image of that person who once held up the "glory" of the past but can only sit in a wheelchair forever, keeping silent and not letting himself cry, was vividly displayed on the big screen, and at the same time, it also hit the hearts of the audience hard.

Even if a hero falls for a while, he will always insist on getting up again and use all his abilities to continue his actions.

This kind of hero who "stands up" again is more touching than the hero who has always been successful.

Especially the scene where Barbara talks about her past self in a casual way, as if she were telling someone else's story...

Not only outside the play, but Cassandra, who "faced" this scene more directly in the play, felt shocked both physically and mentally.

Inspired by Barbara's fearless spirit, Cassandra secretly took Barbara's old uniform at some unknown time, intending to act on her own and re-join the fight against crime.

Unfortunately, Barbara's old uniform was made from a remade gymnastics outfit, and the shoes that came with it were high heels that Cassandra had never worn.

So, when the cool and stylish Cassandra faced the criminal, she just took one step and tripped herself...

Batman, who had heard the news, helped her defeat the criminals and then took them back to the safe house. Facing the scrutiny of Barbara and Batman, Cassandra just said, "I want to prove the value of my existence."

Incidentally, he also apologized for accidentally ruining Barbara's old uniform during the battle.

While repairing the old uniform, Barbara talked to Cassandra, "Here, you don't need to prove the value of your existence."

"Because adults don't need any reason to love a child." Unlike those who raise children for their own reasons, for them, adopting a child is all about "believing in this child and caring for this child."

As Barbara narrated the story, Cassandra's life story was gradually revealed to the audience: she was the child of the famous killer David Cain and Lady Siwa. In order to train this daughter who inherited her parents' talent to become the world's number one killer, David Cain used a kind of inhumane combat training, depriving Cassandra of most of her normal human abilities, and instead trained her to become a top killer who could predict the enemy's actions through body language.

At only eight years old, Cassandra had already perfectly executed the assassination of a wealthy businessman.

However, this kind of "forcing growth" also caused the young Cassandra to develop human emotions that her father thought were inappropriate, causing her to escape under the mixed attack of fear, regret and other emotions, and she wandered the streets until she was taken back to a safe house by Batman and Barbara.

Knowing that Cassandra had never lived a normal life since childhood, and that she herself had once been able to fly freely, and that she now had self-awareness even though she could not stand up, Barbara guided her like a mother and sister, hoping that she could "stand up again" like herself and become her successor.

Cassandra learned from Barbara that Batman, who had always advocated "non-killing", had traveled thousands of miles to find out the truth about her "murder" for her. With Barbara's guidance, Cassandra gradually recovered and obeyed Batman's arrangement to go on a cruise vacation with Barbara to recuperate and adjust her mentality.

While waiting in line to board the cruise ship, Cassandra and Barbara saw Helena, Dina and her daughter, Natalie, and the Black Eagle team who were taking advantage of their vacation for a team-building tour. They also followed the team to board the cruise ship.

As the protagonists gather one after another, the original leisure vacation naturally turns into an accident scene - the weird "zombie drug" suddenly appears on the cruise ship, turning the originally prosperous and peaceful vacation cruise ship into an inescapable killing field in a short period of time.

In the chaos, the Black Eagle Team, who wanted to deal with this incident, was controlled by drugs by Helena, who had transformed into a messenger of revenge, before they could take any action.

The future nun, who appears to be gentle and kind, has never given up on revenge. On the contrary, the dagger in her hand is aimed at those wealthy businessmen who came to take advantage of her family's misfortune and want to divide the profits.

But to her surprise, her target was clearly the wealthy businessmen who took advantage of her misfortune and the people who worked for them, and did not involve the common people...

She was taken advantage of by those people!

Realizing this, Helena abandoned her previous idea and started to rescue civilians affected by the chaos together with policewoman Natalie.

At the same time, the flower shop owner who had never allowed his daughter Dinah to fight crime was finally forced to "return to his old business" - this lady, who was also named "Dinah" like her daughter, inherited her police father's will to fight crime, and after being unable to join the police force, she became the legendary masked hero "Black Canary".

The first generation Dina naturally knew that her daughter was secretly practicing her skills and money abilities even without her permission.

Therefore, when she decided to reappear as "Black Canary", she also gave and acknowledged the identity of "Second Generation Black Canary" to her daughter at the same time.

If this crisis passes and they can survive, a new generation of "Black Canary" will reappear in the darkness, maintaining and guarding the arrival of light.

It is rare to see the frail and beautiful "Princess Sissi" perform such fierce and intense fighting scenes, and the styling design is also very thoughtful, using a seemingly traditional long skirt but still neat to fight... Just the beauty and strength of these two Dina, two generations of "Black Canary", fighting together has given many viewers a refreshing feeling.

Soon after, Cassandra and Barbara discovered the situation and joined the action, the power of the two sides finally reached a temporary balance to a certain extent.

However, the blocked communication prevented Barbara from calling for support, and the Black Eagle Team was temporarily deprived of their combat effectiveness by Helena's previous sneak attack. With just the strength of these few people, they were unable to fight against the crazy crowd that was gradually recovering from the state of suspended animation.

The only solution is to let Dinah, who possesses super powers, hypnotize Cassandra again and restore her to her former peak fighting state where she was a one-man army that was invincible.

Once they do this, all their efforts during this period will be in vain...

But the increasingly urgent situation did not allow them to think any more. With the approval of Cassandra and Barbara, Dinah used her ability again and made Cassandra go back to the past.

While Cassandra and the others had recovered to their peak fighting form, they resisted the attack of the frenzied crowd. Barbara also urgently took control of the cruise ship, forcibly changed its route, and slowly drove it back to the dock.

When the crisis was finally resolved, Barbara covered her mouth as she looked at the small figure standing silently in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, but a tear silently slipped from her eyes.

"Cassandra..."

The people she wanted to redeem and protect ended up redeeming and protecting her in return.

"Hi."

The soft yet familiar response made Barbara, who was in grief, open her eyes suddenly.

At the end of this story, it seems that everyone has achieved what they dreamed of: Policewoman Natalie became an honorary member of the Black Hawk Squad because of her performance; Dinah inherited her mother's past aspirations and became the masked hero "the second generation Black Canary"; and Helena also let go of her hatred and turned over a new leaf, joining the fight against crime under the name of "Hunter"...

Led by Barbara, these female heroes who have made achievements in fighting crime have united to establish an organization called "Birds of Prey"; and Cassandra, who has regained her peak combat ability and can speak and communicate, has successfully taken over the mantle of the former Batgirl and become the third generation of Batgirl...

It seems like a very happy ending in which everyone gets what they want.

But if you think about it more carefully, perhaps the suffering and setbacks in it only really began when they became masked heroes fighting against evil.

But no matter what, this live-action comic adaptation movie that intentionally explores standing up from setbacks, attitudes towards children, and the unequal achievements and treatment of women is definitely a refreshing new production in this era.

Like "Batman: The Dark Knight", this "Birds of Prey" also changes the more childish style of comic-based movies and turns to the "dark and tragic" direction of a higher literary level.

In particular, the perfect interpretation of the two generations of Batgirls, their mutual redemption and protection, was so good that some gossip magazines even wrote a "scandal" about the two actors falling in love during the filming...

Tom, who took time out of his busy schedule to be Su Yun's male companion, ended up watching Su Yun and Brooke interact the entire time, and was also described as "a resentful husband who couldn't woo Mary Sue", was very excited when faced with reporters' questions: "No, absolutely not! Mary and Brooke are just good friends!"

"Then why haven't you been able to catch up with Marisue until today?"

Tom was besieged so much that he almost evolved into an expression pack of a wronged cat head. Su Yun, who just won a Venice Film Festival Best Actress trophy, handed her trophy to Brooke, who also held another Best Actress trophy in one hand. They were separated by a sea of ​​​​situations - yes, among the three major film festivals, Venice is the one that loves to produce double yolk eggs and multi-yolk eggs the most.

For example, the 45th Film Festival this year produced three Best Actress winners in one go...

Compared to the dozens of Best Actor and Best Actress awards in history, there were only three this time, and many people who are used to this place even felt a little uncomfortable - but no matter how much this award likes to be divided into pork meat, the portion is genuine.

"Because I don't have enough time to fall in love for the time being." Su Yun stood next to Tom, who looked surprised, and said something calmly and confidently, which probably meant "Hong Kong has not yet returned, and I have no intention of falling in love"...

I quietly calculated that it is still nine years away from 1997. Tom: The Tears of Tom.