a long crime movie

Rosario 2022-10-13 11:28:15

Escape from the Concrete Ground (2018)
6.8
2018 / Canada United States / Drama Action Crime / S. Craig Zaler / Mel Gibson Jennifer Carpenter

This is a crime action movie, the story is simple and old-fashioned, what I admire most is how the director can make such a simple story into such a long 2 hours and 38 minutes!

I fell asleep 8 times on the way, ate 2 bags of melon seeds, 3 boxes of snacks, and finally I didn't quit smoking. I even smoked 2 cigarettes to barely finish watching it. This cost is about to catch up with the movie ticket money. !

Don't bother to look at it, everyone, I can tell everyone!

The story is about three groups of people, 2 policemen, 3 robbers, and 2 black people. The two police officers were suspended because they were photographed by passers-by for violent law enforcement. However, the two were honest police officers who really worked hard and took responsibility. Because they were unwilling to take a political route, it has been difficult for them to be promoted. Especially the old policeman, who is about to retire, still living in poverty, living in a dangerous low-end community, his daughter is often harassed by others, and his wife is also a retired policeman and is disabled. So the old policeman decided to give himself a guarantee when he was about to retire. Although the young policeman was very honest, he was also very poor. He even had to pay in installments to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend, and finally agreed to join the old policeman. So the two of them started stalking a group of criminals, hoping that they would be black as they traded. The police thought these criminals were dealing in drugs or something. Who knew they were robbing banks. They also hired 2 black men to drive for them. After several days of follow-up by the police, it was found that they were robbing a bank. Since then, the three groups of people have been intertwined, and they have since gone to a point of no return! The film has been filmed for about an hour and a half. It is said to be an action film, and there are basically no action scenes, that is, the last scene has some action gun battle scenes, and it is definitely not the kind of scene that looks thrilling, but it is very real. ! The three parties chased to an empty warehouse and started a scuffle. First, the robbers and the black people scuffled, resulting in a black man being killed, and then the police and the robbers scuffled. The reluctant police officers and women hostages have already killed all three robbers. In the end, only old cops and black drivers are left! Originally, the two of them agreed that they would get four or six points of the stolen gold, and it would be over if the scene was dealt with. As a result, the two of them had their own ghosts. In the end, the old policeman was killed. From then on, the black man led his mother and brother to live a happy life. , of course, he is also very trustworthy, and sent a box of gold to the wife and daughter of the old policeman, the story is over!

It's just such a movie that I don't think it takes 2 minutes. The director took more than 2 hours to shoot it. I was also drunk. I'm afraid that the crew members are all paid according to the length of the film!

In fact, if the film is compressed a little bit, it is also a good film. Through a crime story of black people eating black people, it alludes to many social problems! For example, injustice in the police station; injustice in social class; racial discrimination; and public security issues, etc.

I think a good movie is one that can always be freshly remembered after watching it, and that one can ponder something through the movie. Except for the slow pace, this movie has done everything else!

Speaking of actors, especially the male protagonist Mel Gibson, the "Braveheart" he once wrote, directed and acted has always been a masterpiece in my eyes. I have watched it 5 times, and his grasp in this film is also relaxed. , has the demeanor of the old drama bone! Other waves of people, especially the black driver who won the big winner at the end, his performance is not ecstatic, but it is very real!

I just didn't get it. It's a crime action movie. What does it mean to add a female bank clerk?

Having said so much, I don’t recommend it in general. If you look at my film review, you have roughly watched the film again. The recommendation index ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Dragged Across Concrete quotes

  • Lt. Calvert: [talking to Brett Ridgeman] A couple more years and you'll be human steamroller, covered with spikes and fuelled with bile.

  • Brett Ridgeman: A single red ant could have eaten that faster.