Not as good as the previous work

Alessia 2022-05-05 06:01:01

Following the great success of "Genius Ripley" in 1999, the elderly Ripley made his debut in 2002 and performed a story called Ripley's Game. John Malkovich played the more fierce, cunning, and city-owned elderly Ripley. The story still shows abducting, kidnapping, and looting. The main story is a murder. Ripley framed Jonathan, who spoke badly behind him, and became a killer, and the two became involved in entanglement one after another.

imdb scored 6.6, but without losing it, I feel average after reading it. Without the exquisite suspense of the first part, it is interlocking, step by step, and more of a simple and rude way of doing things, such as directly killing people and strangling them. I still remember the shocking scene when Judy Law was killed. The wooden stick hit the head and his expression froze. A few seconds later, the intact face was cracked, and the red blood spewed out, which was shocking. The elderly Ripley has been on the battlefield, killing people is simple and straightforward, neither thrilling nor exciting.

The actors did not perform well, probably because the elderly Ripley was calm and calm, and just kept a shady face, so there was not much room for play. Like the spirited spirit of Judy Law in "Genius Ripley", Matt Damon's complex mood is completely invisible.

Women are more vague. Gwyneth Paltrow is not mentioned in the 99 version. The supporting actress Cate Blanchett is worth talking about. The back of a waving goodbye is full of style. By this time, the existence of a woman is optional, and you will forget it once you have seen it.

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Extended Reading

Ripley's Game quotes

  • Tom Ripley: It never used to be so crowded in first class.

  • Tom Ripley: I'm a creation. A gifted improviser. I lack your conscience and when I was young that troubled me. It no longer does. I don't worry about being caught because I don't believe anyone is watching. The world is not a poorer place because those people are dead. It's one less car on the road. It's a little less noise and menace. You were brave today. You put some money away for your family. That's all.

    Jonathan Trevanny: If you lack my conscience, why did you help me on the train?

    Tom Ripley: I don't know, but it doesn't surprise me. The one thing I know is we're constantly being born.