However, it's too late anyway, I just hope you don't miss it if you love watching movies.
I think the script of this film is very meticulous and unexpected, at least the plot that I planned in my mind didn't happen; but of course it may just be that I haven't watched this type of crime movie, so I can't guess the script. The ending of the film. Apart from the script factor, the reason why I recommend everyone to watch this movie is probably the shooting technique and the narrative angle.
First of all, although "Going Through Fire" can be classified as "Western", "crime", or even "road movie", the pace of this film is much slower than other films of the same type, but it seems a little bit here. A slow, light-hearted pace without lack of tension, in a nutshell: this film caters to a wide variety of audiences.
The tone used in this film is not as gloomy as a typical crime movie, but much brighter. In addition, the soundtrack also uses a lot of relatively relaxed country music, plus the four main characters seem to be relaxed on the surface. performance, I feel strongly that the director wanted the film to look “on the surface” as light-hearted—as people do when they take responsibility.
The beginning of this story, this case, stems from a "responsibility" that everyone may face and may have to bear.
"Poor is like a disease passing from generation to generation .
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Trying to end poverty in our generation.
And this world may be like the feeling that this film wants to bring to the audience. On the surface, it seems that most people are living well, but only themselves know the real hardship.
Everyone has a different way to face poverty: some people regard poverty as a terminal illness, and after setting the date of death, they squander their only money and live a rare and happy life; some people keep their duties and keep hope , that poverty can be cured, so he spent his whole life trying to recover from the intractable pain, and hoped that his next generation would be free from the disease of poverty.
However, when each of us has the disease of poverty, we discriminate against poverty:
we are both gangsters suffering from poverty and cops chasing patients.
Living in this world seems to be constantly scrutinizing others and being scrutinized by others. Poverty is both a disease and a sin, and how to deal with poverty seems to have already established a standard model. Standards to look at others, and also to be looked at under such standards.
Tanner's madness is not allowed, and Toby's security is the right choice to survive in this world; Marcus, a quasi-retired police detective who boldly discriminates against poor patients, can live in this world peacefully. The Indian mixed-race police detective Alberto, who is ill and has no special position, is shunned by the world.
In this sense, people are really contradictory: we discriminate against our own disease, but we can't stop this behavior.
However, none of us can determine the degree of poverty we are born with, and we can only rely on acquired efforts to try to escape from it.
Like two police detectives randomly stepping into a restaurant in a small town that only serves T-bone steak, there is no other kind of main meal for you to choose from, the only thing you can decide is whether or not to have a side dish; in the long road of life, we also I can't decide whether I will get the disease of poverty, the only thing I can decide is how much effort I want to spend to cure this disease that may have no solution.
Therefore, this film is different from most American films: he does not explain who is right and who is wrong between the police and criminals, but looks at this story that is closely related to us from a very objective third-party (outsider) perspective.
What I want to mention in particular is that in the first half of the film, the two main storylines develop in parallel, allowing the viewer to first have four different identities, the gangster (Tanner vs. Toby) and the police detective (Marcus vs. Alberto). Choose your own position among the characters. At the end, the two sides meet, and the viewers have sparks of contradictions in the previously chosen position. Finally, they end with an ordinary but tension-filled rivalry, leaving the viewers with a lot of shocks and contradictions. Therefore, The film does not really end, but continues to ferment in the hearts of the audience.
It can only be said that the script, music, actors, editing, and shots of this film are all very successful and of high standard and high quality. It is really a pity to lose at the Oscars.
The rivalry before the end is really worth watching. For a moment, I really felt that the actors successfully moved the high-strength rooftop rivalry between Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren to the western prairie; Chris Pine's performance in this film is not the same as before. The picture is Prince Charming, and Ben Foster also played the crazy robber to the fullest. Both of them showed the needless brotherhood between men. There is also Jeff Bridges who has to be mentioned. I especially like the way his eyes change at the end.
It is a pity that this film was wiped out in the major awards that year. It can only be said that he should get more attention. He definitely has such a level and qualifications.
If you miss the movie screening like me, please don't let him go easily, he is really a super big bead of 2016!
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