{"id":6981,"date":"2010-07-26T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T08:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=6981"},"modified":"2010-07-26T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T08:03:37","slug":"a-murderer-monk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/07\/a-murderer-monk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Murderer ‘Monk’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The film ‘Monga’ is unnerving because it is realistic – as what featured could really happen in real life, if not already… many times over. Of how innocence can easily become deviousness. What happens when a group of boys befriend one another with a strong sense of loyalty… while joining a triad? Conflict looms ahead. Is one to be true to another, or to the triad itself<\/span>, or to personal motives? They share their weals and woes together, but that’s alright only when there are no conflicts of interest. Is honour really possible among thieves? Even if yes, to what extent? (Ironically, the triad headquarters is a temple.)<\/p>\n

The life of a gangster is like a time-bomb, ready to explode any time due to so many tensions.\u00a0 The father of the clean-shaven gangster nicknamed ‘Monk’ already lost an arm due to a triad conflict in the past. But he had since given up thoughts of vengeance, and even peacefully crafts Buddha images for a living and chants daily to repent for his misdeeds. But his son chooses to take upon the needless task of avenging him, even turning on his ‘brothers’ in the triad, who were supportive of the leader, whom he realised to be guilty for his father’s missing arm. Didn’t the Buddha say that the way to curb hate is not to feed its fire with more fuel of hate?<\/span> ‘Monk’ should had learnt from his father, who already learnt the hard way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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