Depressed ending drags down a good movie

Eliseo 2022-04-19 09:01:46

Russell Crowe, he has become so fat, and he has long hair. It really makes people miss the young and handsome hot-blooded police officer in "L.A. Confidential".
Fortunately, the film is still good, and the performances of Crowe, Rachel, and the Queen have all maintained their usual standards, but the small book is a little worse, but this is his usual level. More importantly, Robin White is still so beautiful, she belongs to the kind of virtuous beauty, which is soothing and reassuring. Could it be that this appearance made her play the image of a wife who was involved in and out of the play? Sean Pan really can't change his shit. With such a good daughter-in-law at home, he has to go out to steal fish. Sigh~~
The story of the film starts from the accidental death of a third party. With the investigation of the reporter, the shocking story is gradually revealed. Conspiracy, big corporations will do anything to privatize national security at the cost of more deaths, ironic and creepy.
Compared with many films with similar themes, this film has many new ideas in the setting of character relationships and plots, which greatly improves the visibility of the film. First of all, the professions of the male and female protagonists are journalists, which is different from the character setting of a policeman and a civilian or a scientist in many double adventure plots; secondly, there is no love between the male and female protagonists, at least not in the film; thirdly, the queen plays At first, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper did not prevent news from being published because he was afraid of causing trouble, but kept urging news to be published for the sake of sales. Although he stopped it later, he still avoided the cliché for a long time.
This film is actually very good, especially the state of fear when Crowe finds himself face-to-face with the murderer in the apartment, which is very tense. Rachel is still so cute. Her status as a blogger is very fashionable, a profession that is not very common in the movies nowadays. The poor little girl is often ridiculed by Crowe, but the string of pens hanging around her neck is still very warm.
I don't like the ending of this film very much. I don't know if the original TV series ended like this. It turned a very tragic frame up into a mental murder. It's really...a bit like Ed Harris and Samir Jackson's a few days ago. "The Cleaner," as well as Nicolas Cage's "Foreseeing the Future," sacrificed the film's themes in pursuit of the unexpected.

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Extended Reading
  • Adelbert 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    The plot is old-fashioned. When I first saw Ben Alffleck, my wife said he ordered the killing...

  • Lon 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    I was watching a movie and I encountered the wrong film, RP~ The actors' performances are quite satisfactory, and the overall style is compact, but the plot is abrupt and a little convincing. no special sparkle

State of Play quotes

  • Cal McAffrey: The newspaper article he types reads: Three Deaths Tied to Gulf War Army Associate New evidence links Rep. Stephen Collins with the suspect in the killings of three people, including Sonia baker, the congressman's political researcher. When confronted by the Washington Globe with information tying him to suspect Robert Bingham, Collins admitted he had directed his former Army associate to follow Baker after learning that she was secretly on the payroll of military contractor PointCorp. Collins, the chairman of the committee investigating PointCorp's government deals, said he authorized Bingham only "to observe" Baker. He said he never intended for her to be harmed. "He just did it," Collins said of Bingham. "He seemed more upset about what she was doing than I was." When police went to arrest Bingham at his Northern Virginia apartment last night, he was found dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A rifle was next to his body. Investigators said they believe Bingham pushed Baker to her death under a Metro train earlier this week and later shot two witnesses, Deshaun Stagg and Vernon Sando, to silence them.

  • Cal McAffrey: Mornin'...

    Cameron Lynne: So? Where are we, was he nobbing her or not?

    Cal McAffrey: Morning, Cam...

    Cameron Lynne: That's funny about you. Every time your friend runs for re-election or conducts a hearing, you drop his name to me until we give him some coverage... but he finally does something that actually might sell some newspapers, you render mute. It's, it's - incongruous!

    Cal McAffrey: No, it's not... it's inconsistent.

    Cameron Lynne: Pfff, don't be an ass. What do you think? Those are the ideas for our facelift. I know, I know... it's crap! Our new owners have this odd idea that we ought to be turning a profit.

    Cal McAffrey: Yeah, well I hear our online site is doing great. I mean, not that I get to notice that sort of thing. I've been here what, uhh... fifteen years? I use a sixteen year old computer... she's been here fifteen minutes and she can launch a Russian satellite with the gear she's got.

    Cameron Lynne: Yeah, she told me you behaved like a pig.

    Cal McAffrey: That's too strong.

    Cameron Lynne: Well, pig-ish.

    Cal McAffrey: I showed her a little snout, uhuh.

    Cameron Lynne: Well, I happen to like miss Della Frye... and yes, I did send her down there to winkle something out of you. She's hungry, she's cheap and she churns up copy every hour.

    Cal McAffrey: Yeah, I now... I'm overfed, I'm too expensive and I take way too long.

    Cameron Lynne: Yes, you do.

    Cal McAffrey: I was Stephen Collins' room-mate in college... I don't live with him now.

    Cameron Lynne: Well, that's a shame isn't it.

    Cal McAffrey: Yeah... 'cause I could sell some newspapers.