This is a new movie coming out this year. Typical action movie. Starring Jason Statham. Statham has starred in many action movies from "Two Smoking Guns" before, which is characterized by never laughing. However, his lack of laughter is very different from that of Ken Takakura. Lao Gao is serious in prudence, thinking about life in seriousness. Statham tightened his brows with a fierce look on his face. He was also thinking, thinking about who the next unlucky person would fall under his gun.
Below are spoilers.
Since it is an action movie, killing and being killed are indispensable. The one who was killed this time was the most beloved son of Mace, the boss of a small underworld group. A gang of robbers robbed a cash truck. He and his son happened to pass by. One of the robbers happened to be a natural-born murderer, and they swept the gun at random. As a result, his son became the victim. In this way, Metz not only suffered from the pain of her son, but also was seriously injured and hospitalized. His wife was divorced because of this, and his subordinates were also muttering secretly, which made him very embarrassed. Then, the next logical thing is revenge. In order to find the enemy, he accidentally killed a lot of opponents on the road, but there is still no clue.
Under the reminder of his subordinates, he found another way. Mays changed his name to Hill (for the sake of convenience, we also call him Hill) and applied for a security company. Trying to find the murderer among the colleagues around him. Still nothing. Because of his work, he has been competing with cash trucks. Because he expected that in the city of Los Angeles, the most normal state is that the gangsters will inevitably patronize the cash truck. Sure enough, he kept encountering robbers. For the first time, he was one to six, and he played a powerful role, letting everyone see the power of the ghost in the dark night. The second time was more absurd. It was his subordinates who hijacked the car. The men hijacked the car and released smoke bombs. He looked up and said, "Hey, isn't this our leader who came out with his nose covered? Didn't he go to London to show his British identity? Why did he become a handyman here?" Until the third distress, Hill finally found the enemy. After some fighting, he returned to his enemies one by one according to the part where his son was shot. In fact, before Hill had finished shooting those few shots, his enemy had already lost his temper.
Shooting this type of action movie seems to have already formed a certain program. First, create a motive for the protagonist to kill, try to emphasize the justification of the killing, and then keep paving the way. The process of paving the way is also a series of petty troubles. , and there must be love or sex in between, sprinkle it as pepper noodles. Of course, there are one or two dispensable clues to slowly lead the audience into the ditch. As soon as the heat arrives, there will be sudden radiance and killing noises everywhere, using unexpected scenes and methods to serve this pot of dishes, with a unique taste. Let everyone vent the tendency of advocating violence buried in their hearts through the film. At this point, the director has completed the task, the audience is also overwhelmed, and Hollywood has counted enough money. Unintentionally, this implicit violent tendencies also slowly moved from the film to real life. So there are countless shooting incidents in the United States.
At the beginning of the film, in the background after the subtitles, there are pictures one after another. There is a goddess of nemesis holding a sword, a fight with hungry wolves, a few skeletons fighting, and a small scale that represents justice. Alluding to the theme of the film's revenge. In the film, Hill's fighting and killing is really enjoyable, and finally killing the enemy is also a relief. However, can this method really soothe Hill's wounded heart? People cannot be resurrected from the dead, even if Hill kills all his enemies and exhausts all means of revenge, his son cannot return to his side. It's not a good idea to be quick. People's stable life depends on the harmony of the whole society. Hill in the film did not feel the joy of success after he was done, and still had a bitter look on his face. He walked out silently and got into the car. The car slowly drove into the dark night, towards the city with bright lights in the distance. It was a colorful world, and it meant unknowable danger. A kind of confusion about the future. The taillights of the car emitted a dim light that gradually faded away, which seemed to imply Hill's lonely and helpless heart at the moment.
Although it is a superficial and slightly boring action film, the director is also careful. The first is to use the technique in "Two Smoking Guns". Events that occur at the same time and place are inserted into these same scenes repeatedly and intermittently at suitable time points from different angles, like a mess, slowly. Pull out the thread, making the thread gradually clear like a thread. Then there is the lens switch. In the last carjacking operation, on the one hand, it was the performance of the robbers in the actual action, and immediately switched to the rehearsal of the robbers' plan in planning this operation. The repeated switching allows the audience to gradually see the careful planning and specific whole process of this operation. The third is dialogue. The director blends useful and useless dialogue in the film. Quite a sense of humor. For example, in the conversation between Hill and his new acquaintance in the billiard hall, Hill easily resolved the conflict and established his own authority. And the scene when an employee collects money in the locker room is also very life-like. Even the tone of the robbers has been sculpted over and over again.
When it comes to dialogue, I can't help but think, if we were to make the same movie, how would we arrange the language and performance? For example, Hill dragged Dana out of bed in the middle of the night and interrogated her in an effort to learn about the insider inside the company. I think if it was us, it must be shot like this:
Hill found a pile of money Dana had hidden and put it on the table.
Hill: I found the money you hid. You are a working class, you can't have so much money, you have to be honest about where the money comes from? Our policy is to be lenient in confession and strict in resistance. Although the two of us already have such a close relationship, I want to be public and not bend the law for personal gain.
Dana: Hill, I want to tell you, this is my home, I belong to Zhenghuangqi, how can I still be afraid of you? It is against the law for you to break into a house without permission, and it is even more unacceptable for you to search my home quietly. I am going to sue you! Get out of here immediately, or I'll call 110, and you won't be able to tell when the police arrive.
Hill: You didn't explain it, did you? You also shouted to catch the thief and beat the thief. You think I'm afraid of you. Obviously you embezzled the company's money, I want to expose it to you and see how you behave in the future. I'm going to send you to jail! According to the criminal law, you can be sentenced to ten or eight years for a crime you commit. By the time you get out of prison, you will be old and pale. It depends on how you marry and live in the future.
Dana: No, I'll explain it all! You must not call the police. I know wrong. If you make mistakes and correct them, you are a good comrade. I must seriously review, reform my face, and make amends. Make new contributions to the people on the new journey.
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Let's see how this scene is arranged in the film.
Hill found a pile of money Dana had hidden and put it on the table.
Hill: You have 10 seconds to explain.
Dana: I'm not going to tell you anything.
Hill: Dana, it's important that you answer my question seriously.
Dana: I'm very serious, do you think you can get to the bottom of me in my own house?
Hill fired a shot at Dana's couch. Dana was horrified.
Dana: God! Well, here are my savings. okay? Does this have anything to do with you the fuck?
Hill: Dana, you didn't listen to me seriously
Hill shot again.
Dana: Fuck! God, okay, please stop. I found the money. The employees at Grande Winery at the time had already signed for it. But they left the money in the trolley. So I fucking stole it. $125,000. This is my pension.
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It can be seen that the dialogue arranged in the film is very concise, and every word is indispensable. Cherish ink like gold. This is also a very important factor and development trend in Hollywood movies in recent years. No sleepy nonsense, language is closer to real life. Even if there are some words that were not understood at the time, they will be chewed slowly after watching the film, which invisibly adds to the artistic interest of the film. In terms of language expression, the Japanese director I admire most is Hirokazu Koreeda.
When watching such a movie, don't try to ponder the metaphors in it, let alone try to interpret the director's mind. To feel the entertainment of this kind of movie, just relieve your boredom.
My rating: 7.0.
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