This is a movie released in 2011. I watched "Doctor Zhivago" several times in the past two days, and it was a little heavy and a little tired. So find a relaxing movie to watch. It just so happens that this film also has De Niro's figure, and the plot also talks about the past.
The film is based on "The Feathered Man" by Ranolf Fiennes. It is said to be based on real events. The three sons of an old chief in Amman were killed by British special forces. Get the killer Hunter for $6 million. Hunter went to see a lot of money, and then learned that the targets to be assassinated were three people from the special forces. Knowing that his ability was limited and he couldn't beat them, he refused. The old chief was furious, detained Hunter, and seduced Hunter's friend Danny to play. Danny is a loyal master. In order to save his friends, he took on this job for free. Then there are fights, a series of conspiracies, a series of car chases, a series of fights, a series of dead people. In the end, I learned that those killed are not supposed to be killed, and there are several friends as many opponents.
Slightly different from other action films, the choreographer does not rely on a background for the audience to appreciate the fights and gunfights. But try to dig the story behind the killer. Help these killers to answer their questions. i.e. why kill? What benefit do those behind the scenes who give them money get? This may be a question that the killers have never and are not willing to think about.
From the beginning of the film, it is a planned killing game. The car that was speeding up suddenly suffered an explosion, rose into the air, and burst into flames. Danny and Hunter were eager to try on the side of the road, rushed to the car, and shot the target's life. Unexpectedly, at this time, Danny saw a blood-stained girl on the seat, staring at him with wide eyes in horror. At this point Danny hesitated, only to be shot and wounded. Here, what the director wants to tell the audience is that Danny is a sympathetic person who doesn't want to kill innocent people, especially children. So to define Danny: he is a good man. But thinking about it again, there is a new question: is the one he accepted to assassinate also innocent?
Assassin is a special profession, and what it has in common with other professions is that it takes money to do things. The difference is that what this profession requires of him is to let the living beings disappear under his hands. There must be a moral issue. From a professional point of view, the party who pays the money does not allow and does not need to tell the killers how evil and how they should kill the person they assassinate. The killer himself does not care about the personal qualities of the person he kills. But in fact, modern civilized society has progressed, and it has long since gotten rid of the era of tribal fighting in primitive society. In the face of those dead souls, he could not remain indifferent. Danny himself said: "Murder is easy, it's hard to endure it all to live." Don't want to, just numb his own way. This reduces guilt. This is exactly what is shown in the film. The three people they killed were just soldiers in the special forces who carried out orders. Strictly speaking, these soldiers were not the real murderers. The real masterminds are having fun.
Over time, the killer's thinking will be dull. They are professional masters in their own line, and every action is carefully planned and arranged, and their actions are meticulous and meticulous. The work ethic requires him that the killing must be real. But they are ignorant about why they kill people. At best, like Danny, get fake testimony to fool the leadership. Their pattern and IQ will end there.
Look at the old chief of Amman. The third son of the elderly She is naturally eager for revenge. But he didn't want to kill the murderer himself, nor did he want his fourth son to take revenge. What he thought of was to pay for the murder. The conditions required are to make it appear to outsiders that they died in an accident, and to obtain a personal confession from the deceased. Then let the fourth child return to his homeland. In fact, the concept of the old chief is only family and homeland. His eyes did not see the oil underground in his hometown, and the various killings that resulted from it. Fortunately, he has progressed to the stage where he is no longer up to himself, but to avenge himself at the hands of others.
The ultimate black hand revealed in the film is the Feather Club and the interest groups they represent. This group of people turned out to be members of the special forces. He has done bad things all his life, and in his later years, he is enlightened. The pursuit of ostensibly being a respectable "good guy". When you need to kill someone, you don't go to the killer directly, but to Spike, the foreman of the club, and tell him gently and gracefully, "Go and do it." There is no burden, but just after that, there are several ghosts under the gun. At club meetings, they put themselves this way: "Reminder, we're ex-specialists, and so are the people we're protecting. Remember: we're businessmen and bankers now. What we did in the past was all illegal. We want to Only those who leave no traces are qualified to be called feathered people. Because we float around without getting dirty with mud. But dirty errands have to be done by someone, and none of us want to get blood on our hands." Cooking" style. Butchers and cooks are the killers' business, and tasting food is what these high society should enjoy. Only when they have enough food and drink can they reveal their insidious and cunning true colors and have the spirit to talk about human rights, democracy and freedom.
De Niro plays the tragic old killer Hunter in this film. For the first two-thirds of the film he is locked up in the old chief's detention center. White hair and wrinkled eyes full of helplessness. It's a useless character. It wasn't until the end that the director asked Hunter to show his heroic character back then in order to protect Danny's girlfriend. From the point of view of acting, Jason Statham, who plays Danny, is a ruthless character, and he always looks fierce at all times. Even the occasional smile shown in front of his girlfriend is so reluctant. But De Niro is different. Although Hunt has been a killer all his life, he is still full of expressions, a resigned look, witty and humorous, firm and calm, at first glance he looks like a kind old grandpa who is going to the park to dance square dance. When it was time to make a move, he was so vicious and old again.
My rating: 6.5.
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