This is an atypical American Western movie. To say that it is "atypical" is relative to the traditional movies during the Western movie boom that emerged in the 1930s.
The story is about Oregon in 1850. The Sisters brothers killer is hired to kill a chemist named Worm. It is said that he stole something from the boss. After searching hard all the way, I found that things were not as the employer said. The real reason is that the chemist found a solution that can be poured into water to reveal the gold immediately, replacing the inefficient labor of gold prospectors in the past. In order to obtain this solution, many people are hunting down the chemist. The brothers decided to join forces with Worm to make money. Unexpectedly, because of the improper use of the solution, people are dead and disabled. Desperate, they finally returned to their hometown where they had been long gone, leaving nothing but exhaustion and empty bags.
With more Westerns being shot, a set of fixed patterns has naturally formed. From John Wayne's "Flying across the Mountain" to Henry Fonda's "Once Upon a Time in the West", they are nothing more than brave cowboys and law enforcement officers who are in peace and defensiveness. The result is almost always annihilation of all enemies. Justice is served. Stimulating the audience's eyeballs, but also inspiring the audience's heroic complex. Of course, watching this kind of uniform plot for a long time will always produce boredom. In recent years, the directors of western films are also thinking about changing the status quo and seeking a new model that is different from the past. For example, "The Freed Jiang Ge" and "The Evil Eight", although they are inseparable from the scenes of fighting and killing, they try to get close to real life itself, to explore the diversity of emotions and personality of the characters, and to show them as "people" Some of its own characteristics are refreshing. This "Sisters Brothers" is also such an attempt.
It is still an endless wasteland, steep valleys, and vast deserts. It is also inseparable from remote towns and simple wooden houses. Drunken prostitutes, scrawny old horses, and cowboys provoking everywhere dangling on the muddy streets. The protagonist is no longer an invincible lone ranger. The choreographer deliberately described the details of their daily lives. Not surprisingly handsome, dirty shirt. Even a martial arts killer can get drunk if he drinks, and get sick if he is bitten by a scorpion. When the elder brother, Avery accompanies him to wander around in order to take care of his younger brother Charlie. Killing together, quarreling together, traversing mountains and ridges together, looking for a hazy and illusory destination. In the savage environment, Avery still has a longing for civilization. After buying toothbrush and toothpaste for the first time, he held the toothbrush in one hand and the instruction manual in the other. The awkward brushing action made people laugh. Avery kept a red shawl given to him by his former lover, and took it out to touch it from time to time. He even found a prostitute, let her act as her lover, and relive the scene when she gave the shawl in the past. At this time, his desire for emotion is far higher than that of sex.
What has not changed is people's disregard for life and the pursuit of money. Knowing that Worm had that magical solution, Morris, who was in charge of stalking, gave up his duties and worked hand in hand with Worm to make money. The co-founded company also designed the LOGO. After the brother killer knew Worm's true identity, the previous boss's lie was exposed, and the only remaining justice in their actions disappeared, so the next thing was to make money. The four people chase money for different purposes. Worm is for the ideal world in his heart, and the other three are for the yearning for a better life. In any case, the short-term goals are the same, so it hit it off and smashed all the pursuits together, and there was a romantic gold rush under the moonlit night. The final failure was not due to their misplaced goals, but their eagerness for quick success.
The cowboys in westerns are crowds of people wandering around in an uncertain place. How to treat this erratic life? No answer is given in the film, but the audience is allowed to choose. Charlie loves the life of a killer very much and never thought of giving up. Avery was tired of this kind of life and dreamed of opening a small shop and chatting for the rest of his life. And Morris wrote in his diary: "I have to confess, the happiest moment of my life is the time spent in the wild west by the dry pine campfire. I would sit cross-legged on the open ground, Enjoying the warm breeze and watching the blue smoke hovering to the sky, even if the civilized world has more luxury and fun, I don’t want to exchange such freedom.” Actually, it’s not about the bonfires, smoke, The warm wind and the sky, what people really yearn for is freedom. In today’s concrete jungle, those passing cars, crowds, noisy noises, weird lights, battles for materials, troubles for money, all the ropes that bind people, are depriving you of your remnants. freedom of. From this thought, when people get the convenience of modernization, do they lose more?
At the end of the film, another scene was presented to the audience. The two brothers bid farewell to the rivers and lakes and rode their horses back to their hometown. Their elderly mother greeted them. Under the warm gaze of her mother, she sits at the mottled wooden table, sipping hot coffee, lying on the rough and warm bed, enjoying the affection.
Still the same sentence: What on earth do you want?
This film is based on the novel of the same name by Canadian writer Patrick DeWitt, directed by Jacques Odia, France, starring John Riley and Jacques Phoenix, shot in Spain and Romania, and won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival. Almost walked through half of the earth's village. John Riley has seen many of his films before, mostly playing supporting roles. This time I play my brother Ai Li, who combines wildness and tenderness. He raises his hands and feet well, showing a plump and three-dimensional character.
My score: 7.5.
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