影片大致可以以印第安老人一段为转折点,分为两部分。前面一段Mickey和Mallory事实上和一般的变态杀人狂没有太大的区别,他们杀人的动机,多是因为愤怒,迷茫,冲动,快感,其中亦有“恶”的因素在内。假如把杀戮看作一种恶作剧的话,M&M就只能算一对天真淘气的孩子,一对饱经苦痛,深深相爱的孩子。他们在大吊桥上对大河和上帝说出爱的誓言;他们划破手掌,紧紧相握,血与血相溶,滴入大河,奔入大海;他们戴上蛇戒,深情拥吻,Mallory头上长长的白纱飘向空中;他们永远都不会分离。Mallory: I do. 'Til you and I die, and die, and die again. 'Til death do us part.
印第安老人的出现,是对他们二人的救赎。M&M在老人的小屋里安详的入睡,然而Mickey错手杀掉了老人。二人就像做错事了的孩子,惊慌失措,悲悔万分。但这和他们的爱情一样,是命运注定的。老人收养这两支“蛇”,老人的死带走了二人心中的“恶”。一个事实被证明了:The only thing that kills a demon is love. 二人转瞬从迷途的羔羊,变为命运的使者。Mickey: Mister rabbit says, "A moment of realization is worth a thousand prayers."
杀戮本身是纯洁的,不纯洁的是这个社会和其中的人的暗面。每个人都死有应得,每个人都有不可饶恕的原罪,见不得光亮的暗面。Wayne: Why do they deserve to die? Mickey: I think everybody got
something in their past, some sin, some awful, secret thing.A lot of people walking around
out there, already dead.Just need to be put out of their misery.That's where I come in. Fate's messenger."Except a corn of wheat fall to the ground and die, it abided alone. But if it die, it bring forth much fruit." 于是命运派来了Mickey和Mallory,他们是纯洁的罪恶,充满爱,他们传教式的杀戮,他们救赎社会和人类的腐坏。Mickey: I'm extremes, dark and light. You know that. I'm light with Mal. Mal...Mal. That's your shadow on the wall, you know. You can't get rid of your shadow, can you, Wayne?