Eric Saxon - Decalogue (Thou shall not kill)

This film portrays a young man who murdered a taxi driver. This man is then hung for his crime. The young man in the film is shown to be somewhat of a hooligan. He stands on top of an overpass and drops a rock onto a car. He also flings a piece of cake onto the restaurant window. The taxi driver he kills is also shown to be not a very good person. He sees people waiting for his car to open up, but drives off anyways. He also honks at a man walking his dogs, causing the dogs to run away. I find it peculiar that both the young man and the taxi drivers are portrayed in this manner. Like in the first Decalogue movie we saw, a god-figure appears. In this film, it was the traffic guard. As the taxi carrying the young man stops to let a group of children pass, the god-figure stares at the young man as if to confince him to not kill the driver. The young man's excuse for killing the driver was that his sister died at a young age. This experience scarred the young man. However, many people have tragic things happen to them in life and not all of them murder someone. Using his sister as an excuse was rather pathetic in my mind. While talking to his lawyer before his execution, the young man references his sister, saying that if she did not die, maybe he would not be in prison. I don't recall him ever mentioning the taxi driver he killed. He only talked about himself. This led me to believe that the young man felt no sorrow for killing the driver, only regret that he ended up on death row. The commandment of "thou shall not kill" can be interpreted as if you kill someone, you will either end up dying for it, or going to hell after you die of natural causes. I did not see much of a reference to God in this film. Yes, it had to do with the commandment, but the young man ended up being killed by other men, not by nature. God gave man free will. This free will led the court system to execute murders. Is this an act of God? This question is up to individual viewers to decide.