This big movie directed by Brad Furman (directing "Lincoln Lawyer" rose to fame), "Breaking Bad" superstar Bryan Cranston and Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo starred in the big movie, a true reproduction of the "former federal agent Robert Mazur" "Undercover experience", let us experience a "undercover life" in front of the big screen.
As a biographical film, the biggest highlights are the
first to see the actor
Bryan Cranston. In "Breaking Bad", he dedicated a actor-level performance, which made his crowd quickly rise, and he has become a hot superstar in Hollywood, regardless of acting. , Or the ability to shape characters, has long been recognized by the industry. This time he has a new breakthrough, playing undercover Bob (giving up his retirement plan and participating in the last undercover operation in his career, thus solving the most serious money laundering case in American history), impressive
John Leguizamo, relying on autobiographical music The comedy "Freak" won the 51st Emmy Award and began to flourish. Playing Emir Abreu in the film is lazy and lax, in sharp contrast to Bob's rigorous and meticulous. The outstanding performances of these two men made the original dry biographical story present a different style, full of characters, and the story fascinating.
Secondly, watching the script is
very innovative and venting
the "atmosphere". This film is based on Robert Mazur's own true story adaptation, because "Real" is "good-looking", because of "real", there is not much "Fancy Fox Whistle", no funny, no gunfights, only secret battles, and perilous vigilance.
The story takes place in the 1980s, the "love and hatred" between two married men, the Colombian drug lord and the US customs agent Robert Mazur (Bob). As the last fight before retirement, Bob has to infiltrate the drug lord money laundering organization on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has to protect his family from the influence of the action. In order to balance all this, he must always be careful. In that environment where he can't tell the truth but can only tell lies, Bob keeps gaining the trust of the other party through his own language skills until he gets close to the boss, and finally designs to annihilate the enemy organization in one fell swoop.
Different from other biographical crime movies, the scenes of rushing and chasing up the front, relying on Hollywood's conventional formula to create a "tensile and exciting" atmosphere. This film takes a slanting edge, and spends a lot of time describing how Bob approaches the boss step by step (from this point of view, the director is very careful), a lot of character dialogue, psychological description, and relationship establishment, so that the audience can experience what It is a real "undercover". Although the director does not take the usual path in the
slightly old-fashioned story
, he uses character dialogue, psychological description, eye contact, etc. to heighten the tension. But still can't escape the old-fashioned plot setting, the rise of personal heroism.
For example, after the drug gang opened the door three times, Bob can be said to be on the Broad Avenue without any obstacles, and directly locked the boss; Bob, who could not be integrated into the enemy gang, was still trusted; during the conversation, the secret tape recorder was exposed, unexpectedly. Haven't been exposed on the spot by the gang members of the drug lord?
In my opinion, the director exaggerated the power of justice, and deliberately ignored or belittled the intelligence quotient of those criminal gangs. This is a flaw in the film. As the prototype of the story, Bob is not the Batman and Superman described by DC, who can ignore all difficulties and obstacles, but a person of flesh and blood and emotion. The failures in these movies undoubtedly make the originally very exciting story too "programmed".
Finally, I
have nothing to say about the tones of watching videos and listening to music videos. In the United States in the 1980s, people's clothing, surroundings, and the colors of the pictures were all handled very well. The cameraman suddenly brought the audience back to the American continent 30 years ago, nostalgic and charming, and the visual sense of the gold digger’s paradise
In terms of music, it completely restores the trend of American music in the 1980s. It is slow, psychedelic, and hippie style. This is not the United States 30 years ago. It’s great that
after watching the movie, everything in the movie will disappear with the wind. The audience There doesn’t seem to be any trace left in his mind. This is the shortcoming of this film. Although the director Brad Furman has worked hard and thought of many good ideas to perfect his work, the result is still only “middle and upper”. The shortcoming is more than the next. As a crime movie, the sense of tension is slightly worse, the narrative pace is too slow, and the second half is even a bit procrastinated. The film ends when it needs to be most sensational. . .
At the end of the film, Bob looked at the boss who believed he was arrested. He couldn't tell what it was like, was he excited? Unlike, perhaps more of helplessness. After all, there are different ways to
recommend people: biography, crime film lovers
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