"The dark moon kills the night, and the wind and snow do evil." In the pure white snow and ice, an old man, in order to avenge the innocent murder of his son, single-handedly destroyed the drug cartel.
When I learned that Liam Neeson had a new film coming out, my first reaction was: Is there a fourth installment in the Hurricane Rescue series? After all, in the past many years, Liam Neeson has successively filmed the "Hurricane Rescue" trilogy, "Air Rescue", "Commuter Rescue" and other movies. The image of the "super dad" that dominates all vehicles is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
It can even be said that Liam Neeson has propped up the entire "rescue" type of movie with the power of one person. I don't know how many people are crazy about the male hormones that can be seen everywhere in this old man.
But when I really finished watching his new work "Cold Blood Pursuit", I realized that this movie is different from his past works that focus on rescue and turn over the audience by one person. The main story of this film is not rescue, but revenge - revenge for the son, and there is no particularly tense and exciting shooting scene, but the black irony, snow and killing revealed from time to time in the film, still brings to the audience. A great viewing experience.
Liam Neeson: No rescue this time, blood for blood this time
The film is a remake of Hans Pieter Moran's previous work "The Order of Disappearance", so the overall story structure of the two films is generally the same. The biggest change is the geographical setting, moving from Northern Europe to the United States The ice and snow town made the film lose the rough and chilly feeling of the original film, but at the same time it also absorbed the advantages of Hollywood commercial films, the plot is more neat, and the audience is wider. But no matter which version it is, it is still an excellent B-level movie.
In Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson plays Nils Coxman, an ordinary snowplow driver who just won the town's Person of the Year award when he learns that his son has Died from drug overdose.
Out of his father's intuition, he instinctively realized that the cause of his son's death was something else, but people could not be resurrected from the dead. Just when he was so distressed that he even wanted to commit suicide, he accidentally learned that his son's death was related to a local drug cartel, the "Viking Gang". Then the old father, Coxman, picked up his old-fashioned rifle and embarked on a journey of revenge for his son.
If this is a movie of personal heroism, it must be Coxman, one shot at a time, who breaks into the drug dealer camp and starts a wanton and bloody carnage. However, the director did not shoot in this cool and explosive mode. The protagonist is just an ordinary person, without extraordinary skills, and the method of killing people is also very clumsy. Often, he is tired before killing the opponent down. Moreover, even the method of handling the corpse was only seen in the novel, and he had no experience at all.
It is such an old man next door-style male protagonist, relying on his even naive killing methods, he killed three drug dealers abruptly, and successfully alarmed the behind-the-scenes boss of the drug trafficking group "Viking Gang". But the big boss never thought that his subordinates were killed by a seemingly harmless old man, so he pointed the finger at their old enemy, a gang composed of Indians.
So the big boss sent someone to kill the son of the leader of the Indian gang, in order to deter the gang. But when his son was killed, who could bear the pain of losing his son? Although the leader of the Indian gang was already a gray-haired old man, he still led his men to attack boldly, tit for tat.
In this way, a century-long battle between the two drug cartels triggered by the little guy Coxman began, and when the battle between the two sides reached a climax, Coxman also drove his big crane and directly hoisted a big tree. , smashed into the car of the big boss who was trying to escape the scene, and successfully staged a good show with the oriole behind. People can't help but sigh, the justice is clear, and the retribution is unhappy.
Although the theme of the film is not "salvation", but "revenge", it can also be understood as another form of salvation: saving one's own heart. If the killers of his sons are not found and blood for blood is not found, Coxman will never be able to escape the condemnation of his heart. So, in the name of revenge, Liam Neeson is actually saving himself this time.
The land is vast and fate is impermanent, and it has the cool feeling of "Frozen Blood"
The biggest surprise of this movie is also here, you never know what will happen in the next second, the plot has been reversed. Who would have thought that Coxman, who had been caught by the big boss, could finally kill the boss successfully? And surprises like this are everywhere.
For example, when the leader of the Indians sent his men to hijack the son of the Viking gang boss for revenge, but he was cut off by Coxman, and Coxman also staged a very warm scene with the enemy's son. Especially when the little boy said "Have you heard of Stockholm Syndrome?" to Coxman, the friendship beyond the age and the hearts of two loners cuddling with each other are simply warm to the extreme.
People can't help feeling that even in such a wild world, there is still a touch of warmth.
At the same time, there are black satires everywhere in the film. For example, the female policewoman with a sense of justice in the film has the ambition to rectify the law and order, but she was educated by her old fritters colleagues as soon as she appeared, saying that we are here It's a ski resort. People come here for skiing and smoking marijuana. If you are caught smoking marijuana on the street, it will affect our economy here. Can you afford this responsibility?
Seeing this, and thinking about the anti-narcotics police in our country who are fighting on the front line, who else dares to shamelessly say "the moon in foreign countries is more round"?
It is none other than the eldest sister Fiona in the American drama "Shameless" who plays this smart policewoman. Her appearance brightened the eyes of fans of old dramas, and, in this movie, she was also a beautiful girl who was entangled by scumbags, and her role in "Shameless" was simply divine restoration.
The film also boldly ridiculed the "political correctness" of the United States. A group of Indian hotels, which did not make reservations as required, were refused entry. So they threatened the lobby manager with their minority status, saying, "What I heard is that you told me and my friends to go back to the Indian Reservation, did you know that I could write this on the review site? on", and then they were qualified for VIP stay. He made fun of those who made a fuss about racism.
Although it is only a B-grade film, it combines violence and black satire very well, which not only eases the rhythm, but also enriches the connotation of the film, allowing the audience to enjoy the interlocking and exciting plot at the same time. , and can occasionally let out a knowing smile.
Although the film shows the brutal rivalry between gangsters, it does not exaggerate these people like an action film. It can also be seen from the film: these people are just a group of ordinary people, and sometimes an accident may change their lives. A typical bridge section is: two gangs are fighting, and one of the Indians is playing in a hot air balloon. After the fire is over, he slowly falls down. After falling down, he slams into the snow plow. , die funny".
And the policeman played by "Big Sister", although smart, is helpless in this cruel world after all. In this world of the weak, everyone has to accept the ruthless arrangement of fate. This tonality is a bit like the classic book "Frozen" by the Coen brothers.
And Liam Neeson also took the first step in his transformation with this film, allowing us to see his cold and humorous side. Looking forward to the action star, who is in his 60s, can once again shape his brilliance.
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