The good are stereotypically good and the bad are bad through and through. When a child makes a fatal error, the worst possible result occurs. Threadbare circumstantial evidence is used at trial to send the innocent and virtuous to the gallows. Then, the overprotective father refuses to communicate with his son ever again, when it is the only hope for saving the lives of those condemned. It is pretty clear that all the cards are stacked against them. And how do the screenwriters put a positive spin on this melodrama? This is how I interpreted it: Yes, two innocent people will die, but maybe it is okay, considering millions of young men will die in the next four years in war. This rationale seems like a bunch of fatalistic nonsense. Maybe the only good to come out of this story is as an argument against capital punishment.
Review of We Are Not Alone
