The film is about a subordinate who is deeply trusted by the gang boss accepts a task to monitor the woman of the boss, and if his woman cheats, he will solve her. But in this task, the subordinate was moved by the boss's woman and let it go. Derailed woman, so he was suspected by the boss, his future was ruined, and he paid the price of his life.
The beginning of the film quoted the six ancestor Huineng's allusion of "not the wind, not the flag, the heart of the benevolent", paving the way for the tone of the film and adding some Zen. The passage where the male protagonist watches the boss woman play the cello at school , There is another scene of the wind blowing and the leaves moving at the beginning of the film. At this time, we know that the man has already moved his heart. It is indeed for this reason that he let go of the boss’s woman, and the boss died because of his mistake. , The boss said this when he was eating in the restaurant. Now the world is not mixed up. Even if you do 99 things right, as long as you do one thing wrong, you will be over. This paved the way for later things to happen. The male protagonist in the film had just enjoyed a little sweet feeling and had to pay the price of his life for this sweetness. The reality is so cruel.
There are many symbolic shots in the film. First of all, the use of props, the table lamp, the hero and the hero love the table lamp, the table lamp symbolizes the person who is lonely in his heart, both people have appeared in the scene of the lamp flashing on and off, enhancing the two people's Relevance. There is a close-up shot in which the hero takes out a sugar cube and puts it in a coffee cup while drinking coffee. There is also a close-up shot in which the hero is eating a cream cake with chocolate, which is actually expressing sweetness and bitterness. Taste, the taste of life is nothing but coffee with sugar cubes and cream cake with chocolate. The boss's hand was punctured by a broken glass when he learned that his subordinates had escaped. It also indicated that he had lost a good assistant. The red table lamp symbolizes the color of blood, indicating that the hero will have revenge. After the boss woman turns on the red table lamp she received, the next shot is a close-up of a gun. The hero wipes the blood flowing out in the bathroom.
The protagonist said such a heartbreaking sentence when he crawled out of the buried ground, how could he make a joke with a person's life? The boss, who he has been with for seven years like a dog, actually treats him like this. He wants revenge. He wants to know why? In fact, the reason is very simple. There is an explanation in the film. Your boss says that you are wrong. You are wrong. Even if you are right and the boss is wrong, you have to admit that you are wrong because the boss is the authority. It can be wrong. This is not only a rule in the gang, but also applies to the workplace of life. The male protagonist’s solitary and stubborn character determines that he will not admit his mistakes, because he feels that he is not wrong at all, so there will be conflicts. Conflict movies will look good.
In terms of audiovisual language, this film is also excellent, gorgeous photography style, extremely colorful music, fighting sound, gunshot sound effects, and aesthetic action design. Koreans have a fierce fighting scene when filming. It was extremely cruel and true, especially the scene where the actor escaped. It was wonderful and had a feeling of going out. The trapped beast suddenly broke through with all his might, and it really made the audience sweat for him.
The director of the section where the actor bought the gun used black humor to add a lot of points to the film, ease the tension of the plot, and win a lot of laughter from the audience.
At the end of the film, there was a question from Xiang Yingying at the beginning. One night in late autumn, the disciple suddenly sat up and wept bitterly. His master asked him, "Did you have a nightmare?" "No" "A sad dream?" No," the disciple said, "It's a very sweet dream" "Then why are you crying so sad?" The disciple whispered while wiping his tears, "Because I can't make the dream come true." This sounds really sad. Beautiful things are always sad in nature. This is the director's worldview.
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