Perhaps in this film, the agent he plays also coincides with his reality-a middle-aged man who maintains his dignity by cigarettes and spirits and a smirk. "Most Wanted" is not destined to be Hoffman's most beautiful screen image, but it is definitely one that can prove his acting skills again. This film is adapted from a novel by the legendary author John Le Carré. The spy story written by this man who had really been a spy is destined to be different. Just like the previous film "The Potmaker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" which was admired by movie fans, "Most Wanted" still maintains a cold, depressing and even somewhat dull tone. It completely subverts the romantic agent setting created by the bad vulgar stories of 007, and completely punctures the farce-like soap bubbles. All the realities of the "post-911" era are reflected in this movie. The current situation in Chechnya and the Middle East, the game between the high-profile US anti-terrorism model and embarrassing European agents, and what is hidden by the seemingly just and incomparable anti-terrorism behavior Various calculations.
A mysterious man came to the Muslim community in Hamburg for help. This person was of half Chechen and half Russian descent and was seriously injured. He came here for the purpose of inheriting his father's huge deposit in the local bank-an illegal gain. His identity has aroused everyone's speculation, a liar, a refugee or a terrorist? A young female lawyer from a human rights organization, a British banker, a German spy, and the US anti-terrorism department were all involved.
"Most Wanted" does not describe this suspenseful anti-terrorism campaign in accordance with the antagonism of good and evil at all, but focuses on describing the hidden minds of every member of the organization. The female reporter was originally a person who helped the mysterious man, but eventually became his watcher. The banker’s father and the mysterious man’s father had been friends of life and death, but their son became a certain degree of opposition, the United States They have maintained a fierce cooperation and constant suspicion with the German intelligence agencies. They all have grand anti-terrorism goals in their mouths, but they all calculate their personal interests and future gains and losses in their hearts.
This film has no intention of creating heroes at all. Even if the male protagonist played by Hoffman is more or less a hero with a sense of justice, he has the responsibility, vision, and still has the human temperature that has not been completely cooled, but even so, Still a broken hero. His existence is not so much to let people see the tough fighters in the anti-terrorism intelligence war, as it is to tear the face of those glamorous speeches and reveal those unbearable linings to you.
Nothing exists in a model that is black and white and opposes good and evil, even the seemingly incomparably just war on terrorism. Behind the passionate speeches of the politicians, the intelligence personnel who really do things are all mortals and bodies, and they are all working hard for a job and their own future, but this job does stir a little conscience, more sense of responsibility, and even There is some kind of necessary cold blood. Sometimes these people don't care about the truth at all, they only care about completing tasks and asking for credit. When we are running towards the goal of justice, but we have to walk a dirty road, where does this choice go? This is the taste of the situation conveyed by the film.
Objectively speaking, the first half of the movie is a bit procrastinated, but this long foreshadowing gives a wonderful ending. The German agent played by Hoffman originally thought he had convinced his American counterparts. But in the end, it was discovered that it was only an American strategy and expedient. All promises are cheating. This agent who can control his life and death can only curse on the street. At that moment, the tousled hair, the drooping shoulders, the out-of-focus eyes, this is what people think of as an agent, that is, a frustrated middle-aged man. This is a story of everyone deceiving everyone, a story of making the process dirty for the so-called great goal of justice. There is no more fierce sparring, no cool high-tech means, just eyes that cannot be seen between mortals. This is the real secret agent story.
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