The film combines action thrillers and suspenseful police and gangsters. It not only retains the traditional characteristics of French films, but also has a strong Hollywood film color. Some viewers believe that the film is very similar to "Undercurrent" and bears the shadow of "The Seven Deadly Sins". The film is shrouded in a kind of damp and cold fear from beginning to end.
The film has a unique French image style and an obvious Hollywood style of gunfight, while also continuing the violent aesthetics of French killer movies. For more than two hours of dark scenes and no suspenseful ending design, Give Way viewers looked a little tired. The director intends to try a new breakthrough like "Infernal Affairs" in shaping the character's identity. However, Jean Reno deliberately maintains the character's introverted character in the film. Several leading actors are paranoid and lack of tenderness, making the film style even more depressive.
The film adds cutting-edge technology and psychological science elements of self-awareness and personality splitting, thereby creating a unique atmosphere of suspense and mystery and science fiction. The face change in the film not only means the confusion between appearance and identity, but also goes deeper into the frontiers of identity barriers and self-lost that are enough to make the audience exclaim. The plot of the film is intertwined, the design is exquisite, and the two-line process combines the thrilling action scenes of Hollywood blockbusters with the thrilling compact plot arrangement, so that the audience has no time to breathe while watching the movie.
The film is very well done in rendering and creating the atmosphere. Although some bridge sections and techniques are not new, the sensory stimulation is very strong. The leading actors in the film performed very well. Ali Interval number and Joeville interpret the contrast before and after Anna's identity was revealed, showing not only the despair and helplessness before the identity was revealed, but also the forbearance and determination after the reveal.
The overall color of the film is gray, black, and blue. From the costumes of the characters to the scenes, it strives to create a sly and gloomy atmosphere. Together with the protagonist’s breathing under tension and fear, they all show a conceptual style of French films. The film does not use special effects and relies on actors to complete high-risk actions. The biggest feature is the emphasis on the coordination of actions and music. All fighting scenes in the film, combined with the world's best electronic music, create a sense of rhythm, which is not found in European and American action movies and Asian action movies.
Although the action scenes of the film are not as special effects as Hollywood, they are also realistic and credible. The confusing plot arrangement and intense rhythm control also give the film a certain tension. The use of the lens and the editing of the Give Way film have a strong sense of rhythm, and the coordination of editing and sound effects can be described as seamless. The portrayal of the characters is fuller and more realistic.
