A metaphor for purgetary or not that deep?
Am i right in thinking that this is what the story meant? it's how i took it anyway.
Basically, it's all a big metaphor for purgetory.
From the moment Clive Owen chooses to disown all knowledge of his boyfriend on the train, who is subsequently murdered, he given a choice. To prove his hetrosexuality to the guards, or admit his real sexuality and choose to honour his lover. What follows in the film is his descent into purgatory, or the concentration camp. In here he is given the rock tasks which represent the endless struggle to come to terms with his guilt, and also the chance to make up what he did wrong in his life in this form of hell. This is where he meets his fellow prisoner, who gives him the chance to avenge his lovers death by avenging his new inmates death who he has fallen in love with. Thus ends the cycle of his purgotory with the end of his life (or was this really hell and was he already dead?)
Any thoughts please!
I did find this film hard to watch but found it very thought provoking.