The new film starring "Old White" (Brian Cranston) brought the audience back to America in the 1980s. Why is it "thorough"? Since last year’s annual spy warfare blockbuster "007 Series" and "Mission Impossible Series", as well as "The Bourne Shadow Series" this summer vacation, they are all slightly retro crime drama films, ranging from scene design to car props, etc. At the same time, they also have their own secret weapons, such as luxury sports cars, pocket pistols, eavesdropping equipment, micro bombs and so on. The male protagonists often sneak into the enemy's interior, as if they are in no one's territory.
As for "Lao Bai", the crime drama "Lurker" based on a real-life biography, there are no shaking action scenes in the whole film, but a lot of intriguing literary dramas are filmed in a straightforward manner. Brian Cranston once said in an interview that when you hold a cumbersome big brother, wear a high-padded suit jacket, and roll up the sleeves of your shirt, you feel that you are instantly back to the 80s of disco. As a federal police detective, Robert (Brian Cranston), his lurking equipment, only a suitcase, there is a tape recorder in the mezzanine, completely relying on manually rotating the metal flying eagle logo on the box. Turn on recording mode. During the period, because too many things were installed, the inner lining fell off and the interlayer was almost exposed. You can hardly believe that in the early 1980s, federal police detectives used such a box and eventually arrested more than 40 criminals suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering.
The retro and authentic undercover fishing action film is not only about the props, scenes and shooting methods, but also the character and plot design. Actor: Robert, who has been investigating the smuggling transactions of Mexican drug lords for many years. One morning, he suddenly had an idea: If the informants who pass the drug trade can only track down the middleman, how can they not let the boss show up? Why not start from the money laundering link, layer by layer, and set out the real "big clients" (big drug lords) behind the scenes. So he decided to make this mission his final work, his last fight before retirement.
The story of the film comes from the undercover experience of a legendary federal agent, which gives the film a sense of domestic "wind" and "lurking". All conflicts lie in the quick response and extraordinary wit during the undercover agent. They are in danger of taking a wrong step at any time and they will die immediately. And their basic job is also very simple, which is to hide in a small room to monitor, or to use their Oscar-level acting skills, to meet with criminals or money launderers to discuss business (at the same time secretly record criminal evidence). To a certain extent, it can be said that most of the more than 40 criminals who went to jail were "chatted" by the detective Robert Meruo.
Character-to-character story development The story structure of this film is relatively simple, focusing on the relationship between the characters. The setting of the Federal Police Department is mainly a weekly meeting to release the latest informant and the whereabouts of the number one prisoner, and then disband immediately. The task was handed over to a two-person team. Robert and Frankie were a new pair of partners. Frankie and the gangster had a very strong relationship. According to Robert's plan, the two began to operate a small money laundering workshop and a joint character. It's getting bigger and bigger, and it's getting more and more hopeful from their request to see the big boss. At the same time, the potential dangers are getting closer.
The camera closely follows Robert's undercover tasks day and night, as well as when he occasionally returns to his home to face the normal life of his wife and children, one side is high-risk and high-pressure work, and the other is the wife's request for his retirement, the safety of the children Questions and so on. Robert began to gradually get out of control, but fortunately, he managed to resolve the crisis every time.
In the same way, for criminals, it is also an individual and family showing their life. In addition to being cautious and cruel in business, they also have people they want to protect and have their own definition of friendship and loyalty.
When Robert found himself riding a tiger and was only one step away from the final success, he and his fiancée (in fact, the new female agent who came to help) decided to stay together until the end and caught the big fish. So there was a wonderful ending scene of the film. On the day of Robert and his wife’s wedding, almost all the world’s top villains came to attend. The atmosphere was warm and weird. I have to say that the director grasped the rhythm very well, from the guests. Looking at this wedding from a different angle is completely different from Robert’s feeling of seeing this wedding.
The unexpected appearance of a friend (actually a criminal at large) also made Robert feel guilty. For a moment, all of his former "friends" went to jail, and he was an insider from start to finish, even if he knew himself. He was just right, but he still unscrupulously deceived everyone's trust, and at the critical moment, he betrayed them severely. The film uses violence to capture the chaotic scene, contrasting Robert standing in the center of the storm, unscathed, in fact, his heart is also the one who is surging.
For those unspoken dialogues, the director puts the expression in the eyes of the character. Throughout the themes such as police and criminals, anti-drug, and undercover, it should be regarded as being filmed by Hollywood all the time, and this time the "Lurker" was once again released because of the truth, there is no hard-working funny, no cool. Rivalry, but full of real sense of crisis, the spread of horror and death, makes people sweat, and even a bit like last year's "Border Killer", the Mexican drug lord was transformed into a terrifying demon in a few words. Image. And the moral faces of those senior bank executives were also exposed one by one, from the abominable faces to embarrassment and ridiculous. At the end of the film, real-life photos were compared with the characters one by one, and the old detective Robert really retired after the most serious money laundering case in American history was solved.
Overall, this film is far more exciting than we expected. This year, in addition to the "Lao Bai" "Lurker", which leads the audience back to Florida in the 1980s, there is also a "Going Through Water and Fire", which is about to open, starring "Piepa" Chris Pine. The film feels quite a bit " The temperament of "Old Nowhere", a chase battle between robbers and police, is about to unfold, which is really expected.
This article is specially written by the public account of [Sanke Movie Space] August 16, 2016, The Story of a Little Xuan Er in Toronto --------------------------- ------------
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